Well today my little baby turned 5 months old. I can't believe it, he is getting so grown up, and is so smart and funny! We are going to get some professional pictures done soon, but here are some snap shots and videos to show just how cute he is!!!
Here is Nate Rolling over, I had a hard time getting this on film because he kept rolling over before I could start filming...
This is Nate in the exersaucer, he loves it!
Pictures will follow in another post, I am tired.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Illness
Well as most of you know Nathan and I are sick... It all started Wednesday of 2 weeks ago, Nate got a cough and really congested. So we set up the humidifier, tortured him by sucking out his nose and did all the things you can do for a sick little one. By the Wednesday after that he was worse and I thought, ok if this is a virus should be improving, but no he was getting worse.
So we went to the doctor. They did a bunch of things, checked his oxygen, his ears, his lungs, his nose and throat, they even did a chest X-ray to make sure he didn't have pneumonia. Then they said keep doing what you are doing, if by Friday he's not improved call/come in again and we will look at him... So Friday, no improvement. We call and wait for a return call, by the time they got back to me (because I called again) it was pretty close to their closing time and Jake couldn't make it in. So Monday rolls around and he is still miserable, not sleeping well, coughing lots and crying, which he doesn't do. Jake gets off work early so he can take him to the doctors, they say that they think he will just get better... He was still getting worse... So by Wednesday I was so exhausted and starting to feel ill myself, I took him back again. I would have demanded an antibiotic but tada he has an ear infection so I don't have to beg, they prescribe him one! Yeah!
Rewind one day, Tuesday, I left work early because I was feeling so crummy, Wednesday morning I get up I am hacking, have a terrible sore throat, and basically no voice. So I should have had the doctor check me out or give me an antibiotic too, but he said yeah you probably got the same virus, which to me ment wait 2 weeks and then come back if you aren't better. Which is fine, I get it too many antibiotic will make them less effective. No problem. Wednesday night I am getting worse and worse, so I do what I can and get my shift covered at work for Thursday because I knew I wouldn't make it. I thought ok rest all day and I will be better for Friday's work.
Boy was I wrong.
At about 9:00 Thursday night I started throwing up, I hadn't really eaten much all day, but it was still really bad. (Thank you Jake for helping me) So nobody got much sleep last night, and when I got up at about 5 to blow my nose I thought for sure my ear was going to explode. So I went out and laid on the couch on my other side and I could literally feel the fluid in my ear moving to the other side, it was so full that just sitting up made it drain so much I could feel it. I hoped it would get better, yeah not so much. At noon today I couldn't stand it any longer so Jake took me to the insta care in Riverton, and boy were they awesome! I got in fast, they looked in my ears, nose, throat, listened to my lungs and pushed on my face and asked some questions...
When she looked in my ear, she was like wow that is bad, are you allergic to any antibiotics? We are going to give you a shot to get you started immediately on antibiotics and then prescribed a really high dose of Amoxicillin and ear drops and a rinse to gargle for my throat. And a nose spray to clear out my sinuses.
So there is my long story of our being sick... Hopefully we are all on the mend now and we are keeping our fingers crossed that Jake doesn't get it too. Its miserable.
I must thank Jake for taking such good care of me and Nathan in our time of illness. I love you!
So we went to the doctor. They did a bunch of things, checked his oxygen, his ears, his lungs, his nose and throat, they even did a chest X-ray to make sure he didn't have pneumonia. Then they said keep doing what you are doing, if by Friday he's not improved call/come in again and we will look at him... So Friday, no improvement. We call and wait for a return call, by the time they got back to me (because I called again) it was pretty close to their closing time and Jake couldn't make it in. So Monday rolls around and he is still miserable, not sleeping well, coughing lots and crying, which he doesn't do. Jake gets off work early so he can take him to the doctors, they say that they think he will just get better... He was still getting worse... So by Wednesday I was so exhausted and starting to feel ill myself, I took him back again. I would have demanded an antibiotic but tada he has an ear infection so I don't have to beg, they prescribe him one! Yeah!
Rewind one day, Tuesday, I left work early because I was feeling so crummy, Wednesday morning I get up I am hacking, have a terrible sore throat, and basically no voice. So I should have had the doctor check me out or give me an antibiotic too, but he said yeah you probably got the same virus, which to me ment wait 2 weeks and then come back if you aren't better. Which is fine, I get it too many antibiotic will make them less effective. No problem. Wednesday night I am getting worse and worse, so I do what I can and get my shift covered at work for Thursday because I knew I wouldn't make it. I thought ok rest all day and I will be better for Friday's work.
Boy was I wrong.
At about 9:00 Thursday night I started throwing up, I hadn't really eaten much all day, but it was still really bad. (Thank you Jake for helping me) So nobody got much sleep last night, and when I got up at about 5 to blow my nose I thought for sure my ear was going to explode. So I went out and laid on the couch on my other side and I could literally feel the fluid in my ear moving to the other side, it was so full that just sitting up made it drain so much I could feel it. I hoped it would get better, yeah not so much. At noon today I couldn't stand it any longer so Jake took me to the insta care in Riverton, and boy were they awesome! I got in fast, they looked in my ears, nose, throat, listened to my lungs and pushed on my face and asked some questions...
When she looked in my ear, she was like wow that is bad, are you allergic to any antibiotics? We are going to give you a shot to get you started immediately on antibiotics and then prescribed a really high dose of Amoxicillin and ear drops and a rinse to gargle for my throat. And a nose spray to clear out my sinuses.
So there is my long story of our being sick... Hopefully we are all on the mend now and we are keeping our fingers crossed that Jake doesn't get it too. Its miserable.
I must thank Jake for taking such good care of me and Nathan in our time of illness. I love you!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
4 months... (A little late)
Well I forgot to post about Nate's 4 month check up, he is doing great!
As of February 26th
His weight 17.25 lbs, which is in the 88.36th percentile, he started out in the 9.96th percentile.
His length is 24.75 in, which is in the 42.16 percentile, he started out in the 42nd.
His head circumference is 17 in which is in the 73.67 percentile, he started out in the 38.49 percentile.
So he is awesome, he is strong and has excellent motor skills, he is starting to reach for things wants to eat what ever he can reach...
He is also sleeping so good! He goes to bed around 7 or 8 and usually sleeps until 3 or 4 then gets up to eat and then sleeps again until 6:30 or so... Its still an early morning but he is doing so great that its ok with me!
He is also starting to roll pretty good, when motivated. He's so close to going from his back to his tummy on his own, and he will go from his tummy to back especially on the bed. He loves the exersauser we are borrowing from Hill and Steve, thanks guys!
Right now he's got a cold though and its so sad, his little stuffy and runny nose make him cough and gag. It makes me nervous at night so I put him in his boppy so he'd be on an angle a little which keeps things from getting caught in his throat and he seems to be breathing better at night that way. He hasn't had a fever and is generally pretty easy to soothe when crying so I don't think he's got any thing serious, like an ear infection or RSV or anything, but we are keeping close watch over him to make sure he stays healthy. Its sad when he's sick.
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