ScrumpyDaddy

Haven’t blogged much this past week. Have been spending every night trying to watch the Olympics unsuccessfully. Basically I have started watching them every night at 8pm and was asleep by 9pm.

Now everything here is just so stressful I don’t really have the desire to blog. My mom and sister left yesterday after spending the week here. That part was great. The kids stayed home with Grammy and Aunt Becky and had a blast. The stressful part started yesterday. Zach was getting yet another cold and that is when I noticed it. He was playing and tugging at both ears. Oh no! He spent the night in our room, which meant Mommy did not get a lot of sleep. He kept waking up crying and I had to settle him back down. Mommy was very tired and cranky today. Sorry if I took any of that tiredness and crankiness out on Daddy and Abby.

This morning we took him into the pediatrician. Side note: I love the fact that my pediatrician will see sick children in the office by appointment on Sundays and you don’t have to go to the ER or wait until Monday. Well…it’s official, Zach has a double ear infection along with his cold symptoms, which of course is in his chest. This will be the third time Zach has to use the nebulizer for breathing treatments every 3 to 4 hours. He is also on steroids again and now a stronger antibiotic. The worse part is that the meds are making Zach vomit. He did it several times this afternoon. We are not sure if it’s the stronger antibiotics or the steroids. The steroids he gags on and can barely get down (flavored cherry – last time it was grape – we thought he would like the cherry better- we were wrong). Actually, his dose tonight he didn’t get down. It just kept making him gag and vomit so we stopped. We even tried putting it in rice cereal and he knew and wouldn’t take it.

I can’t wait for winter to be over and hopefully sickness with it. Now I just want Zach to rest and get better. He will be staying home with Daddy tomorrow who will be working from home. He will most likely be back at daycare on Tuesday depending on how things continue to go.

Here is my prayer: that God will grant Zach rest so his little body can heal and to not vomit anymore.

Zach is now 7 months old and 22 lbs. I cannot believe how time is flying. We had to move Zach out of his infant car seat into a convertible one, still facing backwards.

Zach is now rolling all over the place. We have to be careful what toys Abby is bringing into the living room. Can’t have Zach getting a hold of Abby’s small toys for her Barbies. Zach is also starting to get up on his knees and hands in the I want to crawl position. Soon enough we will have to put up the baby gates to confine him.

Zach has also decided to start eating his solid foods again. For a couple weeks he wasn’t opening his mouth so we stopped giving them to him. He has now had sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots along with rice cereal. We will be starting the greens next, peas and green beans. We will see how he likes those and then it will be on to fruits.

Lastly, Zach has a tooth. This past Saturday, Feb. 6th, I felt a tooth poking through on his bottom right side. It is not fully in yet, but you can see it if Zach opens his mouth and keeps his tongue out of the way.

Can’t wait to see what is next!