Jan. 31: It’s been an intense week with little Andrew. He’s helping us grow as parents.
Last Tuesday, we had our first experience with Pink Eye. The little fellow had lots of goobies in his eyes, and the doctor took one look at him and prescribed antibiotic eye ointment. He wasn’t too upset by the whole thing, but since it is contagious, Bryan and I both took a day off work to stay home with him. Then on Friday night, he started running a fever. Over the course of the weekend, it skyrocketed, and Andrew was really miserable. On Saturday, we were excited…stunned really…to feel a sliver of a tooth peeking out from Andrew’s bottom gums. On Monday, I felt its partner peeking through. We can’t see either yet, but they’re coming in. A low fever is sometimes associated with teething, but since his fever was so high, it appears that he was hit with a double-whammy of teething and being sick in the same weekend. He’s better today (Tuesday), but still needing a lot of extra loving. So Bryan and I each took a half day off to be with him.
Andrew is growing up! I’m feeling so proud of him. That and general exhaustion from helping him cope with this exciting new development. He’s not so keen on the teething experience. Photos from the last couple weeks are in the gallery.