Couch Cautions

I had my first official emergency room visit for our children. Jensen broke his arm last Wednesday morning. After breakfast while I was doing the dishes Siesa and Jensen were jumping off the couch onto the cushion. They were jumping literally 8 inches off the couch onto the cushion and carpeted floor. Jensen started screaming that his arm hurt. I didn’t think it was that big of a deal since Jensen always screams loud anytime he has the slightest thing happen. About five minutes later he was sitting on my lap, I was rocking him and he said I was hurting his arm, I lifted up is sleeve and told him I was pretty sure his arm was broken and that we needed to go to the hospital right now. His arm was noticeably bent in the wrong direction. All the way to the emergency room he kept saying “mommy do something” I assured him that the doctor would be able to help him more than I could. We had a very pleasant emergency room visit surprisingly. As soon as we came in they gave him some very strong pain medication so Jensen was very cooperative. He fractured both bones in his right arm. He is right handed but has adjusted well using his left hand. As he said he is a “one hand man” we go tomorrow to get another more permanent cast which he will have to wear for 4 to 6 weeks. So much for swimming this month.

Thankful for a whim

Siesa is potty trained! Two weeks ago Siesa was up stairs in the bath room with a poopy diaper on and yelled “come wipe my bum, bum daddy”. We started laughing and I thought maybe we should potty train her. So Monday morning I put her in underwear and told her that she was a big girl and if she had to go to the bathroom to tell me. The part that sealed the deal was if she went on the potty she could have a jelly bean. She had 2 accidents that morning but she learned quickly and we have had almost no accidents the last two weeks and the only ones we have had have been here. The first few times going out I was a little nervous having her in underwear but from the first day she has told me when she needs to go. She even told her nursery leaders on Sunday Yea! She now will go all by her self and the biggest problem is that now she has an excuse to run around half dressed. She has also become quite possessive of the toilet and if anyone else needs to go she will run up stairs yelling “me first” even if she just went which can be a little frustrating for Jensen. He said today that he was not going to tell anyone when he had to go to the bathroom so that Siesa couldn’t beat him. I have been shocked about how well she did and kept asking myself “is it really going to be this easy”. I hope all my children potty train as easy as her.
The best part is that after 4 years and 2 months of changing diapers I get a 4 month break!