4.03.2008

Update




We had a great Easter. We had lots of family in town for the weekend. Camryn loved hunting for Easter eggs! We had to do it over and over again all day! We had a baby shower for Madison on Saturday. Sunday, we had brunch at our house!
Madison is doing great! She had her 1 month checkup on March 27. I can't believe she is already 5 weeks old! She is 8lbs9oz and 21.5in. She usually sleeps 6 hours at night and then another 4. I can't complain about lack of sleep!! She is also awake a lot more now! She just sits and stares at everything.
Camryn has been sick. Her school called last Thursday to tell me she had a fever of 101. When I got there to pick her up, she was sitting in the teachers lap just moaning. She looked miserable. I picked her up, and she was on FIRE!! When we got to the car, she started getting sick. I took her clothes off, and put her in the car. When we got home, her temperature was 102.5. I gave her some medicine and called Chad to come home and help me! Her fever broke, and I put her down for a nap. When she woke up from her nap, her fever was 103.5. I gave her more medicine and a bath. She then got sick. I gave her another bath and took her temp...104.3. Not good! Called the after hours nurse, who told me to keep giving her a sponge bath and give more medicine in 3 hours. If her fever reached 105, I was to go to the ER. I held her and sponged her off until I could give more medicine! I was so scared. SHe just layed there and moaned...poor baby! We finally got her fever to break and put her to bed for the night. Chad and I got up every 3 hours to check on her and give her medicine. The next day we went to the doc...he said her ears and throat look good and her chest sounded clear. CHecked her for strep and flu, both negative. We decided to watch her over the weekend and see how she does. She had a low grade fever all weekend, and acted a little sick. Sunday night, her fever was back up to 103 and she started coughing. Monday, back to the doctor! Her chest sounded clear, but he was worried about pneumonia. If she has fever the next 48 hours, we have to do a chest xray. She only had fever for 24 hours. She is FINALLY acting like herself again!! For days, she just wanted to sit in my lap all day. I would hold Camryn, put her down, feed Madison, put her down, and hold Camryn again!! I was exhausted! We are finally back to our normal routine, and Camryn is back to bossing me around! I never thought I would be so happy to be sassed by a 2 year old!
Chad and I have finally started to shop for cars. We have decided to get a minivan...a Honda Oddessy. Now, we are just trying to find a gently used one! I'm not very excited about being a minivan mom, but it is the most practical for our family!!

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