Punishment From the Gods

Logan had a terrible, terrible, terrible night. He first woke up at 10:45, just as we had fallen asleep. No biggie, right? I cuddled him a bit and he went back down. For me, the night wasn't so terrible because I guess I slept through the 11:00 p.m. through 3:00 a.m. crying (although I was having dreams which involved crying children in them) but for Carly it was horrific since she couldn't sleep through it. I guess he woke up every half hour or so, whining/crying enough to wake Carly up and then proceeded to be quiet for another 20-30 minutes. Carly finally got around to relaxing and snoozing and then he would stir again and wake her up. This happened over and over and over again. I got my fill of it during the early morning hours. From about 3:30 to 5:00 he was constantly stirring around. (And oh yeah, you have to love two cats scratching at the mini blinds wanting to look out). I thought sitting up with him would calm him down. He had ants in his pants the whole time he was resting on me. Everything would seem so comfortable and quiet and then he would feel the need to kick his leg or shift his head or flail his arms and readjust his position. It was maddening. Why oh why oh why is this happening? Can antibiotics have this sort of side effect? Are his ears bothering him? Is his diaper rash making sleeping uncomfortable? Is he sprouting a tooth? A combination of all of this? It feels like we are being punished for past karmic deeds. Perhaps we are. Well, Carly is off to work...

Fever Has Broken!

Last night was not a fun one, but Logan's fever broke this morning which was good. He was his happy, energetic self in the morning. After failing to take a morning nap he became increasingly crabby. Perhaps it was because I stopped giving him tylenol, or perhaps it was because he was just tired. He managed to go down for all of 45 minutes around 1:00 and proceeded to drive me insane for about 2 and a half hours of crying and general fussiness. I was happy that Carly came home. That is all I have to say right now. Sorry my blog has been atrocious for about two weeks. I've lost my verve...but I'm working on getting it back soon.

Hopefully Not Like Father Like Son

Logan has an ear infection--his first. The doctor gave us a ten day prescription for antibiotics and we were on our way. She also said he had "icky tonsils" and did a throat swab, but then threw it away because? she didn't need to test it since he was getting antibiotics for the ear infection, I guess?

It was a bit gross since she was able to scoop out some ear wax that looked sort of bloody. I feel bad for lil' Logan because I'm sure it doesn't feel good. When I was a kid ear infections were my thing, so much so that I had my adnoids taken out and tubes in my ears. Hopefully Logan can avoid that fate.

It feels better to know what was causing the fever, but his whole sickness thing is still frustrating. He's been sick for nearly a month now. And the last time I took him in they said he had a bruised ear drum...hmmm...sounds suspicious...perhaps it was the infection starting? Anyway, hope the fever goes down and the antibiotics do the trick.

Worried

Logan has had a temperature all day and it is worrisome because we don't know why. 104.3 is not the oldie radio station, but rather what the thermometer said the first time. Scary! Carly and I both freaked out and were frantic for a bit. We gave him tylenol, put him in a lukewarm bath, and put some cool towels on his forehead. An hour later his temp. went down two degrees, but it's pretty obvious Logan isn't feeling well. He can't sleep or nap, isn't too interested in food, and is entirely cuddly. He's with his Momma right now, head nestled on her chest.

We contemplated an E.R. trip, but after some internet research and phone calls to parents and the doctor, cooler heads have prevailed so to speak. I'll take him in tomorrow and he'll probably get a blood test to rule out a bacterial infection.

It's been a bit of a crazy day. And I turn on the t.v. and see 86 people have died in Mexico from the swine flu. Yikes.

Day of Firsts

Today I changed Logan's car seat from rear facing to front facing. Very exciting. He seemed to really enjoy seeing me and I nearly got into an accident from looking at him in our rear view mirror.

Logan also had a serious tantrum today. Not his first tantrum I guess, but I suppose it's the first tantrum that I've fully recognized as a tantrum. He was inconsolable. Ok. Gotta go now. Playing poker tonight.

Babysitting

I spent a few hours tilling the garden today with an electric rototiller. Thankfully my mom was able to watch Logan. It's nice being able to do once in a while without the little rugrat around. Tilling a garden with a mean ol' rototiller is not something you want to try with a crawling/walking baby around. Anyway, Logan got along well with my mom and she even put him down for a nap. He was tired and put his head on her shoulder after a big bottle.

Battling the Bottle

It's around that time when we should be starting to wean Logan off the bottle and formula and on to cups and whole milk. He seems to do fine with the whole milk and is literally getting a handle on the sippy cup thing but he does enjoy his bottle and I'm wondering if it's going to be a difficult process this weaning. Just a few minutes ago Logan was being a morning crab and was ready for his nap. Since we're out of formula and we had some milk in his sippy cup already from breakfast I thought I'd break the routine and give him some nice, cold refreshing whole milk to put him down for his nap. I think it was the delivery method via the sippy cup that set him off. He thrashed and cried after a few sips and I could read what he was thinking: "this is not a bottle, Dad...I WANT A BOTTLE!!!" He didn't eat much, all the while showing off his mighty fury, but as I calmly held him and then put him in his crib he stopped crying and quietly went to sleep with his newly-washed blanket. I am not deterred despite the unwelcome change in behavior this morning. I think I will try the sippy cup all day today. I hope the next attempts go better.