Well, as most of you know, we've been living in a sick house for the last couple of weeks. Troy came down with a cold and ear infection on a Thursday. He was put on antibiotics and cough syrup and was feeling a bit better by Sunday. We packed up and went down to visit Grammy and Pap. We were having a blast... until Troy woke up at 4am and started throwing up. He did it consistently for the next near 2 hours. So, by 6, we were ready to head back home and get him taken care of.
We got into town and took him back over to Primacare. They weren't able to deduce right there whether it was a result of the cold, the ear infection, or a virus. Well, Dan suddenly got very sick on Tuesday afternoon, so it was clear it was a virus. Dan got back to normal within 24 hours, but since Troy is so little he didn't get to heal up so quickly. By Thursday, I was able to get Troy feeling a little better. He hadn't had any "incidents from the top or the bottom".
Then, the doc said I could start reintroducing milk within 48 hours. Well, he was wrong. We were fine until Saturday night when we started having diarrhea again. We threw up the next morning, but after all that milk was out he was fine. He's been OK ever since. He's still a bit clingy and has a few tantrums, but he's slowly coming back to his old self. We've had him on lactose-free milk for the last week. Once we run out of the supply we have now, I'll reintroduce him to regular milk. I read online from a pediatrician that when a baby has diarrhea and vomiting, their milk enzymes that digest the lactose go out with everything else and take a week or so to regenerate. Seems that makes perfect sense. He's still not back to eating very well, but we're getting better and better. He ate more yesterday than he's eaten any other day in the last three weeks. But, he hasn't lost any weight.
He's really getting into reading and vocalizing, now. He reads everything aloud and LOVES books. He was running around with my hand mirror this morning. It has a barcode and "made in" sticker on the back. So, he turned it around, put his finger to it, and read it aloud. It's too cute! Every night when we get into bed, he "calls" for his books. I read "All By Myself" by Mercer Mayer (a Little Critter book, which were my FAVORITES when I was a kid), "Mister Dog" (a Golden Book), and "Good Luck, Bad Luck". Usually by the time we get to "Good Luck, Bad Luck" he's ready to lay down. But, sometimes, I wind up having to read everything a couple of times or just read several more from our collection.
Whenever I'm on the phone, he has to start talking. So, if it's Mom or Dan I'm talking to I'll put the phone on speaker so we can both talk. Mom and Julie swear he said "bye-bye" the other day when he was running around the studio and trying to sneak out the locked front door. I didn't hear it, but Dan doesn't believe them at all. I dunno - he knows what "bye-bye" is and he's starting to wave "bye-bye" when we're at Mom's and we start to give each other sugars and hugs. He's really getting great dexterity, too. He takes straws out of your drink and will put it back into the hole in the lid and he's taught himself how to screw a big washer-type thing on the back of his old crib mobile. On and off, on and off it goes. It keeps him entertained for up to an hour.
The pick below was taken the other day. I was working at my desk in the den and Dan was in the kitchen on a snack search. I looked over to see where T was and saw him... lying underneath a chair I use as a barricade - totally sacked out. It was too sweet.
Dan and I are doing very well. Dan's still going to the gym on a regular basis and is noticeably getting more and more fit. I've lost nearly 10 lbs and am down a size on my jeans and almost into another size down. I didn't do it consciously - I just haven't snacked and I stop eating before I start to feel full. Now, if only I had a moment to do some yoga I might actually firm up a bit... Dan would watch T if I wanted to get it done, but Troy really isn't a fan of me doing it. He prefers to latch onto my leg. Now that Troy is feeling better, I've been able to get mostly caught up on my work. I missed an assignment in my Quickbooks class, but my prof. was really cool about it - I think she may be a mommy herself. I've got another article to write for the Club Industry's Fitness Pro magazine, a newsletter, and some training to do this weekend, but I'm glad to have the work. Now, if Troy will let me work that hard I'll be forever grateful. Well, see!
Ah, the obstacles of motherhood. I couldn't live without them!
Y'all take care and we'll post another update soon!
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