Well, well, well... what do we have here??? Oh yes, this is Matthew's little mic key button! :-/This is becoming a daily occurrence these days. *smirk* I thought he was napping on my bed ... but he had actually slid off my bed, on his tummy and ripped out his mic key. As I walk in the room, I can smell it immediately and his shirt and shorts are sopping wet. I had fed him a little bit earlier.
Uh, ya... this is real fun... it smells rotten and it's all over Matthew and the carpet. I clean Matthew all up, then I deflate the balloon on the mic key ... slather it w/ KY and put it back in. He was being quite difficult today... tightening up his tummy... fighting me .... and I have this goey slimey mic key in my hand trying to put it back in. With one hand mind you. *l0l* I had the hardest time w/o Mikey here. You only have a small window (about an hour or two) to get these things back in or you go to the ER for a radiologist to put back in, since it's going thru his stomach wall. The dreaded ER!! YUK!! Luckily for us... we feed him every 2 to 3 hours... so chances of that are pretty slim.
So, I go grab a tube of handy dandy KY jelly... a couple syringes. I keep this with me at all times... it's in my diaper bag, up in Beaver in our trailer and my parents motorhome and at the Baxters. I save all my old mic keys for emergencies since our insurance only pays for one every three months. I like to keep them "just in case". They are quite pricey. We've had several spring leaks and they just fall out.
I started using an Ace bandage ... I have the self sticking kind and the kind w/ the clips. It helps "some"... but the mic key has still come out with this wrapped around him, like a girdle. It's the best we can do ...unless there is something else!! Who knows what else there could possible be!
He freaks out over the little clips... don't know why, I've never hurt him w/ the clips ... the big goof ball... anyway... I keep them in my mouth until it's time to attach to the back. *big sigh*
The life and times of mic key parents. This is part of why we can't leave him with "just anyone"... only family that has been trained... and our Tanji girl in Beaver.
After all the fun, I rewarded myself w/ a bunch of cookies I shouldn't have eaten. DOH!
My "heart mom" friend Kathy, Isaac's mommy is having the same kind of issues. Sure glad we have each other .... we can all relate.
