History of the J Man

Jonah has been to the ER now about 3 times I think.  Last night was our first trip there for Elliott.

I came home last night to a slightly frazzled Nanny talking about a broken window and I see Elliott with blood all over his shirt and shorts. Apparently they had just come in from walking the dog and a few feet from home Elliott cut himself on a broken glass-block window on the building next door.  This was the first time the nanny had decided let Elliott walk on this walk instead of putting him in the stroller or strapping him on.  She was holding one of his hands, walking the dog and watching Jonah also.  Elliott must have reached out just at the wrong spot on the building.  He sliced his ring finger pretty good.  She got it washed off and bandaged up.  I was tempted to let it go but once I looked at it and saw a big flap of skin I thought I’d better take him in.

Once Chris walked in the door and changed his clothes we were off.  We were at the ER at Children’s by about 6:30 and got home around 10:00pm.  Elliott had x-rays to make sure there wasn’t any glass left in the wound.  They put some topical numbing stuff on it then finally gave him 5 stitches around 9:30 at night.  (To put it in perspective on Top Chef All-Stars Chef Jamie left the cooking competition when she cut her finger.  She only ended up with 2 stitches.)  He didn’t have any pain meds, no local and didn’t make a peep during the process.

Today he took a long morning nap and is favoring the hand a bit but otherwise seems no worse off. The stitches are due to come out in one week.  I’ve heard that process is worse than the stitches themselves so we’ll see.

I’ll try and take a photo of his finger tonight to post here.

I think all the time about how Elliott and Jonah are such different little boys already.  I hate to compare them but as a mom I don’t think you can help doing it.

• Jonah was my good sleeper, Elliott is not.  He still doesn’t always sleep through the night even at 14 months.  His favorite place to sleep is still on mom.  I say ON vs. WITH because he’s literally in the crook of my arm or tummy to tummy with me in bed.
• Both are good eaters but Jonah was done nursing by 9 months opting for a full bottle rather than me and he would down 8 oz of milk even after a big meal.  Elliott on the other hand, while also a good eater, is still nursing 3 times a day and doesn’t really care for whole milk from a sippy cup.  We have to find times to get him to drink it vs. Jonah who we had to limit the amount each day.
• Jonah is sort of the standard first child: cautious, reserved and likes to observe things before jumping in.  Elliott is classic 2nd kid who leaps before he looks.  He’ll get a devilish glint in his eye and will do something silly just to get a laugh.  He’ll do something he’s not supposed to do, look at you shake his head and say “no, no, no” then laugh!

They couldn’t be more sweet to each other though.  They both like to hang out in Jonah’s bed and Elliott will move the cars along the floor just like Jonah.  They like to sit side-by-side in the double stroller and entertain each other in their side-by-side car seats.  Both are officially sleeping in the same room now and even after Elliott cries at night Jonah tells me in the morning that he “didn’t hear a thing!”

Elliott seems to get teeth 4 at a time.  He’s has his top 4 and bottom 4 for a while, he cut his 4 first molars a in mid July and is now working on those 4 eye teeth.  Hopefully then he’s done!  We have friends the same age who have a lot fewer teeth than he has.  I’m not sure if 4 at once is a good thing or a bad thing.  When he was up crying at 3:00am last night it was certainly NOT a good thing.

Below are 2 photos of Elliott being a big boy eating his snack like a pro in the recliner on vacation.