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5 Month Pictures

Nebulizers and New Teeth!

Happy 5 Months, my sick little man!!

Poor Ian, 5 months old and so sick! Well actually, he's on the upswing now, but it's been a hellova week! Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were by-far the worst. He wasn't eating or was throwing up everytime he ate. He had diarrhea and was quite lethargic. We took him to the ER Monday night then the pedi Tuesday. He was 18 pound 9 ounces on Friday, 17 pounds 10 ounces on Monday and 17 pounds 7 ounces on Tuesday. That's a 7% body weight loss!

We seem to have a few things figured out now. From what the pedi gathers, Ian has asthma that was triggered by this virus. Because he's having a hard time breathing when he coughs, he's throwing up whatever he ate. He was given a nebulizer treatment at the pedi office and we have been doing them here at home as well. He has definetly improved since we've started the treatments. He hasn't thrown up at all and is slowly getting back into the swing of eating.

He has officially cut his first tooth, and I'm have a really hard time getting a picture of it, but I'll post the best one I have so far. He was also 5 months old yesterday! We took a few of his monthly pictures, but his attention span was very short, so we took the remainder of them today. When I saw we, I mean both Charles and I. Charles has been home sick for the last 2 1/2 days! I've also been sick, so we're a pretty germy little family!

Hopefully Ian and I are well enough to go to our mommy/baby get-together we have planned for this Saturday at the Children's Museum. I'm anxious to meet other moms in the Madison area!

Is is Friday already?

The week just flew by! I've found a nice way to make days go by faster is to make it a point to take pictures of Ian everyday. He was a smiling, happy baby for the most part of the week. Then Thursday came. He came down with a cough and a runny nose and was sooo fussy! Thursday night I was letting him chew my finger and low and behold, I felt a little ridge of a tooth! His first one ever! It's just peeking through the skin, and apparently causing him quite a lot of pain because he sure is crabby! I tried and tried to take a picture of it but that was next to impossible. Every time I put my finger in there to push his lip back, he chomps on me! We'll get a shot of it sooner or later.

Last night because he was coughing so hard, he threw up 3 times! This morning I decided I should call the pedi just to see what they had to say. They wanted to see him, so I brought him in. They said he either has a cold, or asthma?! They wrote us a prescription for a nebulizer treatmeant and said to try it with him. If it helps him, he probably has asthma. If it doesn't help him, then he just has a cold. We're definetly hoping for a cold!

We put him to bed just over an hour ago and he's already woken up screaming once, so I imagine this is going to be a loooong night. We also have a very busy weekend ahead with Betch's 60th birthday tomorrow! Wish us luck, hopefully Ian won't be a hellion!

Anyhow, here's a few pics from this week's photo shoots! Enjoy and happy weekend!