Quick Update

Ok so I need to pay more attention to the blog. It has been almost a full month since my last post. Let's see what is new... Jackson started clapping. It's so cute watching his chubby little hands find new things. He is learning to pick up puff bites and put them in his mouth then he claps; even cuter. We are still working on the crawling; he can belly crawl backwards but all that does is really tick him off cause he gets further from his toys or me. Yesterday I got my birthday present; we had family pictures done at a small studio in Greentown that Rich has been doing some work with. As soon as he gets them edited we will get some up on here. Also, Jackson has still be fighting an ear infection. Three antibiotics later plus thrush and now nasty diaper rash it still isn't cleared up. So March 13th we have an appointment with a pediatric ENT at St. Vincent Peyton Manning to see about possibly putting tubes in. I'm hoping they will help with the fussiness. Thankfully the majority of the thrush is gone now just fighting the diaper rash.

For those of you who have been listening to the news there have been a few cases of Measles in this area; some of which are in the same school district as Cam. Thankfully we haven't noticed anything with Cam though he has had a bit of a sinus infection.

Ok well Jackson doesn't want to take a nap and is letting me know. Better get going. Will update more soon...I hope lol!

Just Breathe

So my little man has yet another ear infection. I'm stumped and tired. He laughs one minute then cries the next and unfortunately its that cry that after about 30 seconds wears you down. I feel like a bad mom but whining and me just doesn't work. I love on him, carry him around, cuddle when he cuddles but it still continues. I have tried tylenol, motrin, and it seems like all he wants is to suck. Then I'm faced with the upset of having given up on breastfeeding. This week just hasn't been good. I just keep telling myself to take a deep breath and just breathe. I'm worried (as any new mom would be) as to whats causing the ear infection...is giving him a bottle in bed making it worse, am I not keeping him warm enough when we go outside, am I carrying home germs from work that he just can't fight off. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be one answer, so we walk. When he fusses we walk; when he whines we walk; when he just wants to cuddle we walk because right now that seems to be the only thing that keeps us both happy.

This too shall pass...