So although there are a dozen other things I should be doing- I just had to stop and write about the last few days. Geoff and Sophie are at kindermusik, and Alex is sleeping in his crib. That was the first big change this last week- the baby has been napping in his crib and spending the first couple of hours in the night in there, before coming in to nurse and sleep the rest of the night with me.
Last Thursday, Alex broke out in hives. The best guess is that it was from the amoxycillin prescription, which he had just finished. Other than that nothing else had really changed. It started in the morning- he got a weird dark pink mark on his chin and under his left ear with slightly elevated lighter pink raised areas. I thought it was a rash-within an hour they disappeared. New patches showed up 2 hours later in different spots- all in his head area- called the doctor. They said no benadryl usually for under 18 mos. and that I could bring him during walk in hours in the afternoon. Again, the patches dissipated on his own. 45 minutes into his afternoon nap, Rachel went in to check on him and came out with a horrified look on her face- his cheeks were all puffy and red and hot- he had big patches on his neck and head and two on his upper back. Straight to the doctor. Well, the benadryl helped right away- within an hour he was clear- but he got 3 doses total over the next 24 hours- and still this morning is a little spot near his eyebrow. I never had an experience like this with sophie- so it was new to me and kind've alarming. His spirits were fine- normal mood and breathing, no problems there. Anyway I am glad it seems to be over and I am feeling more aware of paying attention to what he is taking in now - food, medicine...
He has been SUPER active the last few days. I think crawling is coming soon. He is pulling himself up to standing and is pulling his knees up under his body when on his tummy, and rolling all over the place- front to back and the other way too. Get ready- clear the decks! Everything he comes into contact with goes into his mouth so the time has come to be super careful- soph and rachel and i need to be crazy watchdogs for all kinds of stuff he can get into. He is so vocal with the sounds- these long drawn out screeches and growls- I don't remember sophie sounding like that at all. And he is pinching and scratching at me a lot and I don't know what that is about. I mean, the pinching is a nursing thing I think, but the scratching and squeezing at me I just don't know. It wears me out- pulling his hands away. He is pulling at sophie's hair when he can and I tell her, he is just trying to say he loves you. haha. she is brighter than that. The thing is that she is getting very authoritative with him. "BAD Alex!" "NO, don't do that baby!" and of course, I say don't call him bad- he is just exploring and trying to learn about things. For the most part she is against him grabbing for her toys and books so that is tough too. Running interference and trying to mellow her out. I guess it is that she must feel in charge of so little, and here is this little person that she can be bossy over. Need to figure out some good tactics for this because I don't think I am handling it so well...
It was a rough evening- geoff went out to our friends' house after work for a few beers - which is fine. It is just that the late afternoon/evening is the witching hours- some semblance of dinner, a bath for sophie, cranky afternoon baby, messy house, stressed mommy. Just try to get through those few hours.
Sophie's first day of preschool is next Thursday- very exciting and nerve wracking too. I am nervous but I know she will do well after getting acclimated. Geoff is going to go in to work late so that we can drop her off together.
Baby is awake...
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