16 Months!!! The King of Barf

Poor Tommy.  We're still waiting for him to catch that break.  Any day now he will grow out of all this and we will look back on this as a fond memory.  A fond memory of when we were up to our elbows in BARF.  Arrgghhh.

Before we dive into that pool of barf, let's check in with Tommy's progress as he grows into a big strong healthy boy.  What has he been up to lately?  His personality is becoming clearer.  When he's feeling well, he LOVES to talk.  Daycare says he talks from the time we drop him off to the time we pick him up.  He has a lot to say.  He's definitely a talker.  It's so funny to watch him while he talks.  He will look at you like he's actually saying real words and expect you to understand him.

He also is picking up new words every day.  He just learned what exactly bye bye means.  So now when reading bedtime stories if he doesn't like the book, he will grab it out of my hands, raise it over his head and fling it at the floor.  Then he will stop and say, "Buh bye" (just like David Spade on SNL!) before reaching for another book.

He also knows that cows say moo.  Anytime he sees a picture of a cow, he points at it and says, "Moo??" It's very cute.   He also likes to read books himself.  He will go through the book "Harry the Dirty Dog" (Thanks Bickleys!) and point out each and every picture of which he knows the name.  So page to page to page, you will hear, "DAH! (for dog) DEEKAT! (for kitty cat) BAY-BEE? (for baby or small child) BUR? (for bird) CAH! (for car) CHOO! (for choo choo train) DAH! DAH! DAH!" That's his favorite word obviously.

He loves to call family role call.  Mama? Dada? Mama? Dada? Then he points to either our family picture or a picture of an invitation we received with a little baby girl (Nora!) on it and say, "BAYBEE?"

So let's explore that vomit topic I was talking about earlier.

 Tommy has been spewing randomly in the last week or two.  We were really scared he might be allergic to wheat now too.  The last thing he needs is another food allergy.  So I took him to the doctor and we found out he has an ear infection.  Poor guy.  Vomiting is sometimes a symptom of that.  It's not common but it definitely happens! So once he's all healed up from this ear infection, hopefully the vomiting will cease and desist. It's so disgusting! We are SICK OF IT.   So is daycare and they've only had to deal with it a couple of times.  He's sick of it too.  So cross your fingers that this upchucking will end very very soon... like today.

So Happy Belated 16 Month Birthday Tommy! We hope you get well very soon!