2015 :: 13/52 - Easter - Trevor 14 months

 4/4/15

Trevor: first sickness: strep, first fevers, claps now (finally!), turns off light switches, brushes his hair with his hair brush, likes things on his head now: hats & bunny ears, brings Al's work clothes or general clothes to the couch for him (walks it over by himself), walks everywhere now except when he starts from the middle of the floor with nothing to help him stand up, shuts drawers, he bent over to be on his hands and feet and pushed back up into a standing position, tries to make a piggy noise with his scrunchy nose when asked or when he sees a piggy, follows most any command, caught a ball,

Monday when T woke up from his morning nap at noon, he was really warm. but he's usually pretty warm after his naps so I changed him into thin clothes and we had lunch. he didn't eat anything and when I pulled him out of his high chair he was still really warm. so I took his temp and it was 103.5. I called into the doctor's office, but of course no one was available so they took a message and said a nurse would call me back. while I was waiting for the call back, Al got up and agreed we should take him in but we decided to wait for the call back. again, it took almost an hour to get a call back and the nurse said to bring him in to check his ears just to be safe (again helped me feel better about the fact that it was his teeth but might as well have him checked out). ped's was full for the day so we brought him in to urgent care. luckily there was no one waiting in urgent care and we got right in. the doctor saw nothing in his ears but his throat was a little red. so they swabbed for strep which came back negative.

T's temp at urgent care via forehead was 102.2. he was also 20.2 pounds! finally reached 20 pounds but that was with his clothes on and holding a small toy.....

when the doctor came back, he said we had 2 options: give him Tamiflu in case he had influenza or run a bunch more tests to see if he had a bacterial or viral infection. this again spurred my dislike for doctors and the medical arena we're currently in. really? those are the 2 options? how about treating the fever at home and waiting to see what happens? which is what I suggested to him especially since trevor was in pretty good spirits and I was convinced it was his teeth. the doctors reply: oh yeah, you could do that too. duh. so he gave us a chart for dosages for Tylenol and ibuprofen and suggested we alternate those 2 every 4 hours in an attempt to keep the fever down. he also gave us some pedilyte samples in case we felt like Trevor was getting dehydrated.

al stopped and picked up ibuprofen before track practice and we gave it to Trevor before his afternoon nap. he wouldn't sleep for the nap but by the time an hour was up and I decided to let him not nap, his fever was gone. again, reassuring me it was his teeth since the ibuprofen helped (reducing swelling) whereas the Tylenol didn't seem to.

Trevor was great the rest of the night; we went outside for a bit for some fresh air and to keep him cool. he slept 730p-130a but at 130 he was warm again. so I took off his sleep sack and put on some light pants, gave him ibuprofen and nursed him. he didn't fall asleep and didn't seem like he would, so we sat in the chair in his room for a bit trying to get him to cool down. I tried putting him in his crib, even just to sit in there thinking it would be cooler for him than having my body heat against him, but he didn't like that. so we sat for a bit more, then I walked around with him a bit and laid him in his crib again. he stayed put, so I went to bed and he fell asleep. that was about 230; he woke again at 320 and his fever was broke so I assumed he was cold and that's why he woke up. I put him back in his sleep sack and he was out. he made some noises here and there, but slept until 630a.

Tuesday morning he woke with no fever but also no teeth thru, and played well that morning, even ate a bit better for breakfast although a lot went on the floor. but when I went to nurse him before his nap, he was warm again. I had already changed his diaper so I didn't take his temp but I knew he had a fever. I nursed him, gave him ibuprofen, and put him down. he tossed and turned for a while but fell asleep eventually. I wish I knew when his fevers were coming so I could give him medicine before hand, especially when it's around nap/sleep time as it seems to take him much longer to sleep even when he's tired when he has a fever (i'm sure he's uncomfortable being so warm).

Wednesday Trevor was seeming better; he hadn't had a fever since bedtime Tuesday night. as we were heading out for our after lunch walk I got a call from the urgent care saying Trevor's 2 day strep test came back positive. kinda weird since he didn't have any other symptoms other than fever and a sort of stuffy nose. Al stopped an got his antibiotics (azithromycin) while he was out running errands and we promptly gave him his first dose.

Trevor was just fine afterwards. on Thursday we went to the neighb's outdoor easter egg hunt and Al had testing in woodbury. that evening I was so tired and had a horrible headache that I could not get rid of so Al called in sick to get some rest for us all. I went to bed at about 630 and the next morning my headache was gone.

Friday we all drove up to mom's because Al had testing in Roseville at 830 am on Saturday. After his testing, we left Trevor with grama, while we went to the bogarts annual beer bust with our friends. it was a good time and we stayed later than I thought we would, but got back to mom's about 8. I put trevor to bed and went to bed myself.

sunday we got up early and drove to Wausau for easter with Al's family. the 3 hour drive wasn't bad and it was good to see them all, especially the ones who hadn't met Trevor yet. T did great, was walking around and playing with everyone. Grandpa Peter hid some candy outside for him to find and he had a good time doing that.

feverish boy in very little clothes yet still playing

 you wouldn't know it, tho.

cold rag on his neck

 with dada at the doctor's office

  he loves blankies

 shut himself in

 first easter egg hunt with the neighb's

 likes to walk with something in his mouth;

here: an elephant

 playing with grama's glasses

 wanted them on his head

 finally got to a park and we had it to ourselves

 the easter bunny came to gramas!!

 tried on one of his easter outfits over his jammies :)

 sweaty head on the way to Wausau

 finding the hidden candy at Jeremy's house

 putting his treasure in the box

 grandpa Peter's hat

 grand aunt wendy gave him a piggy for easter;

perfect gift for him with his piggy noises

 making his piggy noise

 freshly cleaned and brushed hair

 playing with uncle tyler's silly hair that momma did

trying a video; i'm not sure if it will work or not.

2015 :: 12/52

since I stopped with the "trevor" section at the top of these posts, I've forgotten to jot down or note the new things he does each week. and I don't like that. so i'm going to try to remember to jot them down and include them in the posts again, even if they're just little things.

trevor: he pushes buttons and loves it (remotes, his laptop, computers, etc), he can walk really far on his own now as long as he starts and stops holding on to something (us or furniture), he can eat big chunks and spears now (Al gave him pickle spears with little slits in them and quartered grapes, and T did great!), tried his first peanut butter & jelly sandwich and loved it, has better hand eye coordination now: can put his rings on his stack (with 2 hands only) & put blocks into his sorter cube, he helps me clean up his toys now at the end of the day: will pick up or go get just about any toy I name (knows which one is which by name) and put in in it's basket or on it's shelf, puts his feet up when i'm putting on his socks, points at eyes in books, when asked will do something with his eyes, tongue and ears (scrunches eyes, sticks out tongue, or grabs ears), turns his head in a sort of peek-a-boo game it looks like he's doing a double take and he thinks it's just the funniest :) he helps dada carry his work clothes/stuff to the couch every night before work: he walks in front of Al holding onto Al's hands or work stuff and/or carry his clothes over his arm, clicks Al's pen in his work vest pocket, doesn't digest grape skins well, had his first fever most likely due to teething, points at things now but doesn't curl his other fingers under just points with his whole hand out but means what is at the end of his pointer finger

another crazy week for al between interviews in the cities, working tons of extra hours, trying to get in sleep & trevor time; luckily there was no track this week due to spring break. we also got about 3 inches of snow on Tuesday night but it was melted by Thursday. colder temps still in the 30s; we're ready to get back to our walks!

Friday we went up to the cities and did a wine tasting & dinner with manda and johnny. trevor stayed with their girls at manda's parents house and played. it was a good time with great friends, even though I wasn't fond of much of the 10 wines we tried. it was in downtown Stillwater and so we walked to brine's and had dinner afterwards. Trevor did great at manda's parents especially for not knowing them! they loved him and kept saying he did great and they'd be willing to watch him again. :)

then Saturday we came back to eau Claire since there was a track meet that Al could actually go to at stout. on the way home, we stopped at govin's farm in menomonie to see the farm babies and man, were they cute! I wanted to take them all home. Trevor and I got to hold a baby sheep, but dada held the rest of the animals since the others were pretty squirmy. Trevor loved looking at all of them and the people.

Trevor was still extra whiney this week and drooley some of the time. i'm really hoping this whining is coming from his molars moving and not just our new status quo; it can be exhausting. he also will not eat anything I make or give him for meals that isn't cereal, toast/bread, pureed veggies, or fruit. I end up giving him what he will eat by the end but may have to stop doing that so he will eat what I make for lunch/supper.

sunday Trevor wouldn't eat much at all; nothing we put on his tray although he would eat the pureed veggies I fed him. then after lunch he started drooling a ton and filled up 3 drool bibs to nearly soaking that night. after Al left for work I decided to take his temperature since he felt warm & his nose was a little runny, and he had a fever. I took it under his armpit and it was 100.4; that thermometer is not a very good one, but I had never seen his temp above 98.4 on it before. so I called the nurses line and had to leave a message. the nurse called back about 45 minutes later and although she said teething doesn't cause fevers (i'm still confident, especially after asking multiple mommy friends, that it was due to his teething), she made me feel better that a low grade fever is ok and just the body's way off fighting off something. she confirmed that I didn't need to give him Tylenol or anything else, just keep him comfortable.

at his diaper change & pj time, I took his temp in his rectum and it was 101.8. I didn't like that since the nurse said as long as it was under 102 I didn't need to worry much, but decided to see how he'd sleep. I put him in his usual pjs and sleep sack and he was out like a light. I was worried I shouldn't have dressed him so warm, but couldn't do much about it once he was asleep. he woke up once an hour that night. at the midnight one he was on fire, so I took his sleep sack off, gave him some Tylenol, and hoped we'd get some more sleep. but not so. he was still up every hour, so at the 2 o'clock one I nursed him and he slept til 430. Al didn't get home til 430 so he helped after that but Trevor was crying if we weren't holding him until at least 530. it was a rough night but he woke up without a fever and was playing as normal. we'll see how he does next week.

he also had trouble digesting grape skins. I had given him grapes before but I peeled them when I cut them up. this time we just cut the grapes with the skin on them and gave them to him, but the full skins were coming out in his poop as well as it was extra stinky and acidic. it took me too many days to figure out it was the grapes, in fact, I had to have Al look at the poop & he figured it out right away. I bought 2 bags of grapes since they were on sale so I had given him them every day; after we figured it out, I kept him off grapes the rest of the week, but may try them again without the skins.

we borrowed his rocking giraffe from grama's house.

he loves to get on it, rock it, and get off it all by himself

 reading

 he's getting better with baby Darrell :)

 walking around in his "cape"

(his outfit from the day)

 wine tasting

 farm babies

 we got to hold a lamb!

 farmer Trevor :)

he's started leaving food on his tray instead of throwing it on the ground! still throws some on the ground but at least it's progress!

 linus :)