Mackay Madness: ToOThPicKS AND EarHoLEs

Thursday, November 13, 2008

ToOThPicKS AND EarHoLEs

Above: Easton destroying the paper on the table at the doctors office

Some days are better than others. Today I had to take Easton to the Doctor. Yesterday, he stuck a toothpick in his ear. None of my children have ever even attempted that! Leave it to "E" to jab his eardrum. He was eating hot dogs with a toothpick...because that's the only way he'll eat, and all of a sudden he started screaming. I noticed the cheese and ketchup in his ear and tried to clean it out with a swab. He was soooooo mad! I thought, I'll just see how he does for awhile before I take him to the Dr. Well, this morning, he had dried blood in his ear so I took him in!

Trying to hide in between two chairs

Trying to hide in this cubby!

When doctors take their time getting to the patient, this is what us mothers are doing while we wait with these little monkeys! And then we wonder why they get sick every time we go to the doctor. I think he crawled on the floor twice, touched the garbage can, and swung on the door handle. He pretty much touched every germ carrying crevice in the entire office! GROSS

Finally, the doctor checks out his ear. Sure enough, he punctured his eardrum. He has to have antibiotic drops in his ear for a week then return to see how it's healing!
I say to the Dr. " how many things can actually happen to a child before you turn in the parent for abuse?" He laughed and said " I won't turn you in as long as my kids have had more injuries than yours." That was good news! I know his kids and they are crazy too.

While we were there I decided we should all get flu shots. I don't know who was harder to hold down....Amanda or Easton! Bunch of babies.

Of course I get the crappy job of holding him down!

And Amanda gets to save him! GLORY HOG.

I'm not going to lie....I can barely hold my arm up to type this post!
Ouchie...flu shots hurt!

11 comments:

margo said...: Oh my -- I'm so glad you decided to take him in -- wow a punctured ear drum. Poor guy! No more toothpicks allowed at the Mackay Farm okay!; November 13, 2008 at 6:34 PM
{Rollins Family} said...: amanda...you're a a big baby!! hahahA!!
poor easton, his poor little ear :(; November 13, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Emily said...: No Way, poor little bugger. First he punctures his ear drum and then his mom holds him down for shots. Seriously Liz, what kind of mother are you?; November 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: TRUTHFULLY NOW, WAS AMANDA BEING A PUSS? IF SO... ALLINA AND I WANT TO KNOW!

SORRY EASTIE... THAT YOUR MOTHER LETS YOU PLAY WITH SMALL WEAPONRY!; November 13, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Jodi said...: Kids do the darndest things! It's good to know if you puncture your eardrum with a toothpick there is an easy fix (drops). Flu shots are tough on those little ones, but Amanda looks like she was a trooper. ;); November 14, 2008 at 4:45 AM
Natali Thompson said...: oh...that poor child! Seriously...I am beginning to wonder :) He is a boy...what can you say??! Way to go on the shots!; November 14, 2008 at 9:10 AM
Amy said...: That's the craziest thing ever! That had to hurt. Poor little guy.

Landon and I got flu shots last weekend, and they really do hurt. But they're better than the flu, right

BTW-E's shoes are the cutest!; November 14, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Goddard Family said...: Poor easton...I hope he gets feeling better.; November 14, 2008 at 11:25 AM
jenn said...: Toothpick in the ear? Ouch! That's one I've never heard. At least he's being original! :)

Hope his little ear gets feeling better real soon!; November 14, 2008 at 3:33 PM
The Reading Armadillo said...: Poor little guy. What a scary experience. He sure has had a lot of adventures in his little life.; November 14, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Durrant said...: Poor little Easton! What a traumatic day for all of you! Hope his ear is feeling better!; November 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!