Yesterday E came home early from daycare because he was so fussy. If I haven't said it before let me just tell you that E is the happiest baby ever so for him to be that fussy is very rare. He woke up fussy yesterday and he always wakes up happy. Davin picked him up around noon and took him back to the doctor. The doctor was concerned about his lungs so he did an x ray. Davin had to help hold his shoulders down so Davin was basically in the x ray too. He got to wear the x ray jacket at least. The doctor said his lungs looked okay so he put him on a z pack which is stronger medicine than he was on.
Alea was home last Friday with a sore throat and ear ache but was better by Saturday afternoon. I started feeling the sore throat and ear ache by Saturday night. By Monday I was pretty much feeling the soreness all day. Monday night was the worst so I decided to take today off since the baby still wasn't himself and I was sick too. We actually took the baby to the daycare in the morning so I could get a little extra rest and go to the doctor without taking him with me. After the doctor I picked him up and we are at home hanging out until his visit with his mom later this afternoon. Since I am home I will transport him to his visit. I am glad to do it so I can talk to his mom and let her know how he has been feeling and that we are trying our best to care for him.
The doctor's office we have gone to since we moved to Arkansas has gotten to be too big and such a hassle. The office is about 20 minutes from our house and when we go there we can expect to wait for him for two to three hours!! Counting the wait for meds at WalMart and the drive it is easily a four hour affair. E's doctor is about 6 minutes from our house and he seems great so I decided to try to switch today. They are actually the same group so all of my information transferred. I called at 8 and got an appointment for 10. I went to my appointment at 10 and was back in my car by 10:15 with a prescription for meds already called in to Walgreens!! When the doctor walked in he asked if I was E's mom and if he had just seen E yesterday with my husband. I said yes. He said, "Okay, I am going to put you on the same medicine I put him on only a stronger dose. Now, what is wrong with you?" He looked at my ears and throat but didn't do a strep test which I was happy about because I have been known to slap away hands who try to give me a strep test (involuntarily, of course). I am so happy I switched.
I think the baby and I are going to go try to take a nap now.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Snuggle Time
The baby still isn't feeling well. I took him to the doctor this morning and he tested negative for the flu but has an ear infection. He drank 4 ounces at midnight but since then has only drank 3 ounces and it is 2pm. He has basically slept on my lap for two days. I am typing this with him asleep on my lap and I can only reach the computer with one hand (so this is taking a while to type). They gave him meds so I hope he starts feeling better soon.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
#11
I just got the call that my district will be having a snow day tomorrow. I'm not sure about Alea's district yet but at least I can stay home with the sick baby. Let the snuggling continue.
Why?
I think the word or expression that God must hate the most (besides His name in vain) is "Why?" or "Why me/us?" I know the why question is usually asked in sad/bad situations, but lately I have been wondering why us for a different reason. I am wondering why God gave us a baby boy named E. We loved E's name and had the name picked for Alea if she was a boy. When we got married we thought we wanted a boy and a girl. We KNEW the boy name would be E's name but didn't come up with Alea's name until I was pregnant. After Alea was born we decided not to have more children, but I still loved the name and Davin still would have loved to have a little boy. We are happy with our decision to not have more children biologically and I am not sure if we will adopt one day through foster care or not (not our original plan, but I know God's plans are not always our own) so I just wonder why, for this first experience, God gave us such a sweet, loving boy named E.
#10 and hoping for #11
Today is snow day #10 and I hoping we have another one tomorrow because I have a sick baby on my hands. E is running a fever, has a running nose, and cough. He has pretty much slept on my lap all day long. It is 4:00 now and he is finally awake and playing (partly because I made him wake up). Davin offered to stay home with him tomorrow if I have school but Davin doesn't do well with fussy babies. He is more of a happy baby kind of guy. I don't think they will get along well together if E is sick and needs lovin' all day.
Monday, February 3, 2014
7 months
Our little guy turned 7 months old in January. I'm not sure what the exact date would be, but we are getting close to having this guy with us for half of his life. That is crazy.
He can sit up on his own (most of the time). When he falls over he just keeps on playing and is still happy. He can hold his own bottle (YEA!!). He is getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth. It is only a matter of time until he starts crawling. He rolls all over the living room. Yesterday he rolled over to the tv and grabbed the tv cord. Davin told him "no, no". He looked at us like he couldn't not understand why we would say such a thing to his cute little self. Before Davin could get to him he unplugged the tv. I can tell life if about to get interesting!
He is really attached to me. If I am out and about in the evenings and he falls asleep before I get home he will wake up a couple hours later and get so upset. The only thing he wants and the only thing that makes him happy is snuggling with me. Davin has started not even putting him in his bed even if he falls asleep before I get home because it is just best for me to wake him up a little bit and love on him so he doesn't wake up scared and upset.
I think he is having nightmares again. He had a couple when we first got him but they mostly consisted of a stressed out face in his sleep with a little whimpering, now he wakes up screaming and crying with a volume of voice I never knew he had. I hate that for him. I just snuggle him and love on him until he calms down. How horrible to have nightmares at 7 months old.
People can not believe how happy he is though. He is probably the happiest baby I can ever remember meeting. This weekend at Alea's volleyball game Davin was holding him and sitting behind me on the bleachers. Whenever I would turn around it was like he forgot that the person in front of him was me and he would laugh and smile and reach for me. The rest of the parents on our team kept getting distracted by his sweet personality. I think it is pretty obvious, but I'll just go ahead and put it in writing...I am madly in love with this guy. Yep, that is going to hurt later!
He can sit up on his own (most of the time). When he falls over he just keeps on playing and is still happy. He can hold his own bottle (YEA!!). He is getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth. It is only a matter of time until he starts crawling. He rolls all over the living room. Yesterday he rolled over to the tv and grabbed the tv cord. Davin told him "no, no". He looked at us like he couldn't not understand why we would say such a thing to his cute little self. Before Davin could get to him he unplugged the tv. I can tell life if about to get interesting!
He is really attached to me. If I am out and about in the evenings and he falls asleep before I get home he will wake up a couple hours later and get so upset. The only thing he wants and the only thing that makes him happy is snuggling with me. Davin has started not even putting him in his bed even if he falls asleep before I get home because it is just best for me to wake him up a little bit and love on him so he doesn't wake up scared and upset.
I think he is having nightmares again. He had a couple when we first got him but they mostly consisted of a stressed out face in his sleep with a little whimpering, now he wakes up screaming and crying with a volume of voice I never knew he had. I hate that for him. I just snuggle him and love on him until he calms down. How horrible to have nightmares at 7 months old.
People can not believe how happy he is though. He is probably the happiest baby I can ever remember meeting. This weekend at Alea's volleyball game Davin was holding him and sitting behind me on the bleachers. Whenever I would turn around it was like he forgot that the person in front of him was me and he would laugh and smile and reach for me. The rest of the parents on our team kept getting distracted by his sweet personality. I think it is pretty obvious, but I'll just go ahead and put it in writing...I am madly in love with this guy. Yep, that is going to hurt later!
He Who Shall Not Be Named
In January I did my first round of training for prospective foster and adoptive parents through The CALL. Immediately after I got home from training the attacks from "he who shall not be named"...i.e., the devil, began. I had one of the roughest weeks I can ever remember having. I cried a lot. A lot of stuff broke around the house. Strange things went on with E's case and overall I was exhausted. Training consists of 30 hours so I trained the second weekend and fourth weekend in January. The second weekend was rough for me during the training (the topic that got me was reunification and what they may look like/feel like for foster parents) but the following week was fine. On the way home from Saturday's training I did the ugly cry the whole way home thinking about not having E with us anymore. He isn't going anywhere right now but we never know when that may change and we know that it will happen eventually.
Snow Day!
Today we are at home enjoying snow day #9. E slept until about 8 am so that was nice. When he woke up we snuggled for a while and then played. It is so great to be able to spend this time with him. Alea had a sleepover at her bffs last night and just got home. Davin's dad has an appointment at the VA today so they will be by this afternoon and will stay to have dinner with us. I was able to get a lot of laundry and cleaning done today so that was great. I always feel so much better in a clean house. There are predictions that this will not be the only snow day this week. Stay tuned...
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