Sick or Treat

My friend Betsy and I have said it time and time again-there's nothing sadder than a sick baby. Max had a fever and we had our first walk down the puke-on-my-parents road (on dad anyway...hahaha). Our weekend was spend cuddling on the couch, watching movies, nursing and napping. Doesn't sound too bad except for the heat radiating off my boy and intermittent crying and moaning. Oh, and the worry. The what if its meningitis or pneumonia or something worry. (Please, other mamas, tell me that eases up with subsequent childhood illnesses).

A highlight was calling Nurse Direct (why do babes get sick on weekends? Why?) and being told to "only breastfeed on one side for 5 minutes every half hour". I spent a short time being disturbed and mildly outraged that that's the advice being doled out by a medical professional and then proceeded to ignore her. I can't imagine denying him nursing when he's sick, especially since it seemed to be all he really wanted to do. It was like having a newborn again. After 2 days he's much better, no fever, no puking, and cruising around jabbering to himself per usual. I credit the constant physical contact with Dave or I, frequent nursing and co-sleeping with his fairly speedy recovery and (in hindsight) mild bout of whatever it was.

Also a highlight, his little snuggly, red-eyed, sweaty-headed, undershirted self on the couch made for some of my favorite photographs:

Full of Beans

"Max loves green beans! He can't get enough of them! And he's having so much fun in his Exersaucer, laughing and playing while Mommy gets some things done around the house! La-di-da-da!"

Musical Stylings

We made the trip to Milwaukee recently and spent a lovely Sunday afternoon with Max's great grandma. One of the highlights was sitting on Great Grandma's lap, watching Lawrence Welk.



He usually reserves grooves like that for his favorite television entertainers, the Wiggles. Upon further reflection however, the similarities are many: both shows feature people wearing brightly colored clothes, using overly expressive gestures and facial expressions, singing, dancing, and neither show employs seizure-inducing MTV-style editing.

Yet another example of life coming full circle...from the Wiggles to Welk.

Gift

"What, Mom? What do you want now? I was going to play with my blocks...its WHO'S birthday?"



"Ok, ok, I guess I'll hold this thing for HER."



"Wait, what does it say?"



"Oh! Yeah! Happy Birthday Grandma!"



*Clap Clap Clap* "Boy genius. That's right."