Saturday night

Here's how we are doing tonight on the list of problems.

• We've survived diaper changes so far. In case you ever need to do this, I'm working with a combination of diapers tucked into his cast, duct tape to seal off edges, moleskin bandages that can be swapped out and a cloth diaper cover holding everything together.
• I emailed Safe Kids a pic of Desi in his car seat to see if they know what to do. This how he is bucked in now, it's loose in some areas and has to be shoved tightly into one leg. Not really a safe solution, but we have to do something by Monday when he needs to go to the doctor.
  
• Anth replaced the wheel on the jogging stroller and adjusted it, it is perfect. Hands down the most comfortable thing we have for him now. We took a nice log walk this morning before it got hot and he was so happy. Walks are going to be a big part of our day. 
• So, he likes walks in the stroller. I laid him on my legs on his belly and let him do chalk outside, he liked that for awhile. He loves holding a video game controller while Orion plays video games (and Orion is happy to do that for him!) and listening to music.

• I think I'm going to just go to the conference in the day so I don't have to cancel. It's in Palm Springs and I can drive up and come home at night if I have to. We're still not sure what to do about the other trip, but there's no way Desi and I can go.
• All shorts and pants won't work due to the bar at the bottom of the cast. His shirts fit fine but they bunch up with him laying down all the time. A onesie might work, but the largest size I found at Target was 18 months and that wasn't big enough. Going to order some 2T onesies.
• My mom brought over a chair with a tray for eating, it didn't really work with the angle. I bought a different one and the tray won't slide on. We're still brainstorming how he can sit and feed himself, since he does not like to fed by anyone. Here are are two comfortable and mostly safe options for him to sit up, the stroller and a bean bag chair. Still too reclined for eating, I think.
  

Just another note about how we are doing, it's still a shock to walk into a room and see him like this. I'm not sure when we will all adjust emotionally a bit and not want to cry just looking at him. He's getting lots of treats and stuff right now because we all feel so bad for him. Especially when he wakes up and is so mad to find out he's still in the cast, he hits it and it is so sad. Anthony was telling him "It's O.K. baby" and he looked right at him and said "NO!". So, Anthony, Orion and I are all doing our best but this is really, really hard on everyone. Most of all on him.