Very early Thursday morning I woke up to Isaac coughing at around 5am. He had slept all night and I was grateful. He went back to sleep so I stayed in the bed. 30 minutes later he coughed again, but never cried for me. I did decide to go check on him and he was curled up at the foot of his bed. The head of his bed is raised by two bricks to help with his reflux so I thought that was why he was coughing so I put him back up at the head of his bed. My alarm was set for 6:30 so I tried to go back to sleep. At 6:30 I got up to get my shower. Within the next hour I heard him cough a couple of more times, so I thought, "Great, he is getting sick for his birthday". Well, my parents were due to arrive at any minute so I decided to go in and check on him again. Again, he was curled up at the foot of his bed. Then, I heard it. He heaved and then coughed. WHAT!!!??? I hurried and turned the light on and there it was, vomit all over his crib!! What an awful Mom I felt. I had laid my baby boy back up in his mess. It was dark and I couldn't see it or smell anything. It was bile basically and there were stains all over his sheet. He just laid there and looked at me and didn't move. He felt bad. I felt horrible. I got him up and washed his face and changed his clothes. He felt bad. Mom and Dad arrived and I thought I was see if he could hold down some formula. I only fixed a three ounce bottle and Mom gave it to him while I cleaned up his crib. He was so tired. As she rocked him after his bottle, he threw up all over her. So I waited to leave for work and called the doctor. They wanted to see him. He has the awful bug going around. We got him some things at the grocery. I fed him four ounces of pedialyte and put him to bed. Then I left for work.
Chris called me throughout the day with great reports. He never got the diarrhea and he hadn't vomited all day....until around 8pm. He threw up all over his room. Chris did a terrific job cleaning it up even with Isaac trying to love on his Daddy and wanting his Daddy. I am sure it was stressful cleaning with a crying baby that wants to be right there with you. Chris was exhausted when I got home around 9:30pm. Isaac was exhausted too. He now had a fever that he didn't have at the doctor. I tried to give him three ounces of pedialyte and was successful and I put him to bed. I was so bummed that he got sick again and now he had a fever. His big Birthday party is Sunday. It is just for the immediate family and everyone works different shifts and that is the only day to do it. It is not looking good for the party.
So here I am Saturday morning and Isaac woke me crying a few times last night. At 3am I offered him four ounces of pedialyte and he took it, along with some motrin. He still had a fever, 100.6. I thought around 3:30am he was going to throw up. He was very uncomfortable. I took him into the bathroom and sat on the toilet and rocked him. He soothed down and I put him to bed. He slept solid from 4am to 8am.
Since he woke up, still with a fever, I gave him four more ounces of pedialyte and some tylenol. He wants me to hold him constantly. Please tell me that he can feel better so we can still have his party tomorrow. I am just so bummed.....
Well, do you remember the trouble he was having sleeping? Not any more. Milk is an amazing thing. Once I put him on whole milk, well, he is sleeping like a baby. HaHa He isn't having any type of reflux. So, I guess his formula was messing him up. He LOVES his milk and his bottle. I don't think I will ever be able to get him to use a sippy. Any tips would be appreciated on that one.
