Eating more & more!

Tyler got over his virus just a day or two after our last post. We also figured out that he had two molars come in when we weren't looking, plus another tooth. He had a stomach bug last weekend which resulted in a lot of stinky diapers. There had been a bug going around daycare and We had to have our turn.....But now he's over that and doing great.

On the eating front...Tyler's been eating more and more these past few weeks. We have them offer him whatever they are having at daycare and he seems to pick and choose what he'll eat. We noticed that he really started eating their food right after daycare had me put his baby food containers in the cabinet (where he could not see it) instead of his cubby (where he could see it). Not sure if him seeing it has abything to do with it or not but it sure is a coincedence. Some of the things he's eaten are: taco salad, chicken, ham sandwich, goldfish, nutri grain bars, toddler mum mums, cheeseburger, rice krispie treat, jello, fish sticks, tater tots, french fries, and chicken nuggets. We're continuing to offer him food to see what he'll take!

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rough night

Rough couple of days here..After we picked Tyler up from daycare Friday we noticed he felt a little hot. Took his temp and it was almost 103, so we went over to Urgent Care. They were able to see us relatively quickly and we were diagnosed with really nothing but an RX for an antibiotic. I went to fill the prescripton then came home. Tyler was asleep by the time I got home with the RX, so we were going to start it in the morning. Eric and I got to talking and neither of us felt comfortable with the disgnosis from that doctor - it seemed like he came in with a decision of what he was going to do and nothing would change his mind. He didn't see any evidence of an ear infection, said we probably have RSV (even though it's very late in the season for that), and said to take the antibiotic even though if it WAS RSV it wouldn't help (the V stands for virus....). We also were concerned about having him on another antibiotic and he didn't seem to care about that. So we kept Tyler on baby advil to manage the fever.

Saturday morning his fever went even higher so we called our pediatrician and they were able to see us. The doctor on call was one of the ones we really like, very experienced and good with patients. So, she checked him out and didn't see anything in his ears. She noted how late it was in the season to be RSV, and got a white blood count to see if he had an infection. WBC was normal so she says he has a virus. No need for the antibiotic, keep him on ibuprofen, and he will probably be over it in 2-3 days. We felt so much better after seeing her - she said we were smart not to give the antibiotic and to get in to see them today.

Yesterday was still rough. He was fussy and tired and just not himself. He slept a lot, but would get super sweaty then wake up with the chills. He ate pretty well, thank goodness. It was a scary day and we almost ended up going to the ER at one point during the chills. That continued overnight but he woke up this morning feeling much better temp-wise, so we're hoping we're over the worst of it. Cross your fingers.

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