It has been a ROUGH couple of days

It all started Wednesday. I left for work like I normally do and Nash seemed fine. When I called to check on him in the afternoon his Mimi said that he has not been himself. He has been wanting to be held, fussy, has not napped, was drinking a lot, and felt hot. When I got home he was still the same way. I checked his temp after he had already been given Motrin and it was 101 something. That night more of the same and his temp kept going up. I think it got up to 102.4 and even with Motrin did not go under 101. That night was horrible. Nash was up A LOT. Even in his sleep he cried or moaned.
So, I got him a doctor's appointment. I had given him Tylenol a couple hours before the appointment even with it he had 101.3 at the doctor's office. They immediately tested him for flu because apparently it is everywhere. Don't know if you have ever been tested for the flu but it is awful and they do it the same way with babies and adults. They stick this swab thing very high up your nose that burns, makes your eyes water, and sneeze. It was over from that point on. Nash screamed the entire time. I was in the room a good 20-30 mins waiting for the test to come back and the doctor to come in and he screamed the whole time to the point that I started crying as well. I could not do anything to make him happy. The nurse came in and asked if he was okay and gave him more Tylenol to help. The doctor came in and checked him which he of course hated. He had to force Nash to open his mouth and stick the stick in to see his throat which caused Nash to gag and was pure awful. He said that he had ulcers in the back of his throat and several teeth coming in. He gave me a hand out on it. It's called herpangina which is something that apparently just kids get. It is a viral infection which the only thing I can do for it is give him Motrin every six hours. He okayed me to give him a lot higher dose than the one I was giving him and directed me to do it consistently every 6 hours.
So that is what I have been doing and it is awful. Even with the Motrin Nash still has a temp. He is very fussy. Is not eating. He drools all over himself to the point of his shirt being soaked. He is drinking his milk good for the most part. He does not sleep good. He did eat some ice cream tonight but even with that did not want much of it However, he did more of that than anything else.
The doctor said the fever should last 2 to 3 days and his ulcers should last about a week. It has been two days and tomorrow will make the third so I have my fingers crossed. However tonight he feel asleep at 6:30 (30 mins before it was time for his meds) and did not get up (all the way) until 10:00. He was burning up. He had 103.4. He has drank a lot of milk and was given his next dose of meds. We have watched Word World a kazillion times and are watching it again until he wants to go back to sleep.
I have been fortunate that Nash has not been sick much and this by far is the worst. I have been thankful to have family and friends who are helpful and supportive. I know this is not the end of the world but when your baby's sick it feels like it. It makes my heart go out to those whose children have been sick a lot or have had worse ongoing things. I can't even imagine. I am hoping and praying that soon we see some signs of Nash feeling better.

Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse!

Kat, Nate, Nash, and I all went to Playhouse Disney today at the Verizon Arena. We had a great time. The boys were mesmerized by the show.

The Little Einsteins

Tigger and Pooh

Me and Nash

Nate and Kat

Goofy, Donald, Minnie, Micky, and Handy Manny

There was a lot of pointing going on.

Nash's first funnel cake that ended up mostly on my pants. We all enjoyed the funnel cake.

The Grand Finale

not much going on

We have had kind of a laid back weekend. Not much going on just hanging at the house and got out for a few errands. I did get some things done around the house and cooked some which I don't normally do. We watched a disappointing but kind of exciting (at least in the beginning) Razorback game. Braydi came over for a little bit to play today and Nash enjoyed the company. He has been big into all different kind of balls and when we walked them out today this girl up the street was playing volleyball and Nash walked all the way up to her to watch her. We also went to a ALS thing this week. It was in the practice gym and Nash saw the big basketball goals and went crazy. He naturally loves basketball and I think he really is going to like going to the games this year and probably want to play himself. He plays on his goal in his room all the time. On other Nash news his fifth tooth is just kind of hanging out. It seems like it has been in the same place all week and not all the way through yet. So yeah that's it. Here are some pics.

Braydi hugging on Nash.

Braydi kissing on Nash at the door.

Nash was not satisfied with me handing him bites of the muffin he wanted the whole thing and he made quit the mess that sadie licked up for him.

Nash enjoying his blueberry muffin.

The Wonder Place with Nate

We decided to take Nash and Nate to Wonderplace since they were this small the last time (7 months ago).

Nash liked putting things in and out of the house in the tree house.

They bothed like the drum.

Nash loved banging on the big drum.

Nate got soaked at the water table.

Nash holding a peach about to throw it as he does most things. Either that or eat it.

Now that they are bigger, they had a great time and played a lot more than the first time they went together. When we first got there I went to pay and Nash walked all the way to the back exploring before I was done. They have gotten so big since the last time. Makes me sad and happy all at the same time.

Visitor Update

Well I took the advice of Brooke and some others and went ahead and got into my doctor. Second guessing myself the whole time. I don't like to complain about how I am feeling and usually will just tough it out and think it's really not that bad or I can deal with it until January. I love the doctor that I have and that helps wonderfully. She came in and looked at my chart and said "it must be bad because you never complain about anything". That made me feel wonderful. I don't want to be the nagging complaining over dramatic patient. So, she reassured me and said that it is normal for periods to get worse after having a baby (which was the reason I toughed it out so long because I already knew that and hoped it would just level out on it's own) and she is said having a C-Section makes it even worse since there is actually a incision in that area. She examined me and I did not have a cyst so she suggested switching birth control to the Seasonique where you only have 4 periods a year. It is a higher dose hormone and obviously with less periods less symptoms. So, I am going to start it next month and we will see. If that don't work we will go from there but I feel pretty good about it.

A Productive and Fun Labor Today

Early this morning (8:00am) Nash and I went to my friend Amy's beautiful new home to play with her son Lane for a couple of hours. (you know you are a mom when you up and at them and ready to play at 8:00 am on your day off) Nash and Lane had the best time playing together and I got super inspired by Amy's house. My friend Amy is super organized and has great ideas. Her house was beautiful and unlike mine didn't have toys all in the living room. So I decided I could do something similar to hers. I used to have pretty much all of Nash's toys in the living room. Long story short I rearranged and have some in the living room, more in his room, and am going to make a little play room upstairs (or at least have some toys for Nash to play with in our extra room). The upstairs project is not completed but I posted pictures of our living room and Nash's room.
All this space by the window used to be covered in toys which then got strolled over the whole house. Now there is much more space and these are all the toys that are in the living room now.

a close up of the corner of toys instead of the wall of toys

Now for Nash's room.

The changing table used to be in the center of the wall. So I moved it all the way down and put the dresser on that side. It doesn't look great but it opens up tons of room for Nash to play and more wall space to put toys on.

Yes that is a monkey towel in the window it helps keep the room dark.

The dresser to the left used to be where the basketball goal and basket of toys are now so I had no wall space to put toys on.

Nash and I also went to Chucky Cheese's where he enjoyed himself much more than I thought he would. He loved the puppets and the kiddie games. The good thing is he didn't really have to play them he would just turn the stirring wheel or push the buttons. There was one that he really liked. I did not take my camera but my mom took some pictures. She was there with my niece who loves it as well.

Nash did not take a good nap today with all the activity even when given the opportunity so Chris and I decided that we would get out and look for a couple of things. We got Nash a cd player for his room because his noise machine was shorting out and waking him up. I am unhappy with it though because it does not have a repeat button which was the whole purpose of getting one so I could repeat one of his classical music or baby sounds CD's.

We also got this.

I have been wanting a light weight stroller for Nash. I have still been using his big one that came with his infant stroller. I liked this one. I was easy to put together, is light weight, and has all the compartments that you need. It also seems a little more sturdy than the super cheap ones but it's nothing like the real expensive ones either. It is supposed to go up to 40 pounds. I guess you still use a stroller that long?

I also bought my first Christmas present. I have been itching to start Christmas shopping. I know I know but that is just the way I am built. I got Nash a My Friend's Tigger and Pooh Musical DVD. Watch out. Once I start I will continue until it's all done. I usually get done before Thanksgiving.

Nash in the kitchen

This little boy loves to be in the kitchen and more specifically in all the cabinets. I started just letting him get into the plastic cups and the Tupperware. This turned into an obsession for him and total destruction of the the kitchen. Today he brought me bug spray out of the "no no" cabinet and I freaked out and rearranged. I am rethinking putting some sort of baby locks on the cabinets which I didn't do at first because I didn't think it would hurt anything for him to get into the things that are okay and fun for him to get into. Also our cabinets are the type without knobs and I don't know which kind to get that will go with them but surely they have to make some that would work.

Oh.....and the pantry. He brings me food from there all the time. He really likes these muffins.

only part of the mess but he is loving it

Sadie just sleeps through it all.