The boys have their surgeries tomorrow. We have to be there at 6:30 am and no food past midnight for them (including formula) and nothing but clear fluids until 4 am. Which is tough with Conor because he gets up for bottles at night to alleviate ear pain. So he's staying up late. :)
Aiden had cake before he had dinner. He's being spoiled too since he won't be able to eat any really good foods for a while.
A quick update since I still have to get us all packed.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Some more pics...from Reiley Photography
http://www.reileyphotography.com
The owner of this photography studio (Reiley Photography) is one of the members of our moms group so we had a kids at play photoshoot at the park last week. It was a lot of fun, here are some shots of the boys.
The owner of this photography studio (Reiley Photography) is one of the members of our moms group so we had a kids at play photoshoot at the park last week. It was a lot of fun, here are some shots of the boys.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Happy Earth Day
We went to Capron Park today for a "Party for the Planet" w/ the moms group. It was fun, a bit crowded, but Aiden had a good time and Conor enjoys people watching like his momma so he was cool with it. :) Afterwards we went to BJs to get a crap ton of stuff. I needed formula, so figured I may as well stock up while I'm there.
Conor's labs all came back normal, so I'm happy we don't have to worry about any of that...but we are still going to keep him gluten free, at least for the time being. It is actually working out well with both of the boys and I'm happy to say Conor has slept through the night the last three nights, something he hadn't done in quiet a while!! Hopefully I haven't jinxed myself.
Last night I made homemade GF Chicken Nuggets - They came out okay though I think I need to figure out some seasonings to add to it to spice them up a bit, a little bland. :) Aiden ate them though, and even ate his mashed potatoes. He's been great about eating lately since I do the block trick with him now. I put blocks (building blocks) on his left hand side stacked in a pyramid, for each bite he takes, he gets to move a block to the right hand side and do whatever he wants with it (he makes a train, pyramid, or just moves them) and this way he knows VISUALLY how many more bites he needs to take - 1 bite = 1 block. I have gotten him to try so and eat so many new foods this way, its working out wonderfully! Conor isn't an issue, he'll eat anything you give him, mostly things he shouldn't.
Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Nuggets from Glutenfreeda.com
Servings
Makes about 12 nuggets
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless
Mozzarella cheese, cut into 1" squares
Salt
1 egg
2 Tablespoons milk
1 cup gf flour
1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
Toothpicks
Directions
Place chicken breasts between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and flatten with a kitchen mallet. Cut flattened breasts into 2 or 3 strips lengthwise depending on size of breasts. Cut each strip in half.
Sprinkle each chicken piece with salt and place a square of cheese in center of chicken. Roll chicken around cheese so that cheese is completely covered with chicken. Hold in place with a toothpick. Repeat for all chicken pieces.
Beat egg with a fork, add milk and blend. Pour egg mixture onto a dinner plate.
Pour flour onto a separate dinner plate.
Heat oil in a large, heavy skillet over
medium-high heat. When oil is hot, dip chicken pieces into flour, then egg mixture, then flour again and carefully place in skillet. Brown nuggets on all sides.
Remove to a plate with a paper towel and sprinkle with salt. Remove toothpicks and serve immediately.
Conor's labs all came back normal, so I'm happy we don't have to worry about any of that...but we are still going to keep him gluten free, at least for the time being. It is actually working out well with both of the boys and I'm happy to say Conor has slept through the night the last three nights, something he hadn't done in quiet a while!! Hopefully I haven't jinxed myself.
Last night I made homemade GF Chicken Nuggets - They came out okay though I think I need to figure out some seasonings to add to it to spice them up a bit, a little bland. :) Aiden ate them though, and even ate his mashed potatoes. He's been great about eating lately since I do the block trick with him now. I put blocks (building blocks) on his left hand side stacked in a pyramid, for each bite he takes, he gets to move a block to the right hand side and do whatever he wants with it (he makes a train, pyramid, or just moves them) and this way he knows VISUALLY how many more bites he needs to take - 1 bite = 1 block. I have gotten him to try so and eat so many new foods this way, its working out wonderfully! Conor isn't an issue, he'll eat anything you give him, mostly things he shouldn't.
Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Nuggets from Glutenfreeda.com
Servings
Makes about 12 nuggets
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless
Mozzarella cheese, cut into 1" squares
Salt
1 egg
2 Tablespoons milk
1 cup gf flour
1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
Toothpicks
Directions
Place chicken breasts between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and flatten with a kitchen mallet. Cut flattened breasts into 2 or 3 strips lengthwise depending on size of breasts. Cut each strip in half.
Sprinkle each chicken piece with salt and place a square of cheese in center of chicken. Roll chicken around cheese so that cheese is completely covered with chicken. Hold in place with a toothpick. Repeat for all chicken pieces.
Beat egg with a fork, add milk and blend. Pour egg mixture onto a dinner plate.
Pour flour onto a separate dinner plate.
Heat oil in a large, heavy skillet over
medium-high heat. When oil is hot, dip chicken pieces into flour, then egg mixture, then flour again and carefully place in skillet. Brown nuggets on all sides.
Remove to a plate with a paper towel and sprinkle with salt. Remove toothpicks and serve immediately.
Friday, April 18, 2008
A quick update...
Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets are a success. They are round, so cut is better to get rid of that 'looks weird' factor and they aren't as tasty as the greasy bad for you stuff. Only 11 come in a box and they are a bit $$ so use sparingly and in case of emergencies. I'm going to try and prefect a recipe. ;)
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Gluten free boys
The boys are going gluten free. The decision has been a long time coming but made final yesterday after Conor's nine month check up with his pediatrician. He is doing well size wise, he's 24.4 lbs and 31.5 inches. Big boy all around. :) His feet are now being seriously effected by this skin issue he has and he has red raw blisters forming between his little toes. We did a test of all common allergens today and the pediatrician and I decided that it is time to make them both gluten free. So far so good. Last night we ran to Whole Foods and stocked up. Aiden ended up having GF waffles for dinner, but had a nice GF mac and cheese for lunch today, it was great that I got to eat it too! I made the Mac and Cheese using Tinkyada pasta (Fussilli)and a couple of slices of cheese (3 to be exact) a little bit of milk and some salt and pepper. Pretty good actually!
I went out today and bought a Breadman cool Touch Automatic Bread Maker and am using one of my new boxes of bread mix in it right now. It is Gluten Free Sandwich Bread Mix from 365 (Whole Foods). Its cooking now, so we'll see how it works out. I'll update.
** I'm an idiot. I am not telling what I did. But the bread would have been good if I wasn't such an idiot...but like I said, i am...so I'll have to just buy the mix again some other time and I'll share the results.
On a good note, Aiden ate a great dinner of gluten free grilled cheese sandwiches, made on Tapioca bread in my new TFAL Avante Sandwich and Waffle maker (using the sandwich maker option obviously). They were actually really good and didn't burn or anything as Tapioca bread usually does for me on the burner. He didn't complain as he ate two sandwiches! (He also had some fruit too)
I went out today and bought a Breadman cool Touch Automatic Bread Maker and am using one of my new boxes of bread mix in it right now. It is Gluten Free Sandwich Bread Mix from 365 (Whole Foods). Its cooking now, so we'll see how it works out. I'll update.
** I'm an idiot. I am not telling what I did. But the bread would have been good if I wasn't such an idiot...but like I said, i am...so I'll have to just buy the mix again some other time and I'll share the results.
On a good note, Aiden ate a great dinner of gluten free grilled cheese sandwiches, made on Tapioca bread in my new TFAL Avante Sandwich and Waffle maker (using the sandwich maker option obviously). They were actually really good and didn't burn or anything as Tapioca bread usually does for me on the burner. He didn't complain as he ate two sandwiches! (He also had some fruit too)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
First day and Bloodwork
Aiden had his first run through with preschool yesterday. He went in at ten (his usual start time is nine) and came home after speech at twelve. I didn't speak to his teacher yesterday, since I saw Ms. Tricia when I picked him up but she (Ms. Sara) called today and told me that he was very willing to do everything they asked and he had a lot of fun and enjoyed himself. I figured he would. He's good like that...especially when he's not home! HA!
While he was at school Conor and I went over to the lab and got his bloodwork done...poor dude. They had such a hard time finding his veins. We got his results back today and all is well, except he has elevated triglyceride levels. We will discuss that next week, but Sam tells me that Aiden had the same thing...huh I completely forgot about that!
Today I had a bit of a breakdown, not sure why, I'm just tired I guess and not sleeping so that doesn't help. I tried so hard to go to bed early the other night and got into bed at 7:30 and never fell asleep until after midnight. Uggg so much for that effort. I got a little nap in this afternoon while Conor was asleep and Aiden fell asleep too, so that was good. Aiden is asleep still, Conor is destroying things and I'm doing the smart thing of updating my blog, instead of starting dinner and preventing the boy from knocking over the trash...
While he was at school Conor and I went over to the lab and got his bloodwork done...poor dude. They had such a hard time finding his veins. We got his results back today and all is well, except he has elevated triglyceride levels. We will discuss that next week, but Sam tells me that Aiden had the same thing...huh I completely forgot about that!
Today I had a bit of a breakdown, not sure why, I'm just tired I guess and not sleeping so that doesn't help. I tried so hard to go to bed early the other night and got into bed at 7:30 and never fell asleep until after midnight. Uggg so much for that effort. I got a little nap in this afternoon while Conor was asleep and Aiden fell asleep too, so that was good. Aiden is asleep still, Conor is destroying things and I'm doing the smart thing of updating my blog, instead of starting dinner and preventing the boy from knocking over the trash...
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