Owen visits the Paediatric Emergency Centre

On Thursday I fetched Owen at 9am from school with a fever and feeling poorly. He was looking off the next day and then developed croup. I took him to the PEC at 9pm Saturday night as he could not sleep and breath properly. He had a shot in his leg (followed by much protesting) and then we stayed for 4 hours while he was hooked up to a monitor and nebulised. After he felt better he was happy to pose for some photos. Brendon was away in Europe so Owen slept in my bed for 5 days. I also learnt that he grinds his teeth loud enough to wake me up. I think this will be the next investigation. Always something going on with little ones. I have been very pleased not to have to do the school run though.

Owens first day at School

Today was Owens first day at school. He is in the Buttercup Nursery class. He has a uniform which he does not mind wearing but has let me know on previous occassions that he does not like the shorts. I tend to agree with him (but never verbally let him know) that they are not what I would personally pick out for him to wear.

Our week leading up to today was filled with introducing what will be taking place at school etc. First we drew up a calendar and Owen crossed off the days until we got to the smiley "school" day. Next we had the snack out of the "incy wincy spider" snack pack at 10am to let him know that is what we eat first and at lunch time the dinosaur lunch bag held his lunch time meal. All seemed to work fine at home.

The weekend before was spent trying to convince Owen that his black school shoes were cool to wear. He needed a bit of convincing but didnt hesitate to put them on once he saw that his socks were his favourite colour green! Bonus.

The night before everything was laid out and ready for the next days action. I battled to sleep but Owen didnt have a problem! Owen was so excited in the morning he even managed to put most of his uniform on himself. Brendon came with us to mark this historic event. When we arrived Owen shot into the class and settled himself down in front of the car garage and was very happy to say goodbye. I on the other hand was a bit teary and when Erin and I got home I decided the girls needed chocolate so I split a box of Owens mini-smarties box with Erin at 8.00am.

I am hoping the days and months to come will be just as happy and as exciting as it was today for my little boy.

My big little boy

I may be totally biased but I have such a gorgeous son!

Building is my thing

Owen loves to build things with his lego. His creation today was a helicopter. He has such imagination as I definately would not have thought up this one.

Owen gets a black eye

As it usually happens when Brendon is away someone acquires an injury here at home. Owen managed to catch his eye on the corner of the play table in his room just before bath time. He cried so and wouldn't let me open it, all the while blood streaming down his face. I phoned the compound paramedic which is Brendons colleague and he responded down Salwa road in 5 minutes! It turned out to be a small cut and it stopped bleeding after a while. No hospital visits thank goodness.