Final post before we leave

We're evacuating early Sunday morning. We have a hotel room in Northern Alabama. We've packed (or should I say I) so much more. I have a whole rubbermaid container for pictures and Patrick doesn't understand why. Since we're on the westbank and the news is saying we're so vulnerable, I'm prepared to lose the house. It's very sad to know that's a possibility. With Katrina, I don't think anyone ever thought it was a possibility but we've had 3 years to deal with people with loss and it's sunken in.

I'm not looking forward to doing bottle and nipple stuff in a hotel sink. I'm not looking forward to being quiet in the room while Alex naps. I'm not looking forward to taking the dog out for walks instead of letting him roam free in the yard. But I'm looking forward to the fact that we will have electricity, food, and water.

To those of you who choose to stay. I hope that things go well for you. I have many people that I LOVE who are choosing to stay and I wish they wouldn't. But they don't live on the westbank and could be safer.

As Gustav is a category 4 now, I don't see how anywhere in his path will be safe. But that's my opinion.

I'm sure I'll post when we reach our hotel and tell about our joyous adventure of evacuating with an 8 month old baby. BTW, tomorrow Alex makes 8 months.

HE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!!

This used to be a regular occurance, pre-teething. Last night he slept from 6pm-...he's still sleeping at 640am.

Maybe the virus is going away and the formula is what he needed.

YAY.....I hope this continues.

OMG he's still sick

Today I made a dr. appt. The dr thinks Alex has lactose intolerance so he told me to switch to soy formula. Try that until he has normal poo and for a week after that. Then give him regular formula and see if he gets diarrhea again. If he does, then Alex is lactose intolerant.

So, on to the fever mystery and all that sleeping. Alex has coxsackie virus. It's quite gross. That's the reason he had fever, whiny, snotty nose, cough, sleepy, etc. They took a blood test and the virus is in his body full force.

Poor baby. Hopefully tonight he will sleep through the night. Last night Patrick was up with him from 1230am to 330am. I hope the new formula makes a difference.

Video

In this video, Alex was very sleepy. Patrick was trying to put him to sleep but he kept popping his head up. Then once I took out the camera he put on even more of a show.


In this one, everytime Patrick would sniff his nose, Alex would get startled and pop up. Before this video Alex was doing raspberries on Patrick.


Alex's fever is gone today. He took a nap from 930am until almost 1pm. He woke with a temp of 97.2. Let's hope it stays away.

sick baby part 2

So last night Alex woke up so much. He had 101.4 fever last night and this morning, and then it went down to 100.8, and then around 3:30pm today it went up to 103.3. He was lethargic, clingy, and sleepy. All he wanted to do was cuddle and whine. I called the dr., they said give him Tylenol and if the fever gets to 104 to call them back. They also said to give him a bath to cool him down and give him some water to drink.

Since then he's been much better and he's playing and laughing and talking. He has had some gross diapers but not as many as he's had in the past week. I'll probably still be taking him in on Monday to get his poop tested if he keeps having these loose poops.

He had a gross loose, but not diarrhea diaper today.

Here are some pictures of our visit with Lulu today and our first and probably only picture of Aramis with Alex. Aramis is never near Alex....ever. So this was a special occasion.

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When baby ain't happy, ain't nobody happy

For the past 2 weeks, Alex has had diarrhea. It started 2 Fridays ago. I called the dr. office and they said to have him come in on Monday for stool cultures. This morning he had a regular bm. So I guess I'll wait and see on Monday if diarrhea starts and then I'll call back.

Last night Alex woke up very often. Patrick took care of a few wake ups before 11pm. At 11pm I got up and Alex was burning up. I took his temperature and he had a 101.4 fever, which the dr. says is an uncomfortable fever but not one to worry about. So I gave him Tylenol and he was up a few more times in the night with gas and such. At 530am, bright and early, he was up. He still had a fever of 101.4 so I gave him more Tylenol. I'm so tired...I just want to sleep in.

Patrick was up with him yesterday from 4am until 530am when he had to wake me. We had to tag-team on a diarrhea diaper....this involved the shower head and a bath, oh, and a stripping of his bed. Since Patrick did yesterday I have today :( How much are live-in nannies? j/k

I love the time I can spend holding him since I am back at work. When Alex gets home from daycare he has about 2-3 hours and then he's asleep. So I love the weekends even though I can't sleep in.

The new look in baby wear

I was letting Oreo in from outside and he tore through the living room. Well Alex was on the ground and he started screaming. I scooped Alex up and checked all over to see if I saw paw marks. I took his clothes off and he was ok. I guess he just cried because Oreo scared him. Well a few minutes later I noticed a scratch on his arm. Oreo did hurt him. I called the dr. and they said to put neosporin and a long sleeve shirt. Since it's so hot I cut the sleeve off one side....thus, the new picture.

My friend Connie has a baby blog and she inspired me to give a mini update on Alex.

For the past almost 2 weeks Alex has had diarrhea. We're changing about 10 diapers a day, 8 of them being poo. Yesterday he went through 4 outfits. Since he has diarrhea, he has been on bananas to "clog" him up. Now when we feed him anything but fruit it's a challenge to get him to eat. Last night he was up every hour from 9pm-3am. I guess it was because of the Peas I had him eat. Tonight he refused to eat his Garden Vegetables but he ate up all the bananas.

He loves daycare. He's happy when I drop him off and when I pick him up.

He's teething and it's not fun. He's so cranky and fussy. Over the weekend he got Motrin a few times. He chews everything, drools on everything and gnaws on his pacifier rather than sucking. I try to find the tooth but he starts to eat my finger and I can't see anything.

So far Alex is sitting up unassisted. He is getting on all fours and rocking but then falls flat like a pancake. He hasn't picked up how to crawl from daycare yet. We're hoping it comes....but then hoping it doesn't. If you know what I mean.

Alex loves petting Domino. Oreo and Aramis really want nothing to do with him. Oreo, at least, comes by Alex. Aramis is never seen. All pictures I have with him in the pets it's just Domino and Oreo...no Aramis.

Well, gotta go. Alex is crying. There's probably some poop in store for me and he needs a bath.

Oh the joys of daycare

Alex started daycare last Monday. Since then he had vomiting on Wednesday, I had the same plus diarrhea on Friday, then Alex started with diarrhea Saturday. Today he had it so bad it came out of his clothes.

Can someone tell me what else I have to look forward to? I already know...chicken pox, the flu, ringworms, stitches, busted lips, etc.

Monthly pictures

Someone's 7 months old today!!
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New Pictures

Fun with Aunt Meggie, Mimi, Uncle Evan, Great Grandma, Emma, Kylee and Bella.

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Mommy @ 6 months

So funny

Sippy Cup

New pictures

Here's what we've been up to. We went to a birthday party, had fun with Domino, and drank from a sippy cup.

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Mom is excited to start back to work so Mr. Spoiled can learn how to not be so spoiled. Currently he's fighting sleep.

Something New

I was on the treadmill this morning and Patrick came running in the room. He told me I had to get off the treadmill right away and come see...but be quiet.


He said that a while went by and he didn't hear Alex making any noise. So he got up and sure enough he had fallen asleep in his jumperoo.

Happy 4th of July

So I forgot to put this up on the 4th. Oh well.

New pics

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Alex started holding his bottle and can you see two teeth at the bottom??

I'M SO EXCITED!!!

For the last two weeks bedtime has been a struggle. We're trying to get to the point where he understands what to do after his jammies are on. I don't put his p.j.'s on until he looks tired. So, after he looks tired we put him in his crib and tell him "it's sleepy time". We haven't rocked him to sleep or given him a bottle. Tonight is the very first night he's gone down awake and not made a sound and he put himself to sleep. I just went in to check if he was watching his aquarium and he was asleep.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alex

This is what I was coming on to post but forgot about. I'm pretty sure he knows his name. About a week ago, my friend, Jennifer, called Alex and he looked up. I didn't know if it was a fluke or not. So I've been calling his name at different times. When he's distracted or not. He's looking!!! I even said bogus words to see if he turned at any sound and he doesn't.

Today he fell asleep in my car around 5pm. Since I didn't want him to sleep I called his name and he woke up. His eyes closed again, I said some nonsense words and he didn't move. I called his name and he opened his eyes again.

We're creating a monster!

As I was coming to blog, Alex screamed. I looked over and he smiled. Hmmm, what to do now? Earlier today he was on his blanket and he was worming his way on to the carpet after the cat. I picked him up and moved him back to the blanket. He cried hysterically. We left him on the blanket for a while because it was ridiculous that he cried because I moved him. Then when we realized he wasn't going to stop crying and it was getting louder, Patrick picked him up.

Here are some pictures of our little trouble maker.

Whatcha' doin' Mommy?


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