First Fever

Ian had his first fever a lot sooner than Nadia did. She was 13 months old before she had her first fever (and ear infection). When we discovered his temp was over 99, I called the Pediatrician's office as instructed to do. They were closed because of the snow (we got 9 more inches yesterday although that was far less than many others got not that far from us). The doctor on call was the one who saw him on Tues. She said to give him .6ml of Tylenol every 4 hours and to call back if his temp went over 101. The poor guy is just plain miserable. If he's not nursing or sleeping, then he's most likely crying, which is not like him. Normally if he's held and has a full belly, he's content. He hasn't spit up as much lately although that was a problem this morning as he had so much phlegm he couldn't nurse. He just kept gagging. Thankfully he did cough up some phlegm and then was able to nurse. It's so hard to hear and see him coughing - such a little guy! I am going to weigh him today as I was already concerned that he didn't gain any weight on Sunday or Monday. I hope he gained some the last two days.

Last night he slept about 3 1/2 hours in the Nap Nanny and then from 2:30am onward he was with me. Nadia woke up a little before 5am. I haven't gotten any naps the past few days so I am rather tired. Paul napped yesterday and today. I am feeling a little jealous, but I guess that's the price you pay when you choose to nurse rather than bottle feed. Paul always makes sure I get at least 2 hours of sleep (without Ian) before he goes to bed. Sometimes this is easy for him as Ian is in the Nap Nanny, and other times he holds Ian the whole time. Sometimes he gives him a little bottle. Over the last 6 days, the most he's ever given Ian in a day by bottle was one ounce. Some days none (like yesterday), and other days (like Tuesday) 1/2 an ounce.

Here are a few random things Nadia has said which I have been meaning to mention. On Tuesday as we were driving home from the doctor's office, she started asking for a hamburger. I wondered what brought that on (since it was 3:15), and then she made an attempt at saying McDonald's (she said hamburger perfectly clearly). We had just passed a McD's. I guess that's what prompted her to request a hamburger. She's definitely in the environmental print stage of literacy development. She's gone from calling ice cream "ice" to something that sounds like "Imream." Instead of saying "okay" 5 million times a day - now we hear "yeah." I'm trying to get her to say "yes" instead of "yeah." Another word she says a lot is "oops," but for some reason she pronounces it "ups." A temporary quirk (just like for a while she called milk "book") would be that she calls her slide "that." She is using many more adjectives these days such as yesterday she said "Mommy's phone" in reference to my cell phone. My favorite is that she says "thank you" many, many times a day. It's so sweet! She even says it when she hands me something, lol. She also is getting good at saying "please" (pease) although she still needs some prompting for that one.