I'm hopeful that the worst is over

Yesterday Evening...still sluggish...

This Morning he rolled over and I almost threw him a party! He hadn't been playing much/talking much and definitely no rolling action since he's been sick. I'm hopeful that the worst is behind us this am.

Poor Sick Baby

Update:

Our Nurse Practitioner called to check on Charlie again. I had let the tylenol wear off to see how he would do with out it (fever wise) and his temp was back up over 100. She said we'd better come in just to be sure and unfortunately the little man has his first ear infection :-(

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Both of my boys are sick again :-( So far it seems like I'm escaping the germies over here. THANKFULLY we have had gorgeous 74 degree weather so I'm able to air out the condo without worrying about making it worse on the boys.  Charlie got worse last night and for the first time his temp went over 100 (for the rookies that is the no-fly zone). So needless to say I was on the phone with ped. nurse at 10pm then up all night taking his temp/giving tylenol to help bring it down/trying to help him go back to sleep. We were already working on having him sleep in his crib (instead of his pack n play bassinett) and that whole transition and now he really wants nothing to do with it.

He's doing okay this am - his fever is back down to 99.3. He's so sad looking with his watery eyes and not wanting to play as much. He's still eating/peeing normally so I'm not overly concerned right now...Chan-Sizzles' office already called to check on him.

Here's a photo from yesterday. I got so tired of holding him (because he would wake up EVERY time I put him down) so we went for a walk downtown. The background is ugly but this is the BEST parking lot because it's bumpy and he goes to sleep every time we walk here :-)

Sweet Sick Boy

Charlie has come down with a cold :-( He's really congested (you can hear him breathing poor baby) and he has a runny nose.  It is scary for a baby so small to be sick but we're keeping a close eye on him. He hasn't been running too high of a fever thank goodness (higher than 38c or 100f we have to go back to the hospital).  The doc advised us to do saline irrigation for his nose so he can sleep and eat better...let me tell you that is not fun. Poor Charlie gets really worked up.  I swear there is so much stuff that you need - that no one mentions - that costs so much! I'm making all the new mamas medical kits in my life from now on....because when you need something for a sick  baby you need it NOW. I'm lucky enough to have a great husband who can flex his work hours or work from home occasionally to help out. I can't imagine trying to take my sick newborn into the drug store to hunt down some saline irrigation products.