I took him to the doctor on Wednesday and she said that he was fine to go to school... no ear infection, throat infection or chest congestion, but he's still a bit of a snotball and his behaviour is off, so mommy is getting no relief...
Erik has managed to miss all the fun, guess that old adage about breastfeeding and anti-bodies works, because he's the only one in our family not to catch the cold...
It was a bittersweet day yesterday, I boxed up all of Erik's newborn, 0-3 mos, 3-6 months and most of his 6-9 months clothes and gave them to one of Robyn's teachers who just had a baby boy... I'll never have anyone who fits into those sizes again...
My little chunk-a-monk is starting in on 12 months sleepers... the only way the 6 months stuff fits is if it's a two piece outfit... I've decided to skip 9 mos size sleepers though, because the barely fit, so at 3 mos and a week, Erik is wearing 12 mos clothes... even if it's only at night...
Robyn has had some upheavals at school in the past few weeks... her math teacher left to take a job at a high school - something she's probably better suited to, but it means that Robyn and her classmates are getting used to a new teacher and his style... hoping it works out.
At the same time, her science teacher gave birth to a bouncing baby boy last week (the recipient of Erik's prodigious growth) and after only a few days, her carefully planned substitute got a full time job... so they were without a regular sub for a few days and are just getting back into the swing of things there...
She spent those few days getting to know her classmates, playing a 'hi tech' truth or dare game with the help of a classmate's i phone... don't know which one gets me more... class time spent playing truth or dare, or that a 13 year old has an iphone... and I don't...
oh well- it was only a few days, and things seem to be heading back towards normal
The other upheaval at Robyn's school is that her lunch period has moved from 12:45 to 2:00! My highly metabolized kid, who already ate a healthy breakfast at 7:30am is now eating a second breakfast at 8:30 when she gets to school, because they don't even have a locker break where she could shove a granola bar in her mouth between 8:30 and 2pm... apparently the stomach rumbles from the students in her 1:00 class could keep time ... not sure who thought that was a good idea...
On a positive note, we signed her up for a house league soccer team for after school, so she'll have something else to do :-) - as if her schedule wasn't busy enough...
As for me, I'm going just a little stir crazy... I'm looking forward to Liam feeling well enough and getting back into the swing of things at school, so that Erik and I can get out more... I have decided that errands with both boys (and one a little under the weather) is difficult to the point of counter-productive... so we're stuck inside... and Wayne has had a crazy busy week with two late days out of four, so it's been especially tough...
Happy Friday everyone!
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