TGIF

We've had quite a hectic week! The usual schedule, with a twist - we all went to the office together on Monday and Tuesday. We managed to get out the door on time even...Will was pretty darn confused when we made a pit stop to drop Dave off, and then screamed when I left him at school both mornings. Of course - Mommy always comes back...so I did the reverse commute and picked up both my boys at the end of the day. The good news, I really like our new car, the bad news, I spent almost 4 hours in it on both days. On Tuesday night we listened to Will's barking cough from the back seat almost all the way home. And by midnight, I could have fried an egg on Will's forehead, and he was still coughing, and was having a little trouble breathing.
So...on Wednesday morning, plan B! Dave left for his early morning conference call (his first day back driving!), and I took Will to the pediatrician. Croup. And an ear infection. Mommy just can't catch a break this week! We got all the appropriate medicine, and came home. Dave switched places with me for the afternoon and I went to the office for a "can't miss" meeting.
And now, we're on the mend. Will sounds better, and seems to be doing well on the new antibiotic. We were home today, home tomorrow too. Fingers crossed...
In other notes - Dave has started physical therapy on his shoulder - so far so good, but this is going to be a long road.
And...Will has started talking in his sleep - much like his mother - I almost fell over when I heard him the other night! 2 molars made their appearance this week, and the other 2 are not far behind.

It is a bit more complicated

To collect your spouse from the emergency room when you have a sleeping baby in the house. Especially when said emergency room is a good 45 minutes away. Dave went to play in his first hockey game last night, with some guys from work, near his office. He made it through warm-ups. Fell on the ice and dislocated his shoulder. Ouch. So at 11:30 last night, I left the house to go get Dave. Uncle Bobby and Auntie Jenny were nice enough to come down and hang out with a soundly sleeping Will for a couple of hours (thank you!!!!). I had several choice comments for the patient when I arrived...The good news is that he will be just fine, the bad news is....he's out of commission for hockey for awhile.

Pop those champagne corks folks!!

I do believe that the video below will explain absolutely everything. Please note, this is not a one time event. This happened multiple times today at school, and then multiple times at home... :)

What a week!

We are featuring sleeping at the moment, so just a quick post as we're off to dinner with friends at 5, if Will is awake...

The fever/ear infection that morphed into a tiny stomach bug was over. And we actually had I think 3-4 days with absolutely nothing going on. And then...at 6:45 on Wednesday morning Will "gave back" his early morning bottle, and proceeded to throw up every 20-25 minutes for the rest of the morning. Off to the pediatrician we went! Mommy in her 5th shirt of the day, Will in his 6th outfit of the day. Somehow I just couldn't begin to explain to a 16 month old that he needed to give me a little more than 1/2 second warning....I packed an extra shirt for me and 3 for Will in the diaper bag. Miracles of modern medicine, they gave him a little medicine right there in the office, and we started the "re-hydrating" process. Lots of pedialyte later...Will is now back to his usual self. Phew! It did mean several days at home for me with Will, I think about 6 loads of related laundry, and at least 1 day where Will never got out of pj's. Hey, they have the anti-skid stuff on the bottom of the feet, so why not?! :)

In other news, Will is continuing to add signs to his growing vocabulary - and there are things that he says that I'm quite sure are words in his head, I just haven't figured them out yet.

We went to the local Children's Museum last weekend with some new friends - their daughter is about 4 months older than Will, and they got along great. They even shared toys and snacks very nicely while the grownups had a coffee after the museum! The latest pictures are from that trip - Will thought peek-a-boo with Daddy was absolutely side-splitting, and the tunnel and the water area to play in were fun. Will be much better when our little man can run to where he wants to go. I'm sure we'll be making many return visits...

You can't rush confidence

Our little Will, so timid it seems when it comes to walking on his own...has gotten just a little bit of confidence in the last 3 days. We've been trying to encourage him but we've been met with "spaghetti legs" more often than not. But today - 3 times - I reached out with 1 hand and he grabbed on and walked with only that one hand holding on...a little bit in the basement, from the living room to the bathroom and then from the kitchen to the nursery tonight. He got lots of encouragement as we were going along and big hugs at the end (I think he thinks I'm crazy...I got a little bit of the "awwww come on MOM!" look). Up to now, he's been determined to hold on with both hands. So we'll see....I'm holding my breath....and reminding myself to watch those little chubby feet toddle along barefoot on the floor, as this will be a big accomplishment, and he's getting so big!! (sniff sniff)

Egg, Mama, Nite Nite, Cheese

Despite a cold/ear infection that morphed into a fever/stomach bug (maybe?) Will has had a busy week verbally. More about that in a moment.
Wednesday night he woke up with a 102 fever (sound familiar?). So off to walk in hours we went on Thursday morning. Thank goodness for walk in hours. We see the doctor leveraging walk in hours a lot more than we have an appointment - so convenient! Anyway, not exactly what I had in mind, as we were supposed to be leaving for a ski weekend on Friday morning. But if you can fry an egg on his forehead in the middle of the night....you take him to the doctor! Scary virus test was negative, lungs sound great, ears look great. No other symptoms. Hmmmm. So the cure is Mama TLC and time. BUT - if he has a fever he's contagious - so we were in wait and see mode on the ski weekend. And as it turned out, Dave had a lovely time skiing, and Will and I had a lovely couple of days at home. I had taken the day off on Friday, so kept it, and we relaxed, I did a little bit of cleaning while Will took a long nap. Finally I think his fever has broken. Fingers crossed. Of course through all this you'd never know he's sick - he's still the same giggly happy baby!
In the meantime...Will has started to ask for specific foods, and more than just "cookie" - which is really a Ritz cracker. Yesterday he asked for eggs for breakfast, and for cheese. And it seems that he's continuing to leverage signs - the latest sign is cheese - a word he's been saying for weeks.
He'll also call Mama from the crib (or at least has done it for the last couple of days), usually he just complains until one of us opens the door.
And last night, after I put him in the crib, he looked up at me with a little grin, said "night night" and rolled over and closed his eyes. I melted! But seriously?! This is the same child that used to require nursing/rocking/singing until he was sound asleep before we could put him in the crib, or I'd have to start all over again. And to be honest, I have no clue what I did to help him turn the corner - so probably nothing - he just decided to do it on his own. As Dave said on Thursday night - it is a pleasure to put Will to bed these days, no fuss, no crying, just put him in the crib, and walk away.
My hope is that we're back to regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. We've had a very long month, and I've had a hard time getting back into a groove. I'm working on it...