Bathtime Can Be Fun

My wife told me that I better get my butt over to the computer and write the article for today. "You have not written an article in a while", she said during dinner. Actually, it was only a couple of days ago, but I did have every intention of writing yesterday. I had the images ready and everything. Regardless, I am here and am now updating the site.
There are two things of importance that I wanted to write about. The first being how the tooth brushing has been going. I had mentioned in my last article how the dentist at Sick Kids had showed us how to brush Parker's teeth together. We took her advice and although Parker fights us for the full 90 seconds, I am able to clean his teeth much more effectively. I blast the Wiggles in his room so he can hear it in our bedroom where we use the chair and ottoman to sit on as we brush his teeth. We have completed several teeth bushings and I must say that I have definitely noticed his top teeth getting cleaner. The greyness that was on his teeth is slowly starting to dissipate. It is hard to check his teeth afterwards because he is so sad during the brushing and I don't want to stress him out any more than I already have; however, while I am brushing, they do look much better. I am starting to think that maybe they were just a little bit dirty.

We feel terrible for Parker during the whole ordeal because he is so sad; however, we know that we are not causing him any pain so the crying does not stop us. When it is over, mom gives him big hugs while daddy grabs his Winnie the Pooh scooter so that he can travel around the upper floor. It makes him forget the brushing rather quickly.

Secondly, Parker started taking baths in the tub without having to sit in his "Ducky Tub". Mommy fills the tub with warm water, bubbles and his toys and Parker hops right in. He was such a good boy for his bath the first two days at it, but mommy told me tonight at dinner that he was not too happy about his bath tonight. Nana and Grand-dad were over for dinner tonight so maybe it had nothing to do with the big tub and everything to do with wanting to play with them.

We have another trip to Sick Kids tomorrow. I emailed our immunologist to see if he had any information about Italy. If I don't hear anything in the next day or so I will make a call to the center in Milan to talk to Dr. Aiuti to see if he has a date for us yet.

I hope everyone enjoys all the pictures the past couple of days. My wife likes it when there are a lot of images, so I thought I would make her happy. To be honest, We have been taking quite a few images of Parker lately, and if I have a lot of good pictures on the camera when it is time to write the article then I usually include them.