Standing

Once again, I'm delayed in posting things I've been jotting down. Back in October (around October 22), we were in our gym class. During one of the parts, all the babies are lined up on the trampoline, and we stand them up on their feet. We say 1, 2, 3 then we let go to see what they will do. Most of the babies topple right over - but that day, Micah stood. And stood. I think he stood there for 15-20 seconds before he SAT down. Everyday, he seems to be getting stronger. He is definitely standing on his own more often. I keep thinking of the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny episodes - you know, where all the animals run off the cliff chasing after either the Road Runner or Bugs and are able to float on air until they look down and realize what they are doing (and then they promptly plunge to the ground)? I think that is Micah and standing - he does just fine until he realizes he is standing, and then all of the sudden, down he goes! My little man is getting to be such a big boy. Unbelievable!

Feeding mommy is fun!

Despite the fact that Micah has been a toothless wonder, he does a really good job eating adult food. I originally wrote this post the week of October 19, when we went out to dinner twice (Italian food) and then he had chicken (okay, vegetarian chicken - he loves it!) and mixed vegetables. He was busy feeding himself and making happy noises (yum, yum, yum) when I sat down across from him. Micah paused for a moment, and held out his hand with a piece of chicken and leaned forward to touch my mouth. I opened wide and made a big loud chomping sound as I ate the piece of chicken (think Cookie Monster). Immediately, Micah exploded into peals of laughter! He thought that was the funniest thing ever! He grabbed more food, and tried to feed me over and over again, each time laughing more than the last. How fun is that?

All I can say is that this is now a regular occurrence. Pretty much every meal, Micah likes to feed me, and I have to play the role of Cookie Monster and chomp down on his hand and make loud eating noises. This game always leads to very deep belly laughs, and we have so much fun!

Polly want a cracker?

We now have a parrot in our midst - for the past two weeks, Micah has started repeating everything I say! He particularly enjoys repeating words like "this" and "bang" and "duck." I can't believe how much he is talking already. He is constantly babbling, and I swear, he thinks he is communicating. I don't understand what he is saying most of the time, but he is absolutely trying to talk. He looks at me very seriously sometimes, says something unintelligible with a wise look on his face, I say something random back to him, and he nods and smiles at me. I just want to scoop him up he is so adorable!

I can't believe how this pregnancy is passing. I am definitely struggling with nausea and morning sickness (made worse by being up all night with sickness and teething). I was up all night throwing up one day last week, but I haven't actually thrown up much the past 2 or 3 days. I was spotting a bit on Thursday and Friday, but it seems to have passed and I am doing my best to pretend it didn't worry me at all. I still need to go get a urinalysis done (hard to do with a sick baby). Thankfully, his fever finally broke, and he is back to daycare today.

Guess what?

Micah FINALLY has teeth! Yes, teeth - not just one tooth, but TEETH! After much cranking, moaning and crying (and being awake from 3:00 on this morning), Micah now has two little teeth poking through his lower gums. We started to see them pushing up the gums late last week, but yesterday afternoon, the first little tooth broke through, quickly followed by number two today. It is possible there are 2-4 more right behind this, although I hope we at least get a little break for a bit! As far as I'm concerned, teething is not so much fun. Can you imagine - my little baby has TEETH?

Near miss with the pig and teething

We got that dreaded call today from Micah's daycare..."your son is running a high fever and you need to come get him." There are kids with swine flu all over the place in that daycare - the most recent was a kid in his classroom last week. I thought we were beyond the incubation period, but naturally the first thing I thought was "great, swine flu, and I'll be getting sick, too, and have to decide whether to take the Tamiflu."

So, I picked Micah up from daycare, and went up to the pediatrician. I kept thinking "just our luck!" since our pediatrician got in the thimerosal free (and squalene free) h1n1 vaccine and we had an appointment set up for Micah to get vaccinated on Saturday. A small part of me, I must admit, did think "well, that will settle my agony - no need for a needle once I get the flu!"

We made it up to the appointment, and Micah's temperature was at 101.8. The doctor checked him out, and did a nasal swab to test for flu. He checked Micah's ears (currently all clear) and I asked if this could be a sinus infection because I had been wondering if he had one again since his last cold had been lingering for several weeks. The doctor said it was possible, and he would also send out a nasal swab to check for a sinus infection. While we waited for the results of the flu swab, I mentioned to the doctor (the one who always laughs at me for thinking Micah is teething) that I was convinced Micah was teething again. He smiled at me, and I said "Look, one of these times I have to be right, don't I?" He laughed at me, checked Micah's gums, looked at me very somberly, and said "well, I have to say...he is definitely teething! I can see two teeth getting ready to break through on the bottom." Finally!! My toothless wonder may not be toothless much longer. I also mentioned Micah's horrible diaper rash that cropped up this week while I was out of town. After a quick check, he confirmed that Micah has a yeast infection, so we have to apply lotrimin 2x/day until it is gone.

After waiting 15 minutes, much to my surprise and amazement - Micah's flu swab came back negative! Instead of writing a prescription for Tamiflu, he sent us home and told us to try and keep his fever down. If his fever is not gone by Friday, we should bring him back in to re-check his ears and his throat. We should also have the results of the nasal culture back by Friday, too, so he may require antibiotics at that time. Unfortunately, if he is not better by Friday, we'll have to cancel his vaccination appointment - he has to be fever free for at least 24 hours before they will vaccinate him. So, hopefully we can keep us all swine flu free.