Baby Crud

Brady's been sick again! The poor kid (& his exhausted mother) can't seem to catch a break! It seems like he no sooner gets over one thing, and something else is cropping up! Since he was about 5 weeks old, he has had on-and-off bouts of coughing and congestion. I was initially told (when he was a newborn) that it was most likely because he was a c-section baby and had some fluid that wasn't expelled during the birth process. Hmmm...seemed a little "squirrely" to me, but hey - I'm not the dr. right? Ever since, they've chalked it up to either a cold or a virus! Finally, about a month ago, one of the dr's at the office we go to suggested that Brady have some allergy testing done. He said if the allergy tests were positive, he'd refer us to an allergist - if not, he'd refer us to an ENT specialist. His allergy tests came back negative, except for a mild allergy to peanuts and egg whites (which the dr. said was so mild that it wasn't a cause for concern). So, we've been referred to an ENT, and we'll see what happens with that! Last week, however, Brady came down with a high fever (104.2) out of the blue. He had no other symptoms but was clearly miserable. Off to the dr's we went - a total of 3 times in one week because they couldn't figure out what was going on, despite blood tests, cultures, and head-to-toe exams. I was beginning to panic, convinced that he had some life-threatening condition that the dr's were missing. After 3 days, the fever disappeared as quickly as it came...and he broke out in a rash. I immediately thought "chicken pox" - but the rash looked more like a heat rash than chicken pox blisters. After some online research of my own, and confirmation from a nurse-friend, we determined that he had Roseola. It took him almost a FULL WEEK to completely recover! He seems to be feeling much better, but I noticed the other day that the coughing and congestion seems to be coming back! Here we go again!!!

A couple pictures from the last few weeks:

Mother's Day...




Barbie & Ken... :-)


Dylan on the trampoline...

Bubble Butt...

Dance Party with Grandma & Auntie Ann

He's ready for the club with these moves!!! :-)