my rock star

so jack has had a rough fall in regards to ear infections and viruses. it seems he gets better and then a week later he has picked up something new. we're hoping that a booster of the pneumococcal vaccine will help him fend this pesky viruses off better, but we're also researching some other possible causes. in the meantime, after just finishing up yet another antibiotic, jack has picked up a new virus. back to the dr. we went this morning. jack was just hoping that he wouldn't miss his 2nd pajama day at school, and i was just hoping it wasn't another ear infection!? turns out his ears look great, but he has picked up a new virus. with no signs of a fever today, the dr. gave him the "ok" to go to pajama day! now comes the rock star part...i prepped jack as best i could that he would have to have more blood taken today, and despite being very apprehensive, he did awesome. there were no tears and cooperated completely. i hate seeing him have to go through all this, but he is such a trooper and with any luck we'll get all of this figured out and it will be a long, long time before he has to give blood again:)

festival of lights...

jack has been learning a lot about hannukah this week at school. so far he has asked me the following; can we become jewish, can i make potato pancakes, can he learn hebrew and if i knew how to count from 1-10 in hebrew! i like his enthusiasm and eagerness to learn, but i was definitely not prepared for the next conversation to follow. it went a little something like this;

j: mom, how do jewish people look?
me: um, you can't really tell someone's religion by looking at them. sometimes you can tell where someone's family originates based on their last name.
j: oh no, i know how you can tell...it's in the kid's faces. they like have these old faces, ya know. i think (insert name of school mate) is jewish, because he has a really old face!
me: um, again, you can't really tell by looking at someone buddy. #imsonotpreparedfortheseconversations

oy vey?!

5 year well check!

it is really hard to believe that i just took jack to his five year well check, but low and behold here we are!? he is doing great, and growing like a weed. he is 45 inches and 45 pounds. he grew five inches since last year alone!

*sidenote: mike is chuckling behind me because he realized if his height/weight ratio were identical, he would be over eighteen feet tall-lol!?

we did test his iron again, because he seemed to be lethargic and run down lately-we're on his 3rd ear infection in two months! we also tested to see his levels in regards to the ppsv23 vaccine. his iron levels came back fine, on the lower end, but still within range. however, he is deficient where the ppsv23 is concerned. his doctor thinks this may be why he has had a bout of ear infections, as well as other colds recently. so we will be getting a booster of the ppsv23. fingers crossed this does the trick, and his little body is better equipped at warding off all these viruses.