Caleb Growing Up

I guess I never posted an update saying that Caleb got better. The antibiotics seemed to really help a lot. He was about 95% better after just about a day on the medicine. So I'm guessing that he really did have a bit of pneumonia and not just a virus.

Here are some cute new things he's done recently. A week or so ago, he got in trouble for continuing to touch something I had repeatedly asked him not to touch. Well, he started crying and then he gave me a big hug and said something that sounded a lot like "I sorry" then he went over and did the same thing to Jonathan. Of course he was immediately forgiven. :)

A couple of nights ago, Caleb was grunting and Jonathan asked him if he needed to go poopoo in the potty. We've started doing this recently and Caleb usually runs to the bathroom, but so far it has always been too late. Well, this time, there was nothing in the diaper yet, so Jonathan sat him on the potty and he actually went! Jonathan told him that he was a big boy to go poopoo in the potty and that he would get a popsicle for doing it.

Caleb has also started carrying his own diaper bag out to the car in the morning. It's so cute. He drags it behind him with a big grin and he puts it on the seat next to his car seat. He's such a good helper!

I can't get over how fast he learns new things. It's constant, and usually very entertaining!

Hospital Visit

Yesterday Caleb laid down for a nap about his normal time of 9:30 or 10 and he would normally sleep for about an hour. Well, around 12:30, we finally woke Caleb up and he had a fever of 102.1 so we gave him some Tylenol, blamed it on his teething, and he seemed to be a little better. Around 4 we laid him down for another nap because he was obviously very tired again. I went in to check on him around 5 and he was burning up. His fever was up to 104.1 so we got him up and tried to figure out what to do. He seemed very twitchy and shaky and was also having a lot of trouble breathing...very shallow breaths and brief periods where it seemed like he held his breath for awhile. So we called the doctor's office answering system and then waited for a call back. Shortly after that, he had a minor episode where it appeared that he stopped breathing for maybe 30 seconds. Being scared after his similar seizure episode a few months ago, we picked up and took him to the ER. They gave him Motrin when we got there, then when we finally saw a doctor a couple hours later, she did a strep throat culture and a chest x-ray. His fever was still at 103.8 so they gave him more Tylenol and after awhile he was starting to feel a lot better. The strep was negative, but the chest x-ray showed a little bit of haziness that the doctor thought looked like the first stages of pneumonia, so they started him on an antibiotic and told us to continue alternating Motrin and Tylenol every three hours for the next 24 hours to keep the fever under control. By the time we left the hospital, it was down to 101, and as of this morning, it is holding steady at 100. We're praying that he will get over this quickly and start feeling better soon. It's sad because he wants to be his normal, rambunctious self, but he really needs to rest and he screamed when I laid him down for a nap, but he was practically asleep by the time I walked out of his room and got 30 seconds away. We appreciate your prayers for him.

More Caleb Entertainment

Here's a picture of Caleb on his new toy that Grandma bought him while she was watching him for the week Jonathan and I were on vacation.





And here's a video from last night...what the boys do when Mommy goes out to a Pampered Chef party!

Pictures

I thought a couple of pictures would make this blog more interesting...

Welcome to Caleb's World

Now I've started a blog for Caleb! This should be interesting if I actually keep up with it. There are always plenty of cute pictures of him, so there should be at least no lack of that. We'll see how it goes...