Good News

We were giving Thomas some iron supplements because earlier blood tests indicated that Thomas had a low level of iron in his blood. The doctor was not sure why his iron was low, but wanted us to give him extra iron. We were back at the doctor last week to see if Thomas' ear infection had cleared up and while we were there, we had another blood test to see if the extra iron was making a difference. The nurse called with the lab results yesterday and the doctor saw significant increases in the iron so we don't have to give him the iron any more!!!!!! I wonder if the low iron was due to the fact that he had been sick when we did the initial blood tests. We waited until he was over his ear infection to check again, so we didn't have to wonder if the ear infection had anything to do with it.

Last night while we were eating supper, the boys were in their high chairs and sitting pretty close to each other. They thought it would be fun to hold hands, then they thought it would be fun to share their food. Michael gave a cracker to Thomas who willingly took it and ate it. When Michael got another cracker, he wanted to share again, so he gave it to Thomas. Thomas decided to eat a bite of the cracker and give it back to Michael. This went on for a couple of minutes until the cracker was dropped. The boys thought they were pretty funny and the fact that David and I were laughing at them contributed to that idea. Now if we could get them to share their toys, instead of taking them from one another. I have a feeling that supper time is going to get very interesting.