General update - Carter

It's hard not to note that the last few blog posts have been primarily about Lincoln. But there isn't a lot to update on Carter; he's growing extremely fast, and is such a beautiful kid. He's stubborn, and gives as good as he gets (especially to Linc!), but he's just a really good kid (albeit continuing to be well and truly Mummy's boy - he will still run to Mum first when he gets hurt). Although he isn't a great eater; sometimes it takes him 45 minutes to eat a bowl of rice bubbles at breakfast. Very frustrating!

He actually quite enjoys kicking a soccer ball around on Saturdays when Linc is playing on the field. As soon as he's old enough we'll definitely get him in to soccer!

He is still loving swimming and getting really good at putting his head under water. Mum takes him as it's during working hours, while Dad usually takes Linc as he goes after work.

Linc's perforated eardrum + Star of the Week + School photos

Linc has a perforated eardrum.

It was preceded by a middle ear infection which was being treated with antibiotics; however, the antibiotics didn't appear to be working, so last week he went back to the doctor who diagnosed the burst ear drum. The doctor then put him on more antibiotics. We're not sure exactly when it burst, as there was no obvious instance of fluids coming from his ear or anything; however, there was a couple of days where he was a real ratbag - more than usual - and then his demeanor changed completely overnight... we think this is when it burst, as there would have been quite a bit of pressure building that would have been instantly relieved when it burst. Poor kid.

Last night he woke with a fever of 38.3 deg and felt very nauseous. We already had an appointment booked for this morning to check on his eardrum, so that was fortuitous. The hole is still there, and the doctor changed his antibiotics and advised us to seek specialist advice. He has given him the rest of the week off school...Dad is off today, Mum tomorrow and luckily she isn't working Friday, so we're covered.

So we rung the specialist and the earliest we could get him in was October/November. UNLESS we have private health insurance... then we can get him in next week. Finally, the health insurance is good for something after continuously forking out $75 a fortnight for nothing other than peace of mind...!

Last week Linc was Star of the Week at school. It means he is first in line for activities, and 'gets' to pick things up/drop them off to the front office, plus he gets to put a big poster on the door with photos of his life. So Dad went nuts, and Linc polished it off - here is the final product...:

But unfortunately Linc probably won't be at school tomorrow to present to his class on his life history... after all the work Mum and Dad put into the poster!

And his school photo - what a ripper!