Not For Him, Thanks.

Yeah, the Fourth post (two weeks late but who's keeping track) is still in the works with a finished goal of tomorrow but another funny broken arm post first.

To say the last few days with Reed have been hard is an understatement. He's been up at night multiple times (so hard!), clingy during the day, not eating very well, still busy and curious as ever while I'm dead tired and to top it, off has a reoccurring diaper rash that as soon as it's gone, it's back again.

The doc put this half cast/splint thing on when we went in Thursday and after the first few hours, I knew we'd never make it the whole two weeks. His arm slides out, he pulls and tugs at the bandage until it's loose and last night when I went to check on him before we went to bed, this is how I found him....

{Yes, I know the pajamas clash horribly. Don't judge, most all of his pjs are long sleeved so we have to improvise!}

... with his splint laying next to him! I guess he'd had enough of that dang splint and ripped it off. He tried doing it again during church today. Not sure why he rips it off though because not long after I took this photo (the flash probably waking him up) he woke up crying, wanting it back on. We have the bandage wrapped as tight as we can without making his fingers purple so I guess this confirms he's a strong boy that doesn't stop his falls! I called the office on Friday and am taking him back in tomorrow morning to get an actual cast on. With this splint he's not able to use his fingers or thumb and with a cast he can. Plus his elbow (where the small break is) isn't very protected with his naughty antics of pulling it off. I hope it helps him sleep better too, this mom's tired!