Weaned

I've mentioned before that the new room my son is in at daycare doesn't allow bottles. It gave us a good reason to go ahead and wean him from the bottle. I was worried because I had heard horror stories about kids giving up their bottle. I must say it was really easy. We just put it in a sippy cup and he drank it. No problems.

I wanted to take a minute to talk about daycare. I am really pleased about this new room he is in. He does so many arts and crafts and other activities I would never get with a nanny. His teacher told me that they were painting and he started painting his legs and face. I think its good for him to experience this stuff. Honestly I would never let him get that messy at home so I'm glad he has a place to do that.

I hated taking him to daycare when he was very little. I always felt like they could have done more. Instead they just seemed to feed, change, and let them play on the floor. I never really saw them do much art or anything to stimulate learning. I don't want to make it sound like they didn't take good care of him because they did. I do feel so much happier though now.

Tubes

My son got tubes in his ears today. He has had 8-10 ear infections (currently has one), his right ear drum has ruptured 4-5 times and his left has ruptured once. He also has (or hopefully now had) hearing loss of 10-20 decibels. The doctor said the fluid had been in his ears so long it had congealed and would never had healed on its own. They said it was unusual to do this surgery during the summer since most kids don't get ear infections at this time of year. I was very nervous and scarred for him to have go through this. We arrived at the hospital at 6, he was operated on a little after 7:30 and he was brought to us by 7:50. He was crying when he first woke up then he fell asleep in his father's arms for about 30 minutes. When he woke up we gave him juice and then crackers. He was smiling and happy like nothing had happened. It was not at all what I expected. He doesn't seem to be in pain either. I am glad it went so well and that he will hopefully be able to hear better. We have to go back in about 10 days for a checkup but I'm confident it will go well.

In other news, my son is now in the next room at daycare full time. He loves it there. They do arts and crafts everyday, have a music program, and teach them a lot more stuff. The teacher is so nice. I really like her. I feel like my son will learn so much more there. I even got to see him sleeping on a cot. It amazes me how kids less than 18 months all sleep on these little cots without walking all around.

His new thing he does is "talk" on the phone. He uses his play phones and our phones to put them at his ear and pretend to have a conversation. I love it. He really is growing so fast.