Expect the Unexpected

As parents of 4 children we thought we had seen everything. We thought we had witnessed all things barfy and poopy. All things disgusting and weird. We thought we were professionals.

Then he came along...

Such a cute kid. In this picture I had just picked up a couple pizzas. He cried and cried "pippi" until I gave in and handed him some piping hot deliciousness. That's him blowing on it to cool it off.

A couple weeks ago he started crying intermittently and grabbing the lower right part of his tummy. He would double over in pain, then it would pass. Being the experienced parents that we are, we had never dealt with such strange stomach issues. I kept thinking it was his appendix. Everything in the poop department seemed fine. So Lisa took him to the doctor and he sort of shrugged his shoulders and said, "Welp, better run him up to Primary!"

We're old hats at Primary Children's Medical Center. We've been dozens of times.

The ultimate diagnosis? Constipation. He was full of poop.

So they grabbed an IV bag, filled it with milk and molasses, stuck it up his rear and in 30 minutes we were on our way home with one tuckered little kid.

And now for the binky. Traditionally we try to have our children off of habit-forming substances before the age of 2. Sometimes WAY earlier than that. Marshall has one word that could be used to describe 3 different things. The word is "beepee" and can either mean "binky", "blankie", and/or "sippy". They sound alike yet all 3 can bring the same level of comfort individually. Judging by this picture, I'd say this boy has an addiction. Wouldn't you? We're thinking about an intervention and rehab.

Yes, every child is different, but I'm tellin' ya...this kid is breaking the mold.