Zodling antics
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sethrakAbout an hour before dinner, I was jiggling a probably-teething Jack in the living room, when I saw Mark go running by. Holding a large potato in his hands.
O_o
I investigated, and found he'd shoved his booster seat over to the breakfast bar, and nabbed the baking potato I'd stuck up there, planning to eat it tonight after they were both in bed.
After I got him to hand over the potato (well, he jumped guiltily when I asked him what he thought he was doing, and dropped it on the entertainment center) I discovered he'd bitten off a chunk of the potato's skin. Great. Kid won't eat perfectly good diced peaches. Or green beans. Or mashed potato. But an illicitly-obtained raw potato? Yum, yum.
Then at dinner, he had the first bout of vomiting since I increased his zyrtec dose to 3/4s of a teaspoon, at his doctor's instruction.
Poor kiddo. This time it was after he'd eaten most of his dinner. Had to hurt. I gave him a bowl of dry cheerios after he was clean and calm again, to ease his hunger pangs. Poor poor kiddo. I'll have to go up to a full teaspoon of zyrtec and see how that works out.
And then about half an hour before bedtime, he decided to fling himself sideways in a fit of temper, because I wouldn't put in a dvd for him - and clunked the side of his forehead but GOOD on the edge of the coffee table. By the time he was in the tub, there was a diagonal purple mark on his temple. I hope it fades by the time we go to Naval Station Portsmouth next week. >_<
Going to run some laundry and see if either of the remaining potatoes is still edible, and then go to bed.
O_o
I investigated, and found he'd shoved his booster seat over to the breakfast bar, and nabbed the baking potato I'd stuck up there, planning to eat it tonight after they were both in bed.
After I got him to hand over the potato (well, he jumped guiltily when I asked him what he thought he was doing, and dropped it on the entertainment center) I discovered he'd bitten off a chunk of the potato's skin. Great. Kid won't eat perfectly good diced peaches. Or green beans. Or mashed potato. But an illicitly-obtained raw potato? Yum, yum.
Then at dinner, he had the first bout of vomiting since I increased his zyrtec dose to 3/4s of a teaspoon, at his doctor's instruction.
Poor kiddo. This time it was after he'd eaten most of his dinner. Had to hurt. I gave him a bowl of dry cheerios after he was clean and calm again, to ease his hunger pangs. Poor poor kiddo. I'll have to go up to a full teaspoon of zyrtec and see how that works out.
And then about half an hour before bedtime, he decided to fling himself sideways in a fit of temper, because I wouldn't put in a dvd for him - and clunked the side of his forehead but GOOD on the edge of the coffee table. By the time he was in the tub, there was a diagonal purple mark on his temple. I hope it fades by the time we go to Naval Station Portsmouth next week. >_<
Going to run some laundry and see if either of the remaining potatoes is still edible, and then go to bed.
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Date: 2009-06-19 08:57 pm (UTC)1. Throwing temper tantrums that include flinging himself face-first into solid objects and wriggling out of Mommy's arms and dropping much further than he thought he would onto his knees;
and
2. Growth-spurting so rapidly his coordination is all off, tripping over his own feet, and faceplanting into the coffee table, the dog dishes, the floor, the stone fireplace floor protector, the sidewalk...
He looks like we beat him nightly. >_
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Date: 2009-06-20 02:55 am (UTC)Hmmm.... Maybe, to conceal some of the damage, you could apply hypoallergenic blue eyeshadow or blue Halloween face paint, and tell people it's woad? ^_^; Perhaps a wee kilt?