Maddoc and Food

So, Maddoc and food are not getting along. It seemed so easy at first. He ate rice cereal for 10 days with no problems. All seemed well. So I tried to give him some peas, using the old guidelines to give babies green vegetables before sweeter foods so that they won't reject them later. It worked with both my other kids, so it made sense. Well, he ate them on Saturday evening and then again on Sunday during church (thanks to Melissa for feeding him while I taught my lesson). Then he had rice cereal also on Sunday at my mom's house. We were all there for my birthday dinner. He ate his food down no problem. We were all getting in the car to go home, at about 8pm, when he started throwing up. He has hardly ever spit up, and he was throwing up. A lot. We waited until he stopped, then we drove home, with me sitting next to him. He fell asleep in the car. 30 seconds after we got home, he started throwing up again. He threw up a few times until about 9pm. Finally at 10pm, he was hungry, so I nursed him and he went to sleep and slept all night. Monday he was fine. We didn't give him any food, and he didn't throw up. Tuesday afternoon I tried to give him sweet potatoes. He didn't really seem interested in eating. And then all night he threw up again. And unfortunately I had nursed him about an hour or so after eating, so he threw up a lot. So for the rest of the week, I just nursed him. He loves to drink water. He goes crazy for tiny pieces of ice. And he was fine. So I thought it should be safe to go back to rice cereal, since he had eaten that with no problem before. I tried feeding him yesterday evening, but again, he didn't seem like he cared about eating, so after about 5-6 bites, I gave up. An hour later, he was hungry and I nursed him. So of course, he threw up last night. From about 8:30 to 9:30, he threw up four times. And it's awful, because he starts dry heaving and has nothing left to throw up. Rowen is the same when she gets sick. She'll throw up every 15-20 minutes for hours, even though she has nothing to throw up.

Anyway, Maddoc has his six month check up this week, so I'm just waiting until then to talk to the doctor. I hope there's something we can do for his stomach and also for his excema. He has still gained weight, but not very much the last couple of months. He should be right on pace to hit about 20 pounds at age 1. He really is just a blend of the other two kids. He's not as small as Rowen, but he's not as big as Logan.

As a good thing, he did get a new tooth. It broke through on Friday. One of his bottom front teeth. He's still drooling like crazy, though. I hope he'll just get the other bottom tooth and then maybe his drooling will cut down.

One more week until the kids start school. I can't believe it. I'm disappointed the school got rid of the kindergarten orientation. I'm sure it's because of budget cuts, but I can't believe it cost that much to have the parents and kids meet the teachers and walk around the class room for an hour. Oh well. And only four more days until we find out what teachers they got. I hope Rowen gets the new kindergarten teacher and that Logan gets the combo class. I think that's what is going to happen, but we'll have to see.

So, this week, we're just getting ready for school. A couple of more things to buy and I think we're all ready. Then it will be interesting to see how it is to be at home with just a small baby. I'll have to figure out a way to make sure my days aren't filled with a whole lot of nothing. It would be nice if they were filled with more house cleaning, or some yard work.