Noah's tongue tied

On Friday Feburary 1st, Noah had a small procedure to get his tongue clipped.  Noah was born with his tongue tied.  Our pediatrician was not pro-clipping unless absolutely necessary.  For example, if he couldn't eat or talk, etc.  Noah was breastfeeding like a champ so we had no issues on that territory.   He is now 2 years old, and lately we noticed that he had more trouble talking than Sam did at his age.   Our pediatrician told us that he is only two, so still ok if he doesn't talk as much as Sam did.   He said usually the second kid is more delayed, since his big brother would speak for him!  He is also a big fan of his pacifier.  Sometimes he even has three in his mouth at the same time!  Plus he is also bilingual which can delay a little bit the speech.



Noah with his tongue tied



However, he referred us to a ENT doctor to take a look and decide if we should do anything about it.   The ENT doctor was very impressed by his tongue tiedness and said even though is not related to non-talking, it would help with pronunciation (Especially if he will be bilingual), so we decided to go ahead with the surgery.

The hardest part was that Noah could not eat or drink after midnight.  The surgery was set to 8:15 AM and we needed to be there by 7:15 AM.  It was a little tough to keep him entertained for that long with no snacks/drinks.   After Noah tried to escape the room a few times, the nurses finally changed us to a room with a TV and that kept him a little bit entertained, but he was just getting tired by then.  Finally when the nurses came to get him for surgery he was almost falling asleep and he went with them with no problem.   The surgery took about 15 minutes, Aaron and I waited in the waiting room.   After the surgery the doctor came to talked to us and still mentioned how his tongue tied was very impressive and it took 3 stitches!  So, we feel that was a good thing that we got it done now.   

We came back to the room and Noah was sleeping, he was so cute:

Noah's sleeping after surgey

After he woke up and drank some apple juice we took him to Bread Company for breakfast.  We were hungry too!  He ate some muffins but was read to go home.   The rest of the day, he was pretty wild (maybe from the anesthesia?) and we kept him on tylenol.  He was drooling a lot!   He did ok.  Saturday his grandparents and aunt came to visit and we went out to lunch.  He was a little bit cranky but not too bad.   Monday he was good and happy to go back to his normal life!  He is not too much interested on his pacifier as much, which might be a good thing!



We went to Bread Company after surgery for muffins



New tongue- new life!

Boy's hair

Our boys have completely different hair styles.   Sam has thick curly hair, and Noah has straight, smooth hair.  For their first hair cut we took them to the Hairy Elephant, which is a hair cut place just for kids.    Both boys did very good.   After a few times,  we decided to do the trimming ourselves adn save some money.  I started just doing their bangs, and the last time I went a little over board.  Disaster.   We decided to just let their hair to grow out for a while so they can get a decent hair cut.  We do like little boys with long hair and are not too big fan of the "buzz" hair cut.

Here is Sam and Noah Hair style:



Sam has wavy, curly hair



Noah has straight hair -we are trying to do his bangs to the side



 





Do they look like they need hair cuts?

After Thanksgiving we decided to take Noah to get his hair cut, it was about time.  We made sure to tell the hairstlyst that we like to keep a little bit long.   Noah did so good and just sat there watching Mickey on TV.  He even got his hair washed and dried.  I am going to just trim Sam's bangs over the weekend, his hair is not ready for a real hair cut yet.  Here is Noah at his hair appointment.

Focus

Getting rid of the mullet hair!

 

Noah has short hair!





Halloween, Madonna and a cold

We had a party for Halloween and it was so much for the kids.   We had friends to come over with their kids, made chilli, had a fire going.   Noah and Sam were very hyper thru the evening.   The guys took the kids out for trick or treat and I followed them a little bit for pictures.  Noah was all over the place as expected and Sam enjoyed himself as always.   Sam was a knight and Noah a pirate socket monkey. Here are a few pics that describes the night:

The next day I got up sick (a very bad cold) and had to be all better for the evening to see MADONNA. I worked from home and tried to rest up for the concert.   The concert was awesome, she is great.  I went to see Madonna 20 years ago at age 13 with my older sisters and that concert was so especial to me.  I even won a DVD player from a contest.   Good times. 

MADONNA

2012