Keith would like me to clarify that despite the cinematic "proof" of the preceding video clip, he is NOT stationary. In fact, Keith is officially creeping!
Some of the triplet moms (singletons mom, too!) I know are so keen to have their babies up and mobile. On the contrary, I have been really happy to have my stay-put babies for as long as I have. I know my life will get infinitely more busy now that I have three babies on the move! Perhaps I'll finally be able to shed those extra pounds of baby weight I've been carrying around for the past year and a half...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Crawling x 2
Taken this morning... I think, if you add the pieces together, we got more than 2 hours of sleep; but not much more. I may have to bring Colin back to the doctor because the medication isn't having any effect on his congestion. And, of course, when they are overtired, they don't sleep well during the day. Keith STILL hasn't settled, an hour into his nap. So much for mine!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Triple Whammy
No, I'm actually not referring to the number of children we have, but rather the trifecta of ickiness that is plaguing poor Mister C. You wouldn't know it, based on this sunny face (taken this morning):
And I wouldn't have known either, except that Edward, Colin and I have had a few verrry long nights over the past few days. Colin is extremely congested, and we've been giving him saline drops/spray and trying to aspirate his nose a couple of times a night. He wakes up crying because he can't breathe properly, and the cycle continues. So yesterday, I took him to the doctor because his constant waking just didn't seem right, even for someone with allergies (it is our longstanding belief that this is an underlying issue with Colin). It turns out he has a double ear infection and a sinus infection. And the large patch of eczema behind his left knee, that only seems to weep, scab over and weep again, is also infected. Sigh. And all this with no fever and a great appetite. It really only was our exhausting night routine and the very loud snufflings - which we can hear a room away over two fans and a humidifier - that tipped us off. Poor Mister C!
He's now on antibiotics for the next 10 days, and we're hopeful that this may also address some of his congestion, too.
PS: Yes, those are Colin's 4 pearly whites: Chomper, Bitey, Fang I and Fang II. I've been somewhat remiss in posting about the babies' latest developments and achievements, so more on that soon!
And I wouldn't have known either, except that Edward, Colin and I have had a few verrry long nights over the past few days. Colin is extremely congested, and we've been giving him saline drops/spray and trying to aspirate his nose a couple of times a night. He wakes up crying because he can't breathe properly, and the cycle continues. So yesterday, I took him to the doctor because his constant waking just didn't seem right, even for someone with allergies (it is our longstanding belief that this is an underlying issue with Colin). It turns out he has a double ear infection and a sinus infection. And the large patch of eczema behind his left knee, that only seems to weep, scab over and weep again, is also infected. Sigh. And all this with no fever and a great appetite. It really only was our exhausting night routine and the very loud snufflings - which we can hear a room away over two fans and a humidifier - that tipped us off. Poor Mister C!
He's now on antibiotics for the next 10 days, and we're hopeful that this may also address some of his congestion, too.
PS: Yes, those are Colin's 4 pearly whites: Chomper, Bitey, Fang I and Fang II. I've been somewhat remiss in posting about the babies' latest developments and achievements, so more on that soon!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
You're Invited!
Colin
Keith
Evelyn
Edward, myself and the babies cordially invite all of our friends and family to celebrate the babies' FIRST BIRTHDAY (aka the "We Survived 8,000 Diaper Changes+500 Loads of Laundry +365 sleepless nights+1 nasty cold?!" shindig) on
Saturday, September 17 at 3:00pm.
If you'd like to come, drop me a line at diagriene @ hotmail.com (no spaces) and we'll make sure there's a cupcake with your name on it!
Best wishes only
Monday, August 8, 2011
Alphabet Soup!
Our new next door neighbours have 3 kids of their own, and passed along a favourite book called Chicka Chicka Boom Boom which details the mayhem that ensues when the entire alphabet tries to climb up to the top of a coconut tree. They also managed to find an accompanying stacking toy that contains plush letters "a", "b" and "c". The babies love the book and the toy, but of course we wasted no time posing the babies with their respective letters. If we thought getting them to all look at the camera was a challenge, it is much more difficult to get them to hold something while looking at the camera. In other words... it proved impossible.
Here is Keith, oblivious to the danger of allowing the deceptively placid-looking-but-actually-Carniverous Letter C to sit on one's head.
Here is Keith, oblivious to the danger of allowing the deceptively placid-looking-but-actually-Carniverous Letter C to sit on one's head.
Friday, August 5, 2011
The Plague is Upon Us!
Well, we made it more than 10 months without the babies catching anything; which, if you consider that they were born premature during prime flu season is nothing short of amazing. We attribute this to the diligent hand washing all of our visitors and the monthly anti-RSV shots they received. But you know, it was truly a matter of time until our luck ran out. And of course, when it rains it pours!
Colin had been stuffy for quite some time, which we chalked up to allergies. But then a runny nose developed and a fever, so we knew it was morphing into something a little more contagious. That was Wednesday afternoon. By yesterday morning, Colin, Edward and I had barely slept and I came down with the flu. By the afternoon, Keith had a fever and he was miserable. He just wouldn't settle, and screamed and whimpered for two hours at bedtime. His temp was hovering between 38 and 39, and a cool bath and more Advil didn't seem to be working. He was clearly fighting an infection, but he had no runny nose like Colin. So I bit the bullet and took him to the hospital. It was surprisingly quick visit - we were home by 2:30 this morning - and Keith was diagnosed with a double ear infection. By this morning, it was Evelyn's turn to be miserable and restless. I made my 3rd doctor's visit in four days and Evelyn was also diagnosed with an ear infection. Today, Colin is feeling better and I'm on the mend. Hopefully, the antibiotics will kick in for Keith and Evelyn and they'll start to turn the corner within the next day or so. So far, Edward is the only one who hasn't gotten sick, but holding feverish, clingy babies for most of the night is not a recipe for infection prevention.
Anyways, we're hanging in! On a happier note, here are pictures of the trio taken by a dear family friend during our visit to the cottage last week. I packed the babies up and made the drive to Kingston for brief, 24 hour visit. It was a challenge, given that they suddenly took a strong dislike to their Peapods, which they happily slept in for 6 weeks in New Brunswick, and were their very, VERY busy little selves. But it was all worth it, as my father got to spend his birthday with his babies!
Colin had been stuffy for quite some time, which we chalked up to allergies. But then a runny nose developed and a fever, so we knew it was morphing into something a little more contagious. That was Wednesday afternoon. By yesterday morning, Colin, Edward and I had barely slept and I came down with the flu. By the afternoon, Keith had a fever and he was miserable. He just wouldn't settle, and screamed and whimpered for two hours at bedtime. His temp was hovering between 38 and 39, and a cool bath and more Advil didn't seem to be working. He was clearly fighting an infection, but he had no runny nose like Colin. So I bit the bullet and took him to the hospital. It was surprisingly quick visit - we were home by 2:30 this morning - and Keith was diagnosed with a double ear infection. By this morning, it was Evelyn's turn to be miserable and restless. I made my 3rd doctor's visit in four days and Evelyn was also diagnosed with an ear infection. Today, Colin is feeling better and I'm on the mend. Hopefully, the antibiotics will kick in for Keith and Evelyn and they'll start to turn the corner within the next day or so. So far, Edward is the only one who hasn't gotten sick, but holding feverish, clingy babies for most of the night is not a recipe for infection prevention.
Anyways, we're hanging in! On a happier note, here are pictures of the trio taken by a dear family friend during our visit to the cottage last week. I packed the babies up and made the drive to Kingston for brief, 24 hour visit. It was a challenge, given that they suddenly took a strong dislike to their Peapods, which they happily slept in for 6 weeks in New Brunswick, and were their very, VERY busy little selves. But it was all worth it, as my father got to spend his birthday with his babies!
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