Post Easter

Ethan enjoyed his Easter as best as he could for not feeling very well. His morning started out good. He woke up in a good mood around 9 & opened his basket that the Easter Bunny left for him. He got a couple outfits, a stuffed Snoopy, a talking Cookie Monster, & some teething biscuits. After that we decided to keep him in his jammys until we had to leave to avoid him throwing up all over his Easter clothes. So I got him dressed while Matt packed up his diaper bag. I got him downstairs & while I was putting his shoes on he threw up all over his little overalls. I rinsed them off & ran them through the dryer for 30 mins so that he could wear his new outfit I bought him for Easter. Matt got the dining room all cleaned up & we finally got out the door w/no more incidents by 11:30 to head to Matt's dad's house. Ethan was miserable. He just was out of it. He would get these little bursts of energy but they would only last a short time. Later we went over to my parents house & fortunately had no incident. When we got back home we gave Ethan a bottle & got him ready for bed. Unfortunately Matt no more than got him dressed & Ethan threw up all over his clean jammy's. He must have something against clothes seems like it's the only time he throws up. LOL.

Ethan got me up at 3 this morning for a bottle then didn't get up til after 10. He had a small bottle & only 1 container of food for breakfast. So far so good. Now he's sleeping. Poor Ethan his 1st Easter & he had to be sick. At least he's getting over it fairly fast. Of course Ethan missed all the excitement while he was sleeping. I was finishing vacuuming & was picking up some trash from the gifts yesterday when I walked into the kitched to find Peek a boo caught a mouse! I startled her & she let it run into the pantry then she ran to the basement. I ran & got her & chased the mouse out of the pantry where Carmel let it run under the fridge! So I pulled the fridge out where Carmel let it run under the dishwasher! At least that is where I think it ran. When it ran from the fridge I expected it to come out from one direction it came from another side & ran over my bare feet scaring the crap out of me. I don't mind mice but I just didn't predict it coming from the other side of the fridge. Aren't cats supposed to catch mice? I know carmel can he caught one a few years ago & brought it to us. I'm hoping it ran to the basement where the cats have been stalking for it. I know they saw it so hopefully one of my 2 lazy cats will catch it. I worry b/c field mice carry disease & we have an infant. We do have glue traps set but we are going to put fresh ones down in hopes of catching it before it runs a muck in the house. When Ethan wakes up I'll tell him all about it.

Here are some pictures from Easter:

Ethan with his Cookie Monster

Ethan getting into the grass in his basket

Ethan eating the grass from his basket

Ethan, Me, & Matt on Easter morning

Ethan & I at Grandpa Pauls & Gramma Nett's


Ethan opening his basket at Grandpa Franks's & Gramma Judy's

Matt & Ethan at Grandpa Franks & Gramma Judy's

Doing a little better

Ethan is doing a little better today. This morning he had some carrots & peaches & was able to keep that down. This afternoon he was given a 5oz bottle of juice then about an hour later he has carrots & pears. Unfortunately he ended up throwing lunch back up. Fortunately that happened in the kitchen instead of in the living room. He has managed to pretty much cover the whole living room carpet over the last 3 days. We have also designated the la z boy the puke chair since that seems to be where he tosses his cookies the most. He seems to be a little more alert today but still not up to his usual self. He has also had a few diaper explosions today. We'll keep him on Pedialyte until that is done. He has been playing with his toys a little bit today. It just doesn't last long before he tires out. His appetite is no where near what it normally is. It's going to be a while before that is back to normal. We are going to wait to restart the PKU challenge when he is eating his usual amounts. Hopefully by tomorrow he will be feeling better than he was today. He has to the Easter Bunny is bringing him a basket full of goodies.

On a good note Ethan has said his first word. There are times where it sound like he says "I got it" or "I did good". But the one that really stands out is "Kitty". It is very distinct so we have officially deemed his first word "Kitty". We'll ask him to say kitty & he pretty much does. I'll ask him where's carmel & he will look right at him. I'll aks him where's Peek a boo & he'll look for her but she's normally not in the same room as him when he's on the loose.

Still Sick

Ethan is still not feeling well. His fever was down to 99.1 all day today which is great. But he is just content to sleep in his playpen for the most part. I gave him 4oz of Pedialyte this morning & when he was able to keep that down I gave him applesauce. He kept that down with no problems. Around 1 I gave him some more applesauce & 4oz of formula a half hour later. He kept it down until 3:45. I was really hoping that he was done with the throwing up part. Unfortunately on top of that he now has it coming out his poor little rear end too. At least it's not constant only 2x so far today.

As far as Easter goes we are not sure what we are going to do. We hate to disappoint everyone by not bringing him but his health is more important. If he is doing well tomorrow then we'll bring him with us. We'll just try to keep him as calm & quiet possible.

Now onto the whole issue of his Hyperphe. The challenge was ruined by him getting sick. So we are going to have to start it all over again when he is back to his normal self & normal eating patterns. For now no meats. As far as Easter goes no foods from the table. He hasn't eaten much of anything in the last 3 days. It's going to take time to get him back to eating normally again. For now I am just sticking to his formula & a few fruits of his baby food. Much easier on his tummy.

Matt told me that there have been problems reading the blog with the blue text on the black background. I can not change the background. All I can do is try to be better on changing the color of the text. If I change the background then I have to change the whole blog skin. It takes too long to go through all the different skins & find something fitting for Ethan. There are thousands to go through. I will try to remember to be more contientious of the text color.

Sick Baby pt 2

Ethan did go to the dr this afternoon. She said that it's nothing more than some kind of viral infection. Over the last 2 days she has seen 15-20 infants coming in with high fevers & vomiting. I was told to give Ethan the pedialyte via medicine dropper instead of letting him drink from a bottle. By having him drink from a bottle he'll just chug then throw it right back up. He has been running a fever about 102 all day today. I've done everything to get him cooled down. I wrapped him in a light blanket with ice packs around him, gave him a cool bath, put a cool washcloth on his head, the pedialyte is kept in the fridge, we have just let him run around in a diaper since he's been so pukey it's pointless to get him dressed. As long as he's producing tears & giving us a wet diaper 2x a day there is no cause for concern. If the fever persists more than 3 days she wants us to bring him back in. Poor Ethan all he wants to do is snuggle. It seems like its the only way he'll sleep. Hopefully he'll get a good nights sleep tonight & will start to feel better in the morning.

Unfortunately this ruins the PKU challenge we were doing. He was almost done only 2 more days to go. So we are going to have to start it all over again when he's all better. So for now we are not giving him any meat. As of today he doesn't want to eat anything so it might be a week before we can start the challenge again. Hopefully he'll be feeling better by Sunday. The Easter Bunny is bringing him some goodies in a basket.

Sick Baby

Yesterday Ethan started throwing up. Around 3 this morning he woke us up with a fever of 102.7. We gave him some Tylenol & some Pedialyte. By 4:30 his fever had broken. Unfortunatel this morning it was back @ about 101.9. The dr was called they said to give him the Tylenol & the pedialyte if the fever doesn't break by this afternoon to give them a call & they will have us bring him in. I put some ice packs around him while he was sleeping in his playpen. Hopefully the fever will break soon. I will post later when we know more of what is going on with him.

Ethan & the Easter Bunny

Today Ethan went & met the Easter Bunny for the first time. He did so good. He gave us this look that said "What the heck is this!" At least he didn't cry. Later on he was playing on the floor with my Steelers hat & he put it on his head. It was too cute we couldn't resist taking a few pictures.


Ethan in my Steelers hat


What do you want me to do with this mom?


Ethan meets the Easter Bunny

Happy 10 mos!!!

Ethan is 10 mos old today! Here are a few pictures I took this morning.

Taking a quick nap

Loves to sleep with his butt sticking up

Crawling around

Showing off his cuteness

I want to help fold laundry

What a good little helper