What a weekend and doc update

Wow…the past few days have almost done me in.  Not because of my newborn either, but because of my sweet, big boy 2 year old.  Since Thursday we’ve dealt with teething, the croup, 2 doctor visits, a terrible cough, puking and tantrums.  Throw daylight savings in there and we are one tired household!

The adventure began on a good note with Spencer’s 2 week doctor visit on Thursday.  He’s still doing great and is up to 8 lbs, 5 oz (75th%)!  He’s a good eater for sure!  He grew 1/4 of an inch and is now 21.25 inches long (95th%).  He’s tall!  I believe it when I look at his long feet, toes and fingers!  His head circumference is 14 inches (75th%).  For comparison, here is the info from Maxwell’s 2 week appointment.  Dr. Walley did tell me that this 2 to 3 week mark is when a baby’s personality will shift if it’s going to.  So, if Spencer is still pretty laid back after this week, chances are he’ll stay that way.  Fingers crossed for a good week!!  Love this sweet baby…

Thursday night started out normal and Spencer actually slept GREAT that night even going for a 6 hour stretch.  Unfortunately, Maxwell woke up about 11:30 with the croup.  Barking, wheezing, scary!  Poor guy.  We were up with him all night and I was back at the doctor’s office Friday to get him checked out.  We got a 3 day dose of steroids and were on our way.

Nap on Friday obviously didn’t go well but we made it.  Maxwell did sleep pretty good Friday night though and had no more croup so we were hoping the worst was behind us.  Ha!

Saturday morning Maxwell had a bday party to go to.  He wasn’t contagious and seemed to be feeling much better so we decided to go enjoy the nice (and hot!) weather.  My little buddy walking into the playground where the party was…

After only 10 minutes playing on the playground, Maxwell wanted nothing more to do with it and only wanted me to hold him.  I stupidly told him that there was a cookie cake which cheered him up…but the next 30 minutes until the cookie cake came out were pretty miserable.  He would. not. stop. asking for a cookie.  Meanwhile, he didn’t want to color, he didn’t want to make a pirate hat with the other kids, he didn’t want to do anything except have me hold him.  When the cookie cake came out, he didn’t like the piece he got and melted down.  Full on tantrum.  We left immediately.  Good times.

After a nap spent mostly on me in the rocking chair, it was just a whiny, whiny afternoon around here and Maxwell had the worst dry cough ever.  Pitiful.

That night he did eat some dinner but puked all of that up 10 minutes later.  Man.  The good times continued.  I could tell he felt much better after that though and he slept all night.  He did wake up about an hour earlier than usual though – daylight savings and kids don’t mix!

Sunday actually went ok and he seems to be feeling close to back to normal.  Napping is still a challenge which is frustrating but there’s nothing I can do about it. Hopefully we’re over the croup, over the cough, and close to over the teething and on with feeling good!  We need an easier week around here!

I did snap a bunch of these on Sunday with my iphone and they make me smile.  Maxwell looooves to poke on sweet Spencer!  Luckily, Spencer seems pretty affable…so far!

These pictures crack me up – patting him on the head, poking him in the ear, sitting on him…lots of brotherly love!

On a final good note, Roll Tide Roll!!  What a game!!

ps – to my good friend, Lynds – so sorry to cancel our plans.  Rescheduling asap!!