We Made It!

You guys! 

It's shocking! 

 

We made it through a high fever, caused by a viral infection, without an ER trip or a hospital stay. This is huge. If you would've asked me 6 weeks ago if I thought we could reach this milestone, I would have laughed. No chance. 

I know. I know. I have to stop doubting our little fighter. But history has shown us that he just doesn't always have the energy to fight a virus on his own. This time? HE DID IT! 

We may have gone to the pediatrician three times, but we never had to go to the ER and we never even spoke of a possible admission. This is huge. We will continue to cross our fingers and toes that he keeps this up for the foreseeable future. 

He is starting to show interest in crawling. He's moving his legs like crazy when he's on his stomach, we just have to get his neck and core stronger. In no time I'll be chasing the little bugger (and his pump backpack!) all through the house. Until then, we will continue to laugh, encourage, and watch him grow.  

He's also starting to eat food again. He's always been "approved" to eat puréed foods, but the risk of aspiration was always there and during cold and flu season we didn't want to push our luck. But with things trending in the right direction, we started back up with foods again. 

 

As you can see, he's thrilled. This particular meal ended with a bath and I bet you can see why. He had carrots in his hair, between his toes, and even on his diaper. And yes, mom fail, he wasn't in a bib. I was planning on not letting him help, but looked away for a second to see the dog and he stuck his hand in the babyfood, tipped it over, and grabbed the spoon. Silly (messy) guy.