My baby's got asthma....

So, technically, my "baby" doesn't have asthma...Moriah Grace seems to be perfectly healthy...

But, my baby boy, who is 2 and who is starting to remind me that he is a "big boy, not a baby," has asthma.  Our pediatrician has been tracking his breathing for over a year.  At his 2-year-old well visit, she finally diagnosed what we have been seeing in him for a while as "asthma."

He's a tough kid--probably one of the toughest I've ever met--but when he runs really hard or exerts himself too much (crying, laughing, jumping), he will usually begin coughing a lot and throw-up.  When this happens in public, other moms would say, "um...is he sick?" (and then sometimes they would look at me as if to say, "How dare you bring him to playgroup...or the library...or to church...or wherever we happen to be that day?) But I would always answer, "No, he's not sick--he just throws up."  Weird answer, I know, but well, it was true.

As I explained his symptoms to our pediatrician.  She said, "Carmen, it's time we call a spade, a spade.  Reese has 'sports,-induced' asthma.  It doesn't mean he can't run, play, and jump like other kids, we just have to watch him and give him meds to make his lungs stronger."

So, that's what we are doing...taking one day at a time...learning about asthma...and paying close attention to Reese's little body...

...because even tough guys who aren't babies anymore still need some TLC.