Things have been CRAZY, once again in the Judd household. Since January 17; we’ve had more snow than I’ve ever seen in my life (literally), all three of us were sick, Brennon turned 6 months old and I started school again!
I’m not really sure when the SNOWverdose started and I’m not sure when it will end, so we’ll skip right over that.
The everlasting sicknesses began around the 14th. Both Justin and I were feeling a little sinusy. I of course, ran to the nurse practitioner to get some meds and Justin “toughed it out” (only for about 24 hours and then did the same thing!) Booboo Man started showing symptoms on Saturday the 15th and then all hell broke loose on Monday night. My poor baby had every symptom; runny nose, fever, cough, cried until he was hoarse and ran out of tears and coughed All. Night. Long. It was easily the worst night of my life. When Justin got up to go to work on Tuesday morning, Brennon and I had maybe slept for an hour, so we decided to run him down to Children’s Mercy. When we got there Brennon’s fever was 103.7. I was SO impressed by Children’s Mercy- no wait in the ER, got right into see the triage nurse, right into an ER waiting room and then saw a pediatrician within minutes. It only took the doc a few minutes of examining to diagnose Brennon with croup. We were doing all the right things to treat the symptoms, but she ordered an oral steroid that helped him almost immediately. The next 3 days were pretty rough, for all three of us. Brennon ended up needing to go back to the doctor for an ear infection and 10 days of antibiotics! After that he bounced back, runny nose and coughing aside.
Saddest 6 Month Birthday EVER!
Last Thursday, January 27th, Brennon had his 6 month well-baby checkup. All is very well! Brennon weights 19.6 pounds (91st percentile), is 29 inches long (90th percentile) and his head circumference was 45 centimeters (off the growth chart!). Our Ped was really impressed by Brennon’s body strength and some of his developmental skills. He told us to start giving B more “normal” foods, stop making purees and to introduce meats and a formula with lactose. Brennon got 4 shots plus a flu shot at this visit, but he handled them better than ever! No more checkups until 9 months!
~Brennon at 6 Months~
-Teething is in full swing and he chews on ANYTHING he can get his hands on. He really enjoys dried bread heals!
-Rolls both ways, sitting up and has started to pull-up
-Babbling mixed with lots of grunts, yells and screams
-Lots of smiles, laughing, giggling and being silly
-He’s VERY ticklish, even on his back!
-Brennon is very busy and interested in everything. Once he’s mobile, we’re in BIG trouble.
-Sleeping 8-12 hours at night, with 2 or 3 40 minute naps during the day
-Loves books and reading, music and watching people dance and people watching (especially children and men)
-LOVES Sesame Street! We have Baby Einstein and I’ve tried to steer away from TV altogether, but he adores everything about Sesame Street and talks to the characters.
-Still loves bath time, although we have cut WAY back since the cold weather began
-Brennon LOVES to eat! When he wakes up, he takes a 6-8oz bottle and a full bowl of fruit and cereal, probably 6 tablespoons. About 2-3 hours later, he’s ready for lunch. Today he had chicken, squash, blueberries and a 4oz bottle. (This midday meal holds him over for about 5-6 hours.) For dinner tonight he had 2 pea cubes, an avocado cube, mashed bananas and about a 3oz bottle. Then, before bed he normally takes a 6-8oz bottle. We have yet to find anything that he doesn’t “like” but, his favorites are bananas, blueberries and sweet potato.
Since introducing vegetables, Brennon has tried sweet potato, acorn squash, peas, carrots, and green beans. Since introducing fruits, Brennon has tried avocado, apricots, apples, bananas, blueberries, peaches, pears, plums, prunes and pumpkin. I’m hoping that the variety of fresh foods will really help to prevent food allergies and picky eating habits.
Bread Heals...
BLUEBERRIES!
CHEEEEESE!
I LOVE to brush my teeth!
Sitting up!
