Tubes and a tumble off the bed

After Trace got his first minor bobo, he got his first major one just a few days later. Not really too major, but his nose was pretty scraped up.

A few weeks ago, we were down in Grand Isle visiting our families. Trace was playing on the bed at Ashley's parents house while Ashley, her mom and I were in the room with him. We turn our heads for 0.5 seconds and BOOM! we see Trace lying face down on the floor crying. He took a nose-dive off the bed and landed face first.

They have carpet in the bedroom and it was a high bed, so he received a nice rug burn across his nose. He fussed for about 20-25 minutes, then took a nap. Once he woke up, he forgot about the hole thing. He such a tough little guy.

Earlier this week, we brought Trace for his post-op visit after he received tubes in his ears a few weeks ago. Everything looks good, we just need to add drops to his right ear to clear out some gunk that's around the tube. Hopefully, with these tubes we'll see less ear infections and congestion. He has had about 3 ear infections so far with one lasting about a month and a half.

Getting the tubes put in was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. We brought Trace in for the procedure in the morning and we were away from him for maybe 15 minutes total. The nurses let us go with him to all the pre-op stuff and we stayed with him until they brought him to the back. Then a few minutes later, the doctor was calling us to let us know how it went and moments later we were in recovery with a cranky baby.

They told us that when he woke up from the anesthesia that he'd be fussy, but we didn't realize how fussy. He was still groggy, so it was like having a newborn again. He couldn't really control his arms and legs and we had to support his head again. He fussed for a bit after we got him, but after his nap, he was back to the old Trace again.

Now we're learning how to use ear plugs, and we seem more annoyed by them than he does. As long as he gets to get in the bath with the water running, he's happy. He could care less what you are putting in his ears.