Tales of an almost 8 month old in the family

[charisstoma]

*snickers* W3 (my Dad and brother both have the same name as the new addition) now has graduated as of next week to the mobile class of daycare school. No more lunging across the floor in the manner of a frog. Another small student made the transition and he got it, he crawls. Not a slow crawl but as the humorous mom recounts it, "AH HA! I'm free! Zoom!"

They have baby proofed the living room by taking all the furniture; sofas, chair, ottomans, a large box and a baby gate; and forming it into a circle. They're geeks. Lots of geek extension cords for their grown up toys. Must keep baby from the cords.

All his bouncing in the seat has given him great muscles and he can almost stand sooooo how long before he discovers CLIMBING and theeeeeeen once he's mastered getting out of The Couch Stalag, there are these wonderful stairs that go up to the upstairs.

And the Uncle to this sweet bundle of mischief, has had one of his two wisdom teeth removed. Other to meet its demise as soon as he's recovered from this one. It's impacted.
I'm home on MomTLC detail.
Decent prices through dental insurance offered by dentist. I was thinking $1000 at least.
One year dental insurance for $349 a year which gives 2 cleanings, all x-rays and exams for free and 20% off any other procedures.
Total cost for today $549.60. I've my plan through work. I'm paying $35 a month for just the normal stuff and then a percentage after that for other stuff. If I add me to my son's policy it's $99 added to the cost of his. hmmmmm. Oh, and you don't have to get referral to a specialist. It's all done in house. They also do dental implants, not that I need them.

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[frogs_of_war]

Zoom. My niece used to climb on top of the refrigerator before she could walk well. She'd push a chair over to the counter...

Is it better to get both done at once, when it comes to surgery, or one at a time? Teeth are different, but I talked to a guy whose wife got surgery on both knees at once, and he said the doctor said no one does this, but I pointed out that she'll need half the PT if she does both at once and he'll have to take only about half the time off work than if she recovered from the first and then did the second.

I got all my wisdom teeth taken out the day before Thanksgiving when I was 16. I could only eat mash potatoes. (Met my husband the next Monday, when I still looked like "old Elvis")

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

When my Mom had her knee surgery, they told her that it was actually better to do one at a time for recovery. Knee replacement surgery is more painful than hip surgery probably because of the type of joint.
My Mom has done both hip and knee. That held true for her recoveries.
I think that they prefer that you are semi-mobile for physical therapy.
PT used to wipe my Mom, the surgery queen. She has said that before she let them do the other knee they'd have to catch her.

BUT... they've made great advances in techniques and care. My son is up and had mac and cheese just now. Brushed his teeth very gently, swished just as gently. He's had no nausea, Schwans vanilla ice cream cups for the win. No bruising evident. I'm very happy for him and I'm narrowing my eyes at him because I went through hell during mine, not that I want him to go through that. I'm his Mom.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Sounds suspiciously like you're encouraging baby to climb!

argh dentists horrid places.
Miserable when you can't eat/talk right

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Nope. Don't think I'll teach him that and besides stair climbing at this stage is just crawling uphill.

This has been a better experience than I had. Much better. They forgot to mention; eating food with the pain killer, there was no antibiotic, food is sipped not sucked through a straw and don't suck the blood from the wound into your stomach.

Vomiting with a wound like this in your mouth...........
He's had none of that.