Cough, cough, cough

Andrew has his first cold! He's been coughing a lot/runny nose. It seems to be a typical head cold.
He hasn't run a fever. Last night there was a "hell" spell from 2-3:30am where he was difficult to settle down. Since he likes to get to sleep while sucking on his thumb this was soooo annoying for him. He was so stuffed up he couldn't breath through his nose so it took 3 suction episodes and taking him to bed. Unless he's really tired, I need Alex to hold his head so I can get at him. He screams a lot but it's worth it, seeing what comes out and that he can breath afterwards.



YUCK!! Why is Mom feeding me this crap?
Usually the "Super Greens" mixture of spinach, sweet peas and green beans gets mixed with the sweet prunes...

Be Mine!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Andrew will soon be crawling in a room near you... Watch Out!!!
Is anyone willing to place bets when it will happen? I am guessing in two weeks... March 1st.
We will be in for trouble once that happens! Right now he rolls over to see me in the kitchen... BUSTED! He seems to think this is funny and squawks at me.

He is feeling so strong and heavy in my arms lately~ and becoming such a busy-body. I can no long "casually" clip his nails, it has to be on his terms. He has to be pretty much dead-tired.

His latest toy enjoyments have spanded to playing with balls. He likes to see Mom play fetch for him when they roll across the room, too far out of reach. We like to sit together and play catch with his easily-grabbable Red Sox plush ball :D

Andrew easily enjoys laughter with Daddy: he loves touching noses, grab Dad's ears, hits him in the face and tries to put his hands in Dad's mouth (which Daddy doesn't allow).
Andrew babbled Da-da-da all day long today, with some other sound effects and squeals mixed in.

On a troubling note, he started having an occasional cough yesterday... but today it's more productive-sounding, even woke him 15 minutes into his morning nap (which led to a 1 1/2 hour afternoon nap propped up on a pillow with Mom)... And now his nose is sounding a bit boogery. We tried suctioning it but something Andrew previously enjoyed, now detests. Auntie Wendy suggests doing it in front of a mirror to distract him.
Our next strategy, depending on where this goes, is propping his mattress up a bit (so the fluids run down) and administering saline and booger-suction to prevent this from traveling to his inner ear, causing an ear infection (horrors!)...
Keeping an eye on this one...
Hopefully he is well enough for baby group tomorrow....