I am still here
Feb 6, 2007 10:39 AM
Hi everyone,
I haven't posted for quite a while. I have read many of your blogs though. I am glad so many of your Christmas' went well and also January. We had a nice and busy Christmas season.
We have been trying to get out of our duplex we rent because we found some mold and had the landlord test the air. It had two high levels of dangerous molds. They did some heavy duty air scrubbing and we cleaned everything. They even had a carpet cleaner come in and clean the carpets and the furniture. Well, here we have been stressed out that our children are sick because of this bad air. All three of the kids are on daily asthma medications and have emergency ones also. So, anyway for the last few weeks we have been trying to get out of here. We stumbled across a house. It is brand new and our morgage payment will only be about twenty dollars more than we pay for rent. We just found out today that we are approved for a house loan...Yahoo!! One LARGE stress will be wiped off my list. Maybe the kids's asthma will improve or go away?
Things are very busy here. We have been jumping through hoops to get into this house, my husband started his last term of school(he has a ton of projects and papers this term), he started a new job(now he has two), and I run around like crazy taking the kids to their many designations. This month alone has three out of town doctor trips over two hours away. None of the appointments could be made for the same day. Josh will see his lung specialist this month...so will Hannah. We will be taking Josh to see his eye doctor and he will also be going to a feeding clinic to be evaluated.
A public health nurse came to see Joshua this last month and recommended going to a feeding clinic. My husband and I have been talking about getting him evaluated soon...so this is a blessing. The nurse seems to think that maybe he has some reflux still and that may be contributing to his feeding issues. We still have to spoon feed him nearly every day. He can feed himself, but he gets so distracted and spacey. We are always having to remind him to take a bite or how to swallow the food. If the bite is too big he spits it out. I do get tired sometimes, but he started out with so many problems that feeding him is better than a tube going directly into his tummy. One day I watched the clock. He had eggs, toast, fruit and a drink. It took one whole hour to get half of the food down. Each bite of eggs took about three to five minutes to get down with me reminding him to use his drink to wash down the food. He missed the school bus that morning. anyway, I am looking forward to the feeding clinic to see if there is anything more we can do to help our sweet Joshy.
One more medical issue to throw on top...This month I need to take my little Nathan to his doctor again because he is still anemic. Don't ask me why..I have no idea why. He is active and eats like a horse. He eats more food than I do and it is well balanced. Sometimes, I stand back an look at my life. I evaluate what I can do better. I think about how I feed my family. Truthfully we eat really healthy. I don't know why Nathan is anemic and I wonder if I am doign soemthing wrong to cause not only Nathan's problem, but Joshua's eating problems as well. At one point I felt like blending all Josh's food up so he can just drink it.
Enough medical. Yesterday at church I really missed Jacob. Hannah fell asleep on my lap. Then Joshua laid on my lap also and fell asleep. I looked at Paul and Nathan had fallen asleep on his lap. Then I looked at the small spot between Paul and I. That is when I thought of Jacob. I really wished he could be sitting in that spot leaning on his dad falling asleep like the rest of them. My children talk about Jacob nearly every day. Even tonight Nathan(19 months) said, "Jacob."
At church I play the piano for the children to sing to during their primary time. I just love hearing their little voices singing. After their singing time, one of the teachers was teaching the kids about our bodies and spirits. She told them that sometimes babies only live for a few hours or days before their spirits leaves their bodies. I sunk down a little behind the piano and tried not to cry. Last week in primary the children were discussing faith. One of the little girls(about 8 years old) told everyone about how she almost died when she was born because she was in the same sack as her identical twin sister who was born first. It really is an amazing story...their mother(my friend) had an emergency c-section for the second twin. Anyway the little girl said that her mom prayed really hard that she would live and because she prayed she was alive today. I do believe that prayer was answered, but again I sunk behind the piano and tried not to let anyone see the tears forming in my eyes. I too had identical twins. I too prayed and had faith, but one of my babies didn't live long. I guess he needed to go to his heavenly home, but oh how I wish Jacob could have stayed longer. I prayed that God's will would be done, even if that meant I would loose both of my babies, but I think I will always miss him.
Well, it is getting late. Someday, when things slow down a bit, I will write about our experiences and the birth stories of my children. I will also post pictures of Jacob. Thanks for reading.
Tiffany
I haven't posted for quite a while. I have read many of your blogs though. I am glad so many of your Christmas' went well and also January. We had a nice and busy Christmas season.
We have been trying to get out of our duplex we rent because we found some mold and had the landlord test the air. It had two high levels of dangerous molds. They did some heavy duty air scrubbing and we cleaned everything. They even had a carpet cleaner come in and clean the carpets and the furniture. Well, here we have been stressed out that our children are sick because of this bad air. All three of the kids are on daily asthma medications and have emergency ones also. So, anyway for the last few weeks we have been trying to get out of here. We stumbled across a house. It is brand new and our morgage payment will only be about twenty dollars more than we pay for rent. We just found out today that we are approved for a house loan...Yahoo!! One LARGE stress will be wiped off my list. Maybe the kids's asthma will improve or go away?
Things are very busy here. We have been jumping through hoops to get into this house, my husband started his last term of school(he has a ton of projects and papers this term), he started a new job(now he has two), and I run around like crazy taking the kids to their many designations. This month alone has three out of town doctor trips over two hours away. None of the appointments could be made for the same day. Josh will see his lung specialist this month...so will Hannah. We will be taking Josh to see his eye doctor and he will also be going to a feeding clinic to be evaluated.
A public health nurse came to see Joshua this last month and recommended going to a feeding clinic. My husband and I have been talking about getting him evaluated soon...so this is a blessing. The nurse seems to think that maybe he has some reflux still and that may be contributing to his feeding issues. We still have to spoon feed him nearly every day. He can feed himself, but he gets so distracted and spacey. We are always having to remind him to take a bite or how to swallow the food. If the bite is too big he spits it out. I do get tired sometimes, but he started out with so many problems that feeding him is better than a tube going directly into his tummy. One day I watched the clock. He had eggs, toast, fruit and a drink. It took one whole hour to get half of the food down. Each bite of eggs took about three to five minutes to get down with me reminding him to use his drink to wash down the food. He missed the school bus that morning. anyway, I am looking forward to the feeding clinic to see if there is anything more we can do to help our sweet Joshy.
One more medical issue to throw on top...This month I need to take my little Nathan to his doctor again because he is still anemic. Don't ask me why..I have no idea why. He is active and eats like a horse. He eats more food than I do and it is well balanced. Sometimes, I stand back an look at my life. I evaluate what I can do better. I think about how I feed my family. Truthfully we eat really healthy. I don't know why Nathan is anemic and I wonder if I am doign soemthing wrong to cause not only Nathan's problem, but Joshua's eating problems as well. At one point I felt like blending all Josh's food up so he can just drink it.
Enough medical. Yesterday at church I really missed Jacob. Hannah fell asleep on my lap. Then Joshua laid on my lap also and fell asleep. I looked at Paul and Nathan had fallen asleep on his lap. Then I looked at the small spot between Paul and I. That is when I thought of Jacob. I really wished he could be sitting in that spot leaning on his dad falling asleep like the rest of them. My children talk about Jacob nearly every day. Even tonight Nathan(19 months) said, "Jacob."
At church I play the piano for the children to sing to during their primary time. I just love hearing their little voices singing. After their singing time, one of the teachers was teaching the kids about our bodies and spirits. She told them that sometimes babies only live for a few hours or days before their spirits leaves their bodies. I sunk down a little behind the piano and tried not to cry. Last week in primary the children were discussing faith. One of the little girls(about 8 years old) told everyone about how she almost died when she was born because she was in the same sack as her identical twin sister who was born first. It really is an amazing story...their mother(my friend) had an emergency c-section for the second twin. Anyway the little girl said that her mom prayed really hard that she would live and because she prayed she was alive today. I do believe that prayer was answered, but again I sunk behind the piano and tried not to let anyone see the tears forming in my eyes. I too had identical twins. I too prayed and had faith, but one of my babies didn't live long. I guess he needed to go to his heavenly home, but oh how I wish Jacob could have stayed longer. I prayed that God's will would be done, even if that meant I would loose both of my babies, but I think I will always miss him.
Well, it is getting late. Someday, when things slow down a bit, I will write about our experiences and the birth stories of my children. I will also post pictures of Jacob. Thanks for reading.
Tiffany
COMMENTS
- Feb 6, 2007 10:53 AMDear Tiffany,Congratulations for the new house!Feeding children is so tricky, with reflux in the mix it is just too bad.Hang in there...Shruti
- Feb 7, 2007 4:43 AMI hope everything works out for your new house. I remember when we bought our first one, it was so exciting!-Shonda
- Feb 12, 2007 12:56 AMCongrats on the new house!!!!! Let us know how everything is going.Angi "Phoenix's MoM"
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