Just When I Thought We Were In The Clear

Ok, so sorry about the previous couple posts. Didn't mean to hit enter and I did and they posted. Oh well. It's been one of those days. So, Caleb has been feeling much better since we started the antibiotics and he's back on track with his eating and is back to his happy ol' self. I was thinking about just stopping the medication but then figured we better do what we were advised and finish off the ten days worth. So I'm getting ready to give him his meds last night before bed when I noticed he had faint little red spots on his back and starting on his tummy. I proceeded to give him his dose of meds anyway thinking he had a heat rash or something (as it was really hot out today and the kids were outside for a bit at daycare). Then this morning as I was getting ready to give him his morning dose of meds I noticed he had some spots on his face also. We took his jammies off to check over his little bod and what do ya know..........red spots all over his entire body. I figured it was an allergic reaction to the medication so I didn't give him his morning dose on got on the phone to the doctor. They assured me that's probably what it was but wanted to see Caleb. Off we went for the 3rd week in a row to the doctor to confirm that he is indeed allergic to amoxicillin (sp?) but did find out it worked for his ear infection and his ears are now clear. Yippy!!! At least we got some good news outta the visit. And he gained almost a 1/2 pound since last week. He now weighs 14.6 pounds. What a brut!!! We will have another weight check in 3 weeks and I'm hoping he weighs in close to 16 pounds.

The little man stayed with Josh's mom and dad this past weekend and had a great time. We were at the state softball tourney in Steven's Point and it was a blast. The guys ended up taking 1st place so that was exciting. Now we will be off to Alabama Labor Day weekend for the National tournament. I'm already looking foward to that as it should be a fun time. Caleb is learning what the word "no" means and goes for stuff he's not suppose to just to hear "no" and then look at me like "why not". He listens pretty well though. It's amazing how smart these little people are.

Time to get little man ready for bed. Goodnight, sleep tight.

Erin

My Little Stud!!!

Wow, where did the past few weeks go? I just realized it's been about 3 weeks since I updated last and as you can see the little man is changing daily. His newest and greatest thing is growling. Yea, growling...........it's so funny, I call him my little tiger and now when you growl him, he'll do it right back at ya. He's also learned how to waive so that's pretty cute. Kids are just too funny. When they learn one new thing it's like they just can't stop doing it. He has also figured out how to pull himself up on things. Now I'm just waiting for him to start walking around the furniture and stuff.

The past couple weeks have been a bit challenging. Caleb has been sick for the first time. Last week I stayed home with him one day and then attempted to send him to daycare the next. Not even 2 hours after I got to work his daycare provider called and all I could hear was my baby screaming in the background. My heart just sank. I felt so terrible!!! I left work imediately and went to pick him up to bring him to the doctor. Found out he had an upper respiratory infection and fluid in his ears but the doc said it was clear and appeared more viral rather bacterial so didn't treat it. We continued to give him over the counter stuff for the past week and he seemed like he was doing better a few days ago but then took a step backwards early this week. He's been so stuffed up and has had an extremely hard time breathing. He's not intereted in eating any solid foods at all and is really fussy taking the bottle as he can't breath while he's eating so he gets frustrated. I finally called the doctor yesterday and they wanted to see him again. So, repeat of last week.........I went to daycare and picked him up and back to the doctor we went. Come to find out he now has more fluid in his ears but it still looks clear and viral as the doctor put it but I insisted that we at least got some antibiotics to try since nothing else is working. It's so frustrating and I just feel so bad for him. He just seems so miserable. Today there's not much change but we've only been on the meds for about 24 hours now so I've got my fingers crossed he's going to start feeling better. He weighed in the same as last week. A whoppin' 14.1 pounds.

To top it all off.......Josh is out of town this entire week for work and last week when we were dealing with it all, Josh was so busy getting ready to run a big softball tournament that took place in town this past weekend. So, needeless to say........I've pretty much been single mom dealing with this cranky, sick and miserable kid. Right now I could use a BIG break. I'm suppose to be going to Steven's Point this weekend to watch Josh play in the state softball tourney and Caleb is going to stay with his grandma and grandpa Klinger but if he is not doing better I won't feel right about leaving him so I will probably end up staying home with him once again by myself. Man, I don't know how these single parents do it. It's so much work and so draining at times it's enough to drive a person insane.



Don't get me wrong..........I love this little man more than anything in the world but things have been a little rough lately. Then, just like that he'll give me a smile like this one and all I can do is smile back and realize that even when things are going a bit rough, they could always be worse.

I hope everyone is having a nice summer and getting out to do some fun things with your loved ones.

Take care, Erin

Let The Good Times Roll

So starting solids wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and I'm proud to say that I've managed to make all of Calebs babyfood. I've never cooked vegtables in my life but I now have experience "steaming" carrots, baking squash and cooking sweet potatoes. They have all just about made me barf while preparing them but I know it's important for my kid to eat much better than I do so I will do what it takes. Maybe by the end of this whole process I will learn to have a liking towards veggies (doubtful but hopeful). I do much better with the fruits and so far have tried mango, papaya, pears, bananna, and avocado. We are set with meals for a while. It's been fun seeing Caleb try new things and all the funny facial expressions.

This past weekend the little guy had a fun weekend up north with Dad, Grandma and Grandpa. I had my 15 year class reunion (scary) and had my friend Jeny B in town from Texas staying with me so Josh took Caleb to the softball tournament with him and his parents and they stayed at our friends cabin. They had a good time and the report was that Caleb was great and had a lot of fun with everyone and the other kids. Of course I was missing him like crazy and by the time they got home last night he was cranky and ready for bed so I only got time to feed him and put him down to bed. I'm looking forward to getting off of work today to get home and see him. I think we had a little too much fun at our reunion. I read Jeny B's blog this morning and her words were "I'm never drinking again and I'm never staying out til 4:00 again". Yep, that's what we did and payed for it the rest of the weekend. I guess this weekend just really proved our age but it was fun pretending we were young again.

Caleb is now crawling all over the place and picking up speed doing it. And he has finally learned to get back into a sitting position from his hands and knees. He is working really hard on pulling himself up on things so he can stand. It won't be long and he will be doing that without difficulty I'm sure. I can't believe how much he's changing and how big he's getting. He's going to be 7 months old already this week. I think we will be making a trip to Babies-R-Us this weekend to get things to babyproof the house. Just a few months ago all of this seemed so far away and now here we are. I can't believe how fast time goes.

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July.

Erin