Bye-Bye Paci's

MINUTES OLD!
Yes, it is finally time to get rid of the ever so loved Pacifiers. Since being minutes old, my little butterbean has LOVED and I mean LOVED her pacifiers. I always said I would never let her have them. Even before birth. I was too scared it would interfear with breastfeeding. Well, Miss Priss came out sucking her thumb. Her poor fingers were blistered from sucking them in the womb. So, I did it. I gave it to her right away. She took it imediately and it was love at first suck! She had zero problems with a bottle or breastfeeding-as far as confusing them. In fact, I remember clearly giving her all three in the hospital, the boob, the bottle and the paci much to the dislike of the lactation Nazi's (yes, that's what I call them, or one in particular).

So, 2 and a half years later it is time to part ways. I am not that nervous since she has been chewing them and creating holes in them but I am nervous for me. I have relied on these things for two years now!! Crying, tantrums, sick, sleeping, car...etc. Ugh, I think I'm just as attached. They instantly calm her and crying stops. Good for me and her but now it is bad for her teeth. They are seperating and while we will never know if they caused this, it is time to stop!!

We are moving Cahrlotte to a "big girl" bed with the next to weeks so she will officially be a big girl and no pacis!! Note: She goes all day long at school without them and of course I pop one in when I get her-BAD MOMMY!! :)

Emma Claire Stott!

My little 10 year old cousin Emma is here visiting us this weekend! We ar having so much fun going to the pool, playgrounds, renting movies, and this afternoon we are headed to the airport observation park, if the storms hold out. Charlotte is slightly obsessed with Emma and wants her undivided attention ALL THE TIME! Poor Emma :) They are having a blast and played with play dough for an hour straight this morning!

"A Child"

a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.
-Dorothy Law Nolte

The little Patient

First time as a "blogger"

Hello fellow bloggers. I am new at this but am going to give it a whirl! I love sharing stories about our crazy, dramatic, fun and exciting life here at the Brooks household so hopefully I will find this to be a great way to unload and fill you in on our ife in general! I love reading other blogs and think I will really enjoy being able to write on here and share what's on my mind.
I just started back to work Part Time, so I am pretty busy at the moment trying to adjust to our new way of life. However, I feel VERY fortunate to only work three days a week. I am still able to enjoy spending as much time as possible with little Charlotte, the most important thing in the world to me, next to God.
We have had a stroke of "bad luck" lately in our house! I used to say bad things happen to me in "threes," however lately it's been more like five or six!! We started the week off with my car breaking down and had to replace the water pump. This would be bad thing #1. As the week progressed, things went from bad to worse! Little Charlotte was scheduled to get tubes put in on Thurs. Am at 7:00. I was very nervous, but not overly worried. Besides, I am no stanger to surgery. Being that Charlotte is so little and I didn't have my first surgery until 7 years old, I was a little more concerned. BUT I have been hearing OVER AND OVER again how easy peasy this tube surgery was. Fiftten minutes MAX and she will be finished. This made me feel much better! A friend of mine shared that her little one was playing and back to normal within 2 hours. Well, none of this happened. As we were waiting,fifteen minutes turned into twenty, and twenty minutes turned into 27 minutes! I was starting to completely LOOSE it. FINALLY the Dr. came out. He very calmly told me his "part" went very well. HUH?!?! What other "part" went wrong? Here's a brief description of what happend:

Tylonal givenminutes prior to surgery, even though I told them 100 times she has a history of bad reflux. As soon as the anesthesioligist(sp) started the gas, carlotte began to vomit. She threw up the tylonal, as well as other natral secreations in her tummy. She had not had anything to drink/eat since 7pm the night before, as directed. They had to imediately start an IV, suction the vomit and try to get it all out before it went into her lungs. Apparently her resperations got very slow. She had a major larengal spasm. In recovery, she was having a "wet" cough and began gasping for breaths a few times. The decision was made to transfer her to Rex Hospital. She got a little fluid in her right lung but the Xrays looked a lot better than we thought. Long story short, Miss Priss is going to be just fine. I am now forever scarred and will never have tubes put in again. It would take major convincing. -

People should really think twice about any "elective" surgery. Complication can happen and we just wittnessed it first hand. The anesthesiologist was totally shaken up and everyone was shocked and upset. I heard one nurse say she had been there 5 years and had never seen this. Things happen! ugh. So, I guess this was bad thing #'s 2,3 4 and maybe more. When we left the hospital to go pick up our other car, the battery was dead! Bad thing# 5 I guess. Needless to say we are staying home this weekend and holding our precious baby very CLOSE to us!! Give your children kisses and hugs everyday all the time!

Did I mention the ENT doctor aslo removed a 1 inch splinter in Charlotte's foot? Crazy! We hope next week is much better and our "bad luck" turns into lots of POSITVE things!!