Already 1 and half! How time flys.
Alex has had a tough week. He started out with a little Diarrea on Sunday then I found him in her bed with vomit monday morning. He then ate a little later because he was hungry and then vomited again, all over himself and me! Not fun! He then continued with diarrea and a little fever. He was very cuddly with us, lieing on us and just holding on. He definitly wasn’t feeling well. It was nice to have him so close though because he normally doesn’t do that for long.
Anyway, wednesday night was my turn. I was sick from 12:00 to 6:00am, throughing up every hour, if not more. Charles stayed home to watch the kids while I tried to recoup. Alex still had diarrea quite a bit and was still very lethargic and clingy. But he still had an appetite. As I was started to feel a little better, Chloe got sick. After her nap she threw up her lunch….and contiued to throw up until bed time. Then Alex joined in again, right at dinner. He was about to take a bite to eat and threw up all over his platter and high chair!! I thought he was threw with vomitting!! I made the mistake of giving him milk which probaly made everything worse. I did not realise until after talking with Annabella that milk was not good if you had diarreah. So of course now I am being very careful with him. Chloe was much better today, she had some breakfast and some lunch without a problem. We even went in for the class group picture so she would not miss out on it. Alex was extremely tired after lunch and wanted to pass out on the changing table. he was out within seconds after I started to rock him. poor thing, I hate to see him not well. Still he managed to sleep his nights, every night even when not well. On the other hand, Chloe woke up at 1:00am and harrassed us for fluids until 2:30 am. I was trying to give her just a little at a time but she would not stop asking for more, I was worried she would vomit again!! Anyway, that is life! I am feeling better too. Only Charles hasn’t gotten sick ( unless his nasea from the week before was his way of handling the virus).
Other than being sick, Alex is doing quite well. He is so funny. His new thing is doing this song from Sesame street “la la la la, Elmo’s world” he will do the la la and uh oh instead of Elmo, it’s so cute. If we do the la la part he always chimes in with uh oh.
Also if we say it’s time for bed, he starts to sing parts of Twinkle little star. He can sink up above the world so high ( it’s not as clear as this, but it’s close). It’s funny how it is the only part of the song he can sing.
we also set up an Aquarium last week. We bought two Gourami’s which Chloe named Sweet potatoe ( because he was orange and we happened to have eaten that for dinner the night before we got him) and the other one Cookie. When we talk about “poisson” alex will pucker up his lips to make fish noises and point to the tank. He loves to look at them.
He is still a big fan of music. We put the Aquarium where our radio was so now he has learned how to turn on the Karaoke machine to play music. He also asks us to plug in the mike from the piano.
He loves to be outside and will cry when I try to bring him in each and every time. It’s just amazing. I wish I had a gated back yard so I could just let him out once in a while on his own…it’s sad but some times I just don’t feel like going outside ( like Chloe) and he does. I feel bad that he has to stay inside because of me. Oh well.
Our Porch is still not done. Much of the work was done before X-mas, but since then it’s been on stand by. We basically just need to get Carpet in there and paint so it can be usuable. We also want to get built ins done, but the price is way too high. One guy gave us a quote of 4500 for labour…3 weeks! way way too much. Charles thinks he might be able to do this…but it will just suck up every spare minute he has…not sure it’s worth it.
Well that is all for now…not much has changed in terms of his feedings and sleep patterns from last month so I’ll spare you this time!!
We love you baby Alex!!
Mouagh!