Poor Little Guy

Ian went 7 days in a row of not getting up until sometime between 6:15-6:30am. I was thrilled. Well the last few nights have been rough for the little guy. Wednesday night he woke up around 11pm and stood up in his crib for the first time. The little guy looked terrified. He couldn't figure out how to get back down. Paul lowered the crib and removed the mobile. It took forever to get him back to sleep. Yesterday morning he woke up at 5:45, and I did get him. He woke up many times during the night the last 3 nights. Last night every time I put him back down he'd crawl to the side and then stand up again. I finally decided to put him down on his back instead. He wasn't happy about that, but it did the trick. Hopefully this standing up in bed phase will end in the near future as it's not fun for any of us. It's amazing how mobile he's become in the past few days. He rarely stays in the same place any more like he did for the past 12 months. He's a boy on the go. He prefers cruising to crawling but uses crawling to get someplace where he can stand and cruise.

In addition to having trouble sleeping through the night, he woke up with a rash on Friday morning on his face. I called the pediatrician, and they didn't seem concerned. I wondered if he was having a reaction to the chicken pox vaccine he got on Tuesday? He also has been congested the past few days which means he is throwing up ALL day long. Now that we put solid foods in his bottles it means that what he upchucks is orange or some other color. Our clothes and carpets have been thoroughly doused the last few days. I'm hoping his congestion clears up soon. In light of all his upchucking I haven't tried to decrease his milk intake at all. The insurance company did sign an agreement with the hospital a couple of days ago so we will be going to his feeding team appointment on January 7th. I'll wait until then to make any changes. On Wednesday I kept track of his milk intake, and I think he had at most 30 ounces. I was forgetting that his bottles contain baby food in them when I made my first estimate. Speaking of which, do food allergies cause a rash? Nadia never had any food allergies so I admit I haven't been as careful with Ian about waiting a few days before introducing a new food. Maybe I need to just put cereal in his bottles for a few days to try to figure out if it's a food that's causing his rash. I am so grateful we got his pictures done before he got this rash!