Showing posts with label fever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fever. Show all posts
9.28.2015
"Twittering" on Blog
Ethan's horrible cough/seasonal allergies (repeat from last year) came back AND Gavin woke up with a fever. Had to cancel a coffee date with a friend this morning =0(
8.09.2009
Fever & Rash
Wow, this has been a long weekend and by no means in a good way.
Friday morning, Ethan woke up with a fever of 100.4 degrees. Not having gone through this before, I panicked and was ready to take Ethan to the doctor's office. But after talking to the nurse over the phone, she said to just give him Tylenol and wait it out 2-3 days. I was like 2-3 days, he could be really ill by then?!? Praise the Lord, his fever broke through within 24 hours even though I could tell he was still in pain. Turned out it's pretty normal for teething to be accompanied with a fever (and other things) even though his bottom two and top two came through without any problems. Anyway, it was the weirdest thing to see him not being himself at all: like not having enough energy to roll over while I'm changing his diaper or actually letting me hold him until he falls asleep in my arms...it was kinda nice.
Side note: Kaika must have known something was wrong because he came and laid in our bedroom (since he couldn't get into Ethan's) which was something he hasn't done in forever. Then later on, he laid by my feet while I sat in the glider comforting Ethan. It touched my heart =0)
Last night was especially rough since I was left alone with a fussy baby while Brian had to help out with a youth event. Nothing I did seemed to comfort Ethan and I just felt super overwhelmed and completely exhausted! I called Brian to see if he could come home early and let's just say I was in tears by the time he walked through the door. Then around midnight, he woke up crying and couldn't go back to sleep. I think we pretty much lost count how many times we got up to comfort him. Poor kid. Poor us.
We woke up feeling like zombies and remembering that the last time this happened was when we first had Ethan. Along with the pain, Ethan also broke out with rash all over his body which I've never seen before. Again I called the nurse and she assured me that this is normal and nothing to panic about. I guess at least it doesn't bother him even though it looked to me like it's getting worse. Unfortunately, we had a repeat incident again at bed time tonight where he just stood in his crib and cried. Knowing how we both need our sleep in order to function tomorrow, I decided to hit him with all the dosage: teething tablet, Tylenol and teething jel. So far so good and I'm hoping this severe thunderstorm that is going through will pass so that I don't have to wake him up!
Friday morning, Ethan woke up with a fever of 100.4 degrees. Not having gone through this before, I panicked and was ready to take Ethan to the doctor's office. But after talking to the nurse over the phone, she said to just give him Tylenol and wait it out 2-3 days. I was like 2-3 days, he could be really ill by then?!? Praise the Lord, his fever broke through within 24 hours even though I could tell he was still in pain. Turned out it's pretty normal for teething to be accompanied with a fever (and other things) even though his bottom two and top two came through without any problems. Anyway, it was the weirdest thing to see him not being himself at all: like not having enough energy to roll over while I'm changing his diaper or actually letting me hold him until he falls asleep in my arms...it was kinda nice.
Side note: Kaika must have known something was wrong because he came and laid in our bedroom (since he couldn't get into Ethan's) which was something he hasn't done in forever. Then later on, he laid by my feet while I sat in the glider comforting Ethan. It touched my heart =0)
Last night was especially rough since I was left alone with a fussy baby while Brian had to help out with a youth event. Nothing I did seemed to comfort Ethan and I just felt super overwhelmed and completely exhausted! I called Brian to see if he could come home early and let's just say I was in tears by the time he walked through the door. Then around midnight, he woke up crying and couldn't go back to sleep. I think we pretty much lost count how many times we got up to comfort him. Poor kid. Poor us.
We woke up feeling like zombies and remembering that the last time this happened was when we first had Ethan. Along with the pain, Ethan also broke out with rash all over his body which I've never seen before. Again I called the nurse and she assured me that this is normal and nothing to panic about. I guess at least it doesn't bother him even though it looked to me like it's getting worse. Unfortunately, we had a repeat incident again at bed time tonight where he just stood in his crib and cried. Knowing how we both need our sleep in order to function tomorrow, I decided to hit him with all the dosage: teething tablet, Tylenol and teething jel. So far so good and I'm hoping this severe thunderstorm that is going through will pass so that I don't have to wake him up!
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