monkey business

Batu used to have this fond affection for his little monkey stuffed animal (appropriately named "monkey"), to the point of cuddling with him in his crib. In fact Ozan and I were really surprised that Batu warmed up to a lovie because he's not a cuddly type of kid. Now he has developed this love/hate relationship where he tosses and flings monkey around in the crib, and then eventually stands up and tosses "monkey" out of the crib and whines, "My monkey." Since I am still sitting in the rocking chair until he settles down to sleep (more on that later), I have been picking monkey up and giving it back to Batu. A few nights this stupid game went on for far too long to the point where I had to mysteriously remove monkey until Batu fell asleep. Oh the little games we play!

On another note, we're less than 36 hours until tube day. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

4 days and counting, hoping

So far so good. Batu has a little runny nose but as long as it does not manifest into wheezing or a cough by Wed, we should be ok (knock on wood). I've been loading him up with vitamins all week and trying to get him to eat oranges. I wish I could keep him home Monday and Tuesday next week to incubate him from the daycare germ pool but my parents are in FL and we don't have a babysitter (although I am on the hunt for one).

The other annoying thing we are dealing with is adjusting Batu back to a normal bedtime after daylight savings time. Like clockwork, he's falling asleep exactly one hour later (9 instead of 8) and it's driving us nuts!

I promise to write about something much more exciting than ear tubes and adnoids after next week. Really.

the countdown begins again

Ok, we need to get through the next 11 days as Batu's tubes surgery is March 18th. Perhaps St. Patrick can send some lucky charms our way. At least he's getting used to the nebulizer (also known as the "neb") and hopefully we won't need it for a while.