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Things are going really well with Noah’s broken ankle.  He got his cast on last Monday, and the appointment only went about 20 minutes.  This included getting the x-rays and the cast put on.  The doctor was very kind and gentle, and he answered all of our questions.  We found out that he can indeed crawl and put weight on his cast.  He said that some kids even start walking with a cast on.  Not sure if that will happen with Noah, but at least we know that it won’t hinder his development.  We also discovered that his cast only has to be on for THREE weeks instead of 6-8 like the ER was telling us.  This is wonderful news, and we already have an appointment set up for November 4th to have the cast removed.

Noah’s doing pretty well at home too.  The cast really doesn’t seem to be in his way, although at times he seems to be wondering why that foot won’t do the same thing his other foot does.  Sleep has returned to be a problem since he couldn’t get down from a standing position without help during the splint stage.  He can get down now, but he’s been liking all of the attention mommy’s been giving him in the middle of the night.  =(

We did decide to buy him a potty, and we tried it out with him yesterday for the first time.  He loved the fact that there was a seat just his size, and he pee’d in it after sitting on it for about a minute.  We were so excited.  We’re going to start potty training him early but slowly.

Grandma and Grandpa Broach are also visiting from Southern California right now.  They are helping us finish getting out of our apartment since our lease is up at the end of this month.  Noah’s really enjoying all the extra company and attention.

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So, Noah broke his ankle. Yes, our nine-month old is now in a temporary cast that will be put in a plaster cast on Monday. The poor kid is no longer allowed to pull up on the furniture, and really, he doesn’t want to because of the pain. =(. So much for him learning to walk this month. He’ll be 6-8 weeks in the cast.

The Story:
On Monday morning, Noah was riding on Daddy’s shoulders when he decided to lunge for Phil’s coffee mug. Phil caught him, but up against the wall. He had hit his head, and was crying a lot. I finally calmed him down, and he took a nap. Phil went to work thinking that he’d be fine when he woke up. When he did wake up, he was really fussy. I fed him and let him play for a while, but finally put him down for another nap. We then had some friends over in the afternoon. I hoped that the company would distract him from his fussiness, but to no avail. Finally, I called Phil asking for him to come home early. I couldn’t figure out why he was acting the way he was. Usually, he’s so happy. While I waited for Phil to come home, I noticed that he was hardly crawling anymore and he wasn’t pulling up on the furniture without crying A LOT. I’d have to rescue him everytime he pulled up. I finally realized that there was something wrong with his leg. Phil and I kept an eye on it all evening and then put him down for sleep at the normal time. When he woke up a couple of hours later crying and wouldn’t be consoled, we called my mom asking her if she thought that it could be broken. She thought there was a chance that it was, so we went to the ER around 10PM. It was really busy but the doctors and nurses were really kind. They were pretty surprised that a kid his age could hurt his ankle like that since kids are “made of rubber.” Finally, they got the leg splint on, and we could go home. We got home around 1AM.

Here’s some pictures we took at the hospital:

A common theme throughout our experience with the hospital staff was just how young Noah was. The nurse making the splint kept saying: “This is the smallest leg splint I’ve ever made.” And there there was this conversation that I had over the phone while I tried to get copies of his x-rays.
X-Ray Guy: Let me look up the patient by birthdate.
Me: Ok, it’s December 25, 2007.
X: 2007?
Me: Yah.
X: 2007?
Me: Yah.
X: Oh, wow.  Here he is.  This is the youngest person I’ve ever looked up before.  Usually, I’m looking up people from the 1940s and 50s.

Noah’s taking it pretty well. We’ve been doing lots of stroller rides and car-errands trying to keep him off his legs as much as possible. Here he is at Central Market trying one of the big pumpkins on for size:

Nothing keeps this kid from climbing! =)

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We are now living in our very first house!  We officially moved in on September 13th (thanks Luke, Loren, and Elsa!), but since we’ve still have our lease on our apartment until the end of October, we’ve been taking it slowly as we finish getting everything over here.

Noah’s really taken to the new house as well.  We started doing the Sleep Lady’s sleep coaching once we moved in, and now he’s sleeping through the night pretty regularly.  Yay! He loves to talk to all the furniture in the house, and seems to enjoy his room.

We are still working on getting decorations up on the walls and figuring out what furniture to keep and what to get, but things are starting to look pretty well lived in.  Here is a picture of our new place:

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Happy October!

Noah is now nine months old.  It seems like he’s been around forever - no wonder pregnancy seems to be never ending!  =)

We just had his check-up with his doctor, and here are the newest stats:

He is now 30 inches long and weighs 19 lbs. 12 oz.  The kid is tall and skinny (I have no idea who he gets it from.  ;-) )  The crazy thing is that he’s actually dropped percentile points for both height and weight.  He’s no longer off the charts for height.  Now, he’s only in the 95th percentile.  He’s just under 50th percentile for weight.  His head is 17 & 7/8 inches around putting him in the 50-75th percentile.

In other news, we just got two more teeth.  He had had two teeth on bottom and two teeth on top, and I was watching for the next two on top since they looked like they could pop out any time.  Well, tooth #5 turned out to be on the bottom.  Totally surprised me.  Then, the next day, tooth #6 showed up, but it’s on top.   They are both on his right side so he’s going to be a bit lopsided for a while.

In closing, for now, here’s a recent picture of our 3/4 year old:

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