The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

Xavier has his first tooth, well actually teeth! His two bottom teeth are growing in at the same time! They finally broke through the gums on Wednesday, after a lot of pain and suffering. Now, the big question remains: Will he or won't he??? Bite me that is, while breastfeeding.
Emma had her first 4 teeth come in at 4 months old, she had 8 by 8 months and all her baby teeth pretty much by the time she was a year old. I breastfed Emma until she was 15 months old and never bit me, not even once. Will Xavier be the same? Hmmm, somehow, I don't think so..
Since we're talking about teeth, it should also be noteworthy to mention that Emma has all four 2 year mollars, giving her a complete set of baby teeth! Hooray!
Xavier has been experimenting with different foods. So far he's had:

• Rice, Barley and Oatmeal cereals
• Carrots and Sweet Potatoes
• Peaches

The look on his face when he first tried peaches yesterday was hilarious! His favourites so far seem to be the rice cereal and carrots.

Emma was sick earlier this week. We were out at "Bebe, parents et gazouillements" when Emma had a bout of diarhea. We came home where she threw up once and had one more messy diaper. A little bit of tylenol, pedialyte in popsicle form and gingerale seemed to the trick to get her back on track.
Yesteday she had a little accident in the backyard where she scraped the palm of her hand. It's not a bad "booboo", but it's one of her on personal worst, so it's causing her a little stress. Otherwise, she's fine.

The business of the stinky pee, by the way, is not quite finished yet. Xavier is needing to go to Children's Hospital on Monday to have a VCUG. I can't remember what the letters individual stand for anymore, however, it is a special kind of X-Ray. Basically they insert a cath tube into the poor little guy's penis. Through the tube they insert a dye to see if it goes all the way up to his kidney's, which would be a bad thing. They take X-Ray's to be able to see. Hopefully everything will go well.

On another note, Sebastien did not end up getting his surgery a few weeks back, apparently there was too much potassium in his system. The cause of his bleeding is still a mystery. Looks like Jasmina and little Sebastien will be in Toronto for a long time still.

Stinky pee - part deux

Last week, Xavier had to go back to the doctor's to have a cath tube put in to extract more pee. Turns out that the enzymes in his pee has grown. The urologist suggested that we take care of the problem ASAP. Xavier is now on a list of different creams and antibiotics.
First we have the famous hydrocortison cream which we use for his eczema. I really can't wait for this to clear. It is looking much, much better and we are down to just using the cream twice a day (from four times a day).
Secondly, we have a cream that we need to "massage" into Xavier's foreskin, concentrating on the opening. The opening is small and the foreskin does not retract at all. We need to be very gentle with this. Hopefully this cream will help the situation. The enzymes are probably being created because of this problem. We apply this cream twice a day for six weeks.
Thirdly, we have a suspension liquid medication Cephalexin which we administer 4 times a day. This we need to do for 2 weeks. Once this is finished we need to get another medication called Septra.
Xavier has a follow up appointment in a week in a half. Hopefully all this medication will help. He will also need to go for an ultrasound to check to make sure his kidneys are not infected. He will also have another cath tube put in to extract more pee.
It's a lot of things to remember and put Xavier through, but it's nothing compared to Emma's little friend Sebastien. By the way, Sebastien has another flu bug, so let's keep him in our prayers. The sooner he gets better, the sooner he can be put back on the kidney transplant list, the sooner he can have his transplant, the sooner he can live Sick Kids in Toronto, the sooner he can come back home to Winnipeg! I always wonder how Jasmina and David do it. They definitely are superstars!