Teething woes

My poor little pumpkin is teething…AGAIN.

I took him to the dentist a couple weeks ago for an unsuccessful visit. However our fabulous dentist told me it appeared he might be getting his 6 year molars. I explained how he has been putting his pacifier in the corner of his mouth and just chewing it to death as well as putting 3 fingers in his mouth at one time and chewing those. He said that was a definite sign and to watch him.

Well this past weekend was horrible. Started Friday night. Tony was so proud of himself for cooking this wonderful meal. I left work early so we could all eat together. NO SUCH LUCK. Tyler pitched this horrendous fit. It was scary almost. This happened all weekend. He would not eat supper. Breakfast and lunch not a problem at all. Supper is a completely different story.

When he was getting his first and second year molars, we were able to sneak our fingers in there to rub some whiskey on his gums. This helped him tremendously. However he is 5 years old now, has 20 teeth and can latch on REALLY well. I am afraid I will loose my finger if I stick it in there.

I feel so badly for him. Last night his poor belly was growling something fierce while we were trying to get him to go to sleep. It is so hard for me to try and talk to him when he is screaming. And he looks at me with these sad sad eyes like we don’t understand. He screams louder when we take him out of the highchair because he really isn’t done and he doesn’t want to get down but we cannot continue to let him pitch a fit and hurt himself. I wish there was an easier way to have him understand what is happening. Yet something else for us to worry about. Like we didn’t have enough.

So now I wait for a call back from the pedi for some words of wisdom to help us through this tough time for our little man

Change is good?

Well the days have come and gone. The layoffs have occurred. We lost many friends during this time. The biggest one being Tony. He did receive an excellent severance package so we cannot complain. Its just now trying to find a job in this horrific economy that still has us worried.

Tony and I have both worked for this company for 11 years. We met here. We were married while we were here. We had Tyler while we were here. We have commuted in to work together the last 2 years. Our lives  are here. As I drove to work today, I had such a heavy heart. I was sad for our friends that aren’t here. I am sad for the managers and executives who had to go through this gut wrenching ordeal the last few weeks. But I was most sad because I wasn’t with Tony. There were days I did long to drive in alone. I just wanted me time. But now that I have it, I want to get rid of it. It was a comfort knowing he was there every morning. That was our time…our adult time…and we don’t have that anymore

So it is with mixed emotions that I am sitting at my desk. I feel that this is all just a bad dream. But everyone keeps saying change is good. That is still TBD.

Bad blogger

I wanted to apologize for not keeping up to date with this blog. Being on vacation with Tyler didn’t lead to much computer time. I was trying to keep him as occupied and entertained as I could. His behaviors unfortunately escalated during that time, given his schedule was so thrown off, so I was also trying to keep him safe from hurting himself. He had terrible temper tantrums and basically had to be restrained to not hurt himself. I took a good beating but I’d rather it me than him.

I am also currently waiting to find out if Tony and I will still have jobs. Our company has mentioned layoffs and the rumor is they are happening next week. It wouldn’t be so bad if it was one of us. But we both work at the same company and its very scary to think of what might happen. I know things happen for a reason..and what those reasons are I am not always sure of. But if ever we needed prayers and well wishes, the time is now. So please keep us in your thoughts and I will update everyone as soon as we know!

Getting back on track

Well here we are, the 14th day of the new year and this is Tyler’s 3rd day in a row of school. You might be saying why as its the 2nd week of the month. Well, we had 4 more snow days last week which meant no school. I was ready to hang myself! He went back on Friday which was his first day in 20 days! He has a hard time going back after a week off.  So Friday was, as expected, not so hot at school. He had a 45 minute tantrum. Poor baby. Monday was ok, still some fussing. Yesterday he whined once going downt he street to school and then when I went to pick him up. And today, the smile and excitement that was coming from him was truly catchy! I hope that it lasts the whole time he is there. He actually took a nap yesterday afternoon too so that tells me he is slowly catching back up to speed. Here’s hoping we make it all week without another snow day (there is a threat tomorrow!)