Baby Love Over Here!!

Max is a lover boy! He loves to give kisses- but only to the ladies! And he doesn't give a quick smooch on the cheek. Max has his own technique.

First he grabs your face or your hair.

Next he zeros in on one of three places. Your mouth, your nose, or your forehead.

Next he pinches with his fingers and goes in for the kill with an open drooly mouth!

And do not think this is a quick process. He holds his kiss for at least 20 seconds and repeats the entire process a few times!

He just loves to give lovins!

Please see the series of steps demonstrated with his big sister Lani.

Getting ready!

Focusing and pinching in order to maintain control!

Making his move!

Sometimes I wonder how he became such a love bug! Is it because we are always loving on him? Is it because he has the best babysitter in the world- who is also his cousin Stefanie? When he sees her he has the look of absolute love in his eyes! Is it because even when Stefanie has something to do, his other favorite cousin (who he also absolutely adores) Nikki gives him all the love that she gives her own children?

I guess it doesn't really matter why or for what reason he is such a lover- we are just lucky that he is!!

Visit to the Pediatric Ophthalmologist

Last Thursday, we made our way over to the Pediatric Ophthalmologist at Rhode Island Hospital- Dr. Yoon. Usually, it is just Mikey that is checked out but that day Max was being checked to see if he needed glasses as well. Little Max had all the tests done- including having his pupils dilated. During the entire thing, Mikey held Max's hand. Mikey felt like such a big shot because he had done it all before! What a great big brother!

We were very happy to hear that everything checked out well with Max's eyes! We just have to go back in 6 months for a re-check!

Next it was Mikey's turn. Initially he wanted to sit on his own, but then he got a little timid so he sat on Mommy's lap! Mikey had all the tests done as well. Dr. Yoon told us that the left eye looked okay- no changes. Dr. Yoon, however, was concerned because Mikey's right eye seemed to be getting worse. The remedy for that was bi-focals and a patch over the good eye for 3 months to make the right eye work harder. As soon as I heard that I thought "Oh my God- how am I going to keep a patch on this kid?" The doctor explained that he only needed to wear his patch 2 hours per day while doing close work. The two hours did not need to be consecutive. That sounded a little better. If this didn't work- he would need surgery. I didn't like the sound of that.

We got the patches from the office. They are super cute! They are called Ortopad for Boys. They have some cute boy designs on them! And only $20 for a box of 50- too bad my insurance didn't cover it! I will upload a picture of him with them on!

Next we were on to the bi-focal lenses. Luckily enough, the doctor had warned that bi-focals may have been in Mikey's future during the last visit- so I made sure that I purchased glasses that would support that type of lens! His glasses are super cute- they are called Mira-Flex and I seriously believe that they are the best glasses for children. Mikey has been wearing Mira-Flex since he was ten months old. He became accustomed to them right away and actually wore them! What is even better is that they are virtually indestructible. The last pair Mikey had lasted for over 2 years! The only problem we had was when Mikey fed a pair to the dogs! There is one thing that sucks- they are not carried at standard places like Target or Sears- so I have to use the optical store at the doctors office- which my insurance company does not cover. So $175 (that is just for the lens! Ouch!) later we have Mikey's bi-focal lenses on order.

So far he is doing well with the patching. We haven't made it to 2 hours yet- but we are slowly building our way there! Hopefully this routine works and he will not need surgery!