Sick Day

For the past seven and a half months, we've lucked out when it came to having a healthy baby. Unfortunately, last night at around 10:00 our luck ran out; Caleb woke up crying and congested. Sometimes he has some mild stuffiness, but this time it was so bad that he kept choking. I tried to give him a pacifier which usually comforts him; instead, it just made everything worse because he couldn't breathe through his nose. We tried saline and the nasal aspirators we had but his nose started bleeding a little so we had to stop. Mom loaned me her Vicks Baby Rub and I put Caleb in the bathroom with the hot shower running while Dave went to buy a humidifier. Afterwards, Dave blew up the air mattress so I could sleep on the floor in his room for the rest of the night. Caleb then fell asleep until about 3:30 a.m. when he woke up hungry. After a lot of milk, he slept again for a couple more hours until he was up again for good. However, none of us really had a good night's sleep.

Today his little nose ran like a water spigot, but he was in good spirits most of time. He cuddled a lot with his daddy and played peek-a-boo with Mommy. Dave even gave him a special treat, letting him watch a Baby Genius nursery rhyme video:

He ate very little throughout the day but still seemed to have plenty of energy. Here is a cute video of Caleb playing on our bed. It is kind of long but I decided to share it anyway because this one shows a lot of what Caleb can do these days, such as sitting up well without support and playing with toys. The video also gives a glimpse of two funny habits he has: wiggling his toes and chomping his gums together. Most importantly, at the end of the video he says his first real word ever!

(Did you hear "Mama?" I can't believe I caught this on video! We heard him babble "hi" and "da" when he was two and three months old and I thought I had heard a random "ma" recently here and there, but today he actually seemed to be mimicking us. Despite Dave telling me Caleb didn't really know what he was saying, this mama is very proud and excited.)

After all of this excitement, Grandma Sharon came with a Christmas themed tissue box, Rudolph book, and stuffed reindeer to help make being sick a little better. Caleb seemed to be more interested in the tissue box than the toy.


A few hours later, Caleb went to sleep for the night at 4:00. Even though he maintained a happy demeanor throughout most of the day, I think we will keep him home from church in the morning. It will be the first Sunday he's ever missed.