The Birdwell Family

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Rash and Fever Part Deux

Sunday afternoon Sean had a low-grade fever, and it was on and off for a couple of days. I was hoping that it was only teething. Yesterday morning, he woke up with a normal temperature, so I took him to his new school to hang out for a few hours. After a couple of hours, the school called because Sean had a fever of 101.5 and had broken out in a rash. I picked him up and immediately went to the pediatrician's office. The fever and rash were due to a viral illness, but Sean also has a double ear infection. We'd been giving Sean some antihistamines for his nasal congestion, but I suppose that eventually all that congestion turns into ear infections. Thankfully, the pediatrician gave Sean a shot of antibiotic to get a jump-start on his recovery. Of course, we have some oral antibiotics too. Yesterday, he was pretty cranky, but today he's feeling better.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Grocery Shopping

Sean gets pretty squirmy in the grocery cart. Today he only lasted about 10 minutes before he started crying that he wanted out. So I picked him and we finished the rest of our shopping while I held him on my hip. Sean's torso faced forward as his hands were on the handle, and he "pushed" the cart. Of course my other free hand was steering/pushing too. Sean had a huge smile on his face as we walked through the store, and he waved at the store employees and other shoppers. Just one of those moments that tickles me to think about it.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Vacuuming

Sean is fascinated by the vacuum, but only when it's off. When it's on, the noise scares him. I think it's cute that he makes "motorboat" noises for it; sometimes he does that for his trucks too.