The Tale of Two Preemies: Chores

Friday, August 3, 2012

Chores

I've seen this chore list for kids floating around facebook and pinterest lately. Somehow, feeding calves didn't get on there. I'm stumped. Anyway, Cole has been begging me to get the wagon out for him to feed calves. I've been giving him a hard time about why can't he just do my chores and he told me one day "if you just get the wagon, then I can!" So a couple of weeks ago, we did. He is in hog heaven. Every morning he gets up and feeds calves. Every afternoon he goes out and feeds them again. We have close to 30 calves right now, so I gave him a group of 8 that he is in charge of. He does a pretty good job too. It takes him a little longer, but he's accurate. We'll see how the rest of the summer goes, but I'm thinking he may work me right out of a job!

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Cole's Story

Cole was born at 30 weeks 3 days, much to our surprise, in 2006. I went in to the hospital because I wasn't feeling well and was afraid I'd get dehydrated. I ended up being air lifted to a larger hospital where Cole was born 24 hours later. He weighed in at 4 lbs. 2 oz. and was 17" long. He had some developmental delays, mostly due to acid reflux. He also had positional plagiocephaly and was in a remolding helmet for 6 weeks. At 14 months he underwent a cardiac catheter procedure to close his PDA. At 25 months he tripped getting out of his kiddie pool and broke his femur. He was in a cast from his hips to his toes for 4 long weeks. He also broke his shoulder at age 5 1/2. His latest medical drama has been a cyst in his left ear. He's had his adenoids removed and another surgery to remove the cyst. He'll have a second surgery in August. He's been through the ringer, but you'd never know it. He just rolls with the punches. He's 100% farm boy. He wants to know how everything works and why. He loves the farm. Farming is definitely in his blood.

Tate's Story

Tate was born at 34 weeks 2 days in 2008. Since I had a previous premature delivery, I was on high alert for another one. It didn't help. We had ultrasound after ultrasound and everything looked great. Tate, however, was not patient. I was admitted to the hospital with preterm labor. He held off for a couple of days, but was still born early. He weighed 5 and a half pounds and was 19" long. Fortunately he had no problems and was released from the hospital 3 days after he was born. He was born the middle child. He desperately wants to do what his big brother does, but has his own interests and wants Cole do to those with him. He's my trouble-maker, fit-thrower, and snuggle bug.