Stuff

lots of stuff on my mind today. Jonas has been having behavior issues this week. Serious behavior issues. He's been hitting, kicking, pinching, scratching etc and just plain being mean. This is not normal behavior for him at all. It's normal for him to pout, be defiant, argue, sulk...for the most part simple defiance is our biggest issue with him. (where we tell him to do something and he just says "no". The Babysitter, Jonathan and me have all been trying to think of ANYTHING we can that might be causing this behavior. Maybe it's VBS...he's been staying out later than normal, not getting enough sleep. Maybe it's because he saw the Ultrasound of the baby last Thursday. Maybe seeing the ultrasound made it click for him that he's not the center of the universe anymore. We tried spanking, reasoning, taking him out of VBS for 2 days, removal of other privileges, more spanking, more reasoning...couldn't figure it out. Then the Babysitter said "you know, I remember you saying that Jonas recently started taking Singulair. i think i remember hearing that a side-effect of that drug can be behavior issues. It might be something to look into. I thought, sure, I'll look into it...I'm sure that's not it though because he took it all last summer (we quit taking it in November because when we moved i lost the box of his medicine and just never started taking it again). I consulted Dr. Google and Dr. Google said the following:



The following adverse reactions have been identified during post-approval use of Singulair. ...Psychiatric disorders: agitation including aggressive behavior or hostility, anxoiousness, depresion, disorientation, dream abnormalities, hallucinations, insomnia, irritability, restlessness, somnambulism, suicidal thinking and behavior (including suicide), Tremor.

MY JAW HIT THE FLOOR PEOPLE!
Needless to say we are not taking the Singulair anymore and i will be calling the pediatritian today!

Also on the Drug front in our lives, i realized yesterday that the Pre-Natal Vitamins i've been taking have ZERO Iron in them. I thought Iron was one of those things that Dr's always say "Just go get any over the counter pre-natal vitamin as long as it's got Iron in it it's fine." I asked the Pharmacist and he said i could just take the Slow Release Iron 45 mg. i checked other over the counter pre-natal vitamins and they all seemed to have about 28mg of iron and i asked the pharmacist about it and she said that when you're pregnant you can't really over-do the iron. She said that the slow release would make it not upset my tummy as much as most prenatal vitamins. a little frustrating that i've gone 20 weeks taking pre-natal vitamins thinking i was doing good but oh well. got it fixed now. no problem!

I'm going to end this post with a funny!
Last night Jonas was looking at some pictures and asked "was that before i was born?" i said "Yes. That was before God sent you to us" He asked "Mommy, Was i born at the YMCA or at the hospital?" Jonathan laughed. Jonas shot Jonathan a look that said "why was that funny?" I looked at Jonas and said "Honey, you were born at the hospital, I'm not sure why daddy is laughing" Jonas looked at Jonathan still kind of puzzled like Jonathan had lost his mind. we read a book, said our prayers and tucked him in. Jonathan and i went to our room and we both just laughed...I Love our Son!