Still Sick

We've been giving Jacob his antiobotics for a week now, and he just didn't seem to be getting any better.

Lesley took him back to the doctor today, who said that now he has an ear infection. We had been giving him a pretty low dose of amoxycillin. We've also noticed that he's had some diarrhea and a rash. We kind of expected the diarrhea. Antibiotics can do that. But the rash makes us think that he's probably allergic to the amoxycillin. He would get that from daddy.

I'm allergic to penicillin, and the differing variations thereof. We're going to let the doc know about the rash to see what he thinks.

Anyway, the doc gave him a prescription for azithromycin, "Super-Antibiotic." Hopefully, this will take care of him. The poor little guy is so miserable right now. You can see it in his eyes.

Mommy, Daddy doesn't feel very good.

Big man is sick.

We're trying to teach Jacob the importance of sharing. You can never start that kind of thing too young.

In an effort to show us just how much he's learned, he's decided to give daddy his cold and sinus infection. So now we're both sick, and Lesley is taking good care of us. Poor girl.

Probably had something to do with him sucking on his hands and then sticking his hands into daddy's mouth. Just a theory.

Anyway, our house is now like the Simpon's episode, where the whole town of Springfield orders these juicers from Japan, and the "Osaka Flu" gets sent over. Everyone gets sick except Marge, who gets put in jail because while stressed out, she accidently shoplifts a bottle of bourbon for Grandpa Simpson. Lesley hasn't been caught stealing though, at least not yet.

Anyway, Jacob and I are doing a lot of father and son types of activites, now, like sneezing out thick green mucus, snorting as we try to breathe, and taking our daily antibiotics. It's a real family affair.

Daddy, I don't feel very good.

Little man is sick.

He started day care Friday, June 1. By Tuesday, he was up in the middle of the night screaming his little head off. Lesley took him to the doctor, and it turns that he had gotten a cold that turned into a sinus infection.

He's all boogers, snot, and this goopy green stuff coming out of the corner of his eyes now.

We can see an improvement in him. He's sleeping through the night again now, at least as much as ever did. He'll fall asleep about 8:30, 9:00. Then wake up between 4:30 and 5:00 in the morning. We usually feed him, and he falls back to sleep while we are getting ready for the day.

Everybody keeps saying, "Well, this is good. He's gotta build his immune system."

They weren't the ones up with him while he was screaming for two hours in the middle of the night because his throat was sore. It's not that I don't want him not to build up his immune system. I do want him to do that. But isn't there like a vitamin C supplement we could give him?

Anyway, he's still really cute. Even when he's got snot running out of both nostrils into his mouth.

Everything I need to know in life...

I learned from my 6 month old.

Jacob is six months old today, and to celebrate, I've been thinking about some of the things he has taught me so far in his short, but wisdom-filled life.

1. People want to do things for me when I smile. When I scream, people might move faster, but they don't necessarily move more willingly.

2. All I really need to be happy is some clean britches and a full belly.

3. I can communicate more love with a smile than with a million words.

4. Mommies are, generally speaking, more interesting than daddies.

5. There's nothing like a good burp to make a person feel better.

6. Farts can be cute.

7. Just because I can roll over, doesn't necessarily mean I should.

8. Mommies often walk a tightrope between giving attention to baby and giving attention to daddy.

9. It is possible to produce over 10 gallons of drool in a 24 hour period.

10. There really are only three things that I should ever get upset about: A) When I'm hungry; B) When I'm tired; C) When I should change my pants as quickly as possible.

11. There's no more comfortable place than in the arms of someone who loves you more than life.

12. Adults are often too rational to understand really what is going on.

13. Swinging is fun.

14. I don't have to worry about anything because I know that no matter how tired their arms may get, I will have someone to hold me up.

15. Taking a nap whenever and wherever I feel like is not such a bad idea.

16. The most pressing question I have whenever I experience something new is, "Will it fit in my mouth?"

17. Everything is fascinating.

Jacob's head is growing faster than the rest of him, proportionally speaking. "Nothing to worry about," the doctor says. I never thought it would be something to worry about. To me, it's just a sign that he's got a really big brain, and based on the life lessons he's taught me so far, there can be no denying it. Jacob is one smart cookie.