Effy at 26 Months Old

Effy surprises me everyday! He has been sneaking in little sentences and sayings, that unless you are listening closely you will miss it. A week ago he said "I want some of that," in reference to my cereal. Yes, my little boy is a major moocher! Last night I took him out on a small shopping trip and he said several little phrases. We were taking a look at fabric (go figure), when the sales lady was kind and gave him some chocolate, he said "thank you" and then.. "see you later"!!! On the way home we had a nice conversation in the car, he said "where's keke?" I thought he meant something else, till he said it again and I realized he meant his sister, awe.. just melted my heart that he was asking for her! They may argue at times but it's clear that they are the best of friends! When I said that she was at home he replied with "oh cool, I'm hungry!" I'm so proud of him!

He had his 24 month check up a few weeks ago and the boy is apparently tall for the typical 2 year old, he came in at 80%! His weight was at 50%, so as you probably know I have issues with finding pants that fit him, most of them are short and stay on or they are too big at the waist. Though he's not exactly "skinny" because he does have a healthy amount of fat on him, unlike Keke who comes in at only 15%, which is up from last year!

And wouldn't you know it, he's sick AGAIN! Yes 2 weeks ago the poor boy had major bronchial infections that took 2 rounds of antibiotics and this weekend he started coughing, runny a fever etc. He got so bad that he was hacking non stop for 2 hours and we tried taking him to the emergency room for hopefully some antibiotics again, but he was never seen because they were so busy. We took him home, gave him some cough medicine (highly UNrecommended), and sent him to bed. Managed to get him in to urgent care the next morning when they told us he has allergies.. NOOOOOOO! Seriously.. that's what they said. Today he's still has a fever and isn't symptom free at all, even after a dose of antihistamine! Doctors! Not really liking them too much!
So now he's back at the doctors again today, hopefully this time they will see something!

Effy's got a really big heart, he hardly ever complains about anything. He's patient about being poked and prodded. Even the doctor that saw him on Sunday said that he's never met a 2 year old that opens his mouth on command! Such a good boy! Oh I am a proud mommy! :D

*UPDATE:
Effy has Herpangina. (not allergies)
Definition: a viral infection of the back of the mouth.
Main symptoms include:

• sore throat and pain with swallowing
• fever for 2 to 3 days
• small ulcers surrounded by a red ring on the roof of the mouth and near the tonsils. There are no ulcers in the front of the mouth or the gums. The average child has 5 of these ulcers, though there can be more.

Sounds nice huh? Don't you want this?! He is on amoxicillin now, thankfully! and I am disinfecting every little thing that could have went in his mouth, even if he chewed on the chairs!