Dylan Henry Jones - Month 15

Tuesday - 21May13
The boy is ill.  He's caught a cold.  Or rather he caught a cold at some point last week which manifested itself over the weekend.  He's mostly coping with it.  His breathing and coughing sound horrific but in between he's his usual cheery self.  Except at bathtimes which have suddenly become extremely unpopular.  Was almost expecting the neighbours to visit to find out what was making all the noise.  The only worry point is that his liquid intake is really small: yesterday he probably drank about 150ml all day and that was more than over the weekend.  He's eating the usual amounts however.

If the video works then this is the sound of Dylan's breathing and coughing.  You may need to adjust your sound levels upwards.

On the plus side his current set of teeth are making good progress: it's quite odd to see a slightly toothy smile!  And four weeks of school before his first full day off through illness is really quite remarkable we were expecting that to be much shorter.


Wednesday - 15May13
Hmm.  Clearly we're into "tooth-fortnight" or month depending on how much the tooth fairy wants us to be sleep deprived for!  We now have 8 teeth coming through which is not unsurprisngly causing a normally smiley cheery boy into a grouchbag.  He got sent home from nursery on Friday as he had a temperature: just because of the teeth coming through.  Even the mighty Calpol isn't helping!  Calprufen, ambersol, teeth granules are all used to mixed success (or is that failure??!).  Poor little munchkin.  Hopefully it'll be over soon.

On the plus side for the first time ever (I think), Dylan is now over the 0.4th centile for his weight.  And that's for his non-adjusted age.  Woohoo.  He's now at 17pounds and 6oz (7.9kg).
 

Wednesday - 08May13
All good here.  Some photos from the bank holiday weekend at my parents house where he had sand between his toes and ate ice cream on the beach.  He's also generating teeth and dribbling like a toothless.... oh.  He is... (but not for long!).  And he's a speed-freak although I'm not sure anyone's surprised by this.

"That way Daddy!"

"What do you mean there's no more cake?!"

"... you've got a moustache..."
(apologies to Hot Fuzz)

Friday - 26Apr13
I'm probably putting the jinx on us by saying this, but it's been a whole 2 months since we were last in hospital for anything other than pre-arranged appointments.  Wahoo!

"This month I think I'm this tall..."

I think he's coughing a little more than he has done, but mostly he's a happy little chappie who is eating (even savoury food), drinking water, and best of all sleeping better at night.  Except now I've said all that he'll decide not too!

Dylan Henry Jones - Month 14

Wednesday - 17Apr13

two wheels good ?

All happy here!
Six weeks since last stay in hospital which we're pleased about.  Although he starts properly at childcare as of today so we'll probably be back in hospital as of next week!  Childcare seems to be going well, he's eating more there than he does at home and they got him drinking water (how?! we've been trying for months... the little ...  ).  Dropping off a child who then starts screaming and doesn't want to let go of you is a little traumatising however.  Today, though there was a little girl who ran across to say hello to him as I came through the door so clearly he can't be having that bad a time there!

 
Tuesday - 09Apr13
Yay! The boy has put on some weight.  He now weighs about 15lb 13oz (7.2kg) that means he's put on about a pound over the last month.  Really very cool.  It now means he can at least see the bottom of the chart...  Which, as of this morning, he could also point at.

Childcare seemed to go ok (although I did return to a screaming Dylan), although I'm not sure the owner quite knows what to make of a child who didn't seem to want much lunch and doesn't drink anything other fortified milk and even then not very much.  Ah well, that is the problem of looking after him in the afternoon: he tends not to eat much.  Morning is definitely the best time.  It was quite strange being home and him not being there though.

He goes back on Thursday and Friday morning this week.

Wednesday - 03Apr13
Apologies for the lack of anything on the blog, it's been a busy couple of weeks...

So we did manage to get away for a week in the Lakes despite Dylan pretending he was ill.  He was more snuffly and coughing more than usual but with the montelucast he handled it fine.  He was less impressed with the disrupted sleep patterns and showed his discontent by keeping us awake through the night on a couple of occasions.  Thankfully we're quick learners so it only took a couple of days to twig.  He also didn't appreciate the attempt to take him up Latrigg (a low foothill of Skiddaw) in the blistering cold with a howling gale.  Frankly he's just going to have man-up next time and build some character.  And he'll enjoy it.

Freezing on Latrigg

We managed to finally get to Ronald McDonald House in Bristol as well.  We've been meaning to say hello for several months because due to the amount raised by Dylan Dad's Ride, Dylan now has a "room" which is rather splendid.  So we needed to go and see them.  They are very lovely and it is a fabulous establishment and so we are very pleased to have been able to raise such a sum of money and we will continue to support them in the future.

And, Dylan is above average in something!!  He's eyesight is ahead of average!  They check hand-eye co-ordination (if he's like a Jones, there is none), ability to view in stereo as well as checking the prescription.  He will be short-sighted of that we are confident given that both his parents have needed glasses from an early age, but currently he's ahead of the pack.  Hurrah!

And tomorrow, Dylan is going to the childcare for a few hours to see how he copes.  I'm going to go for a bike ride before it starts raining again!

"Blueberry pancakes? No I've not seen any..."