The black plague HAS ended, RIGHT? Is there a shot for that?

Yesterday, August had her six month checkup at her doctors. She's doing well, she's 17.7 pounds, and 26 1/2 inches long. She had to have her shots again this time, and she did really well. It almost seemed like she was trying not to cry; you could see her whole body jerk when the doctor gave her a shot, her eyes open wide in surprise, and finally a short burst of crying -- but she stopped after I picked her up and held her. She's had shots three times now since we left the hospital and she has never had a reaction thus far, so I wasn't too worried about. She was good all day.

We went over our friends Jon and Bianca's house to have dinner. They have a daughter named Bailey who's just under 11 months old. The babies seemed to really like each other, they played together, and even seem to talk to each other a little bit. It was really cute. Dinner was a little later than we were expecting so we ended up leaving fairly late, and Augie slept in the car.





When we got home we moved her over into her crib and I turned on the monitor, as we were trying to fall asleep we noticed a strange noise coming from her room, I turned the monitor up and August was wheezing. She seemed to be having a hard time breathing. we got rather worried, and called the baby line at Kent County Hospital. The nurse advised us to call the doctor and get his opinion. It was after midnight so I had to leave a message with his answering service. He called back fairly quickly and I could tell he'd been sleeping. He said if she's having a hard time breathing, take her to the emergency room. I got pretty nervous when he said that, and went to wake up the baby. I moved her a little bit, trying to wake her, and pulled off her bib which actually stopped her wheezing. I decided to just keep an eye on her for a few minutes, and see if she got any better. I stayed awake for quite a while listening to the monitor making sure she was okay. She woke up more last night, fed, and went to sleep a little more difficultly than usual.

When she woke up for the final time at eight o'clock this morning, she ate pretty well and she seemed to be in a jovial mood. I thought that was the end of it. However shortly after, she became whiny, she wouldn't eat, she wouldn't take her pacifier, she wouldn't take her naps, and cried a lot. This is not like her. I became very worried, and checks the lists of children's medicine that was recalled recently, only to find that the Tylenol we had has been recalled. Thank God, I have some target brand medicine. I tried to give it to August, who in the past, has always taken medicine very well and easily. She wouldn't stop crying, and spitting it back out. I kept trying to soothe her when all of a sudden, I moved her to a different position on my lap, and I saw that she had pooped out of her diaper severely. It was all over my jeans and when I went to change her, I noticed it came out the top, the side, and the back of her diaper. I cleaned her up, and tried to feed her again. While she wouldn't eat, she took her pacifier finally. After a few moments she finally fell asleep, and I put her in her crib. This is where we are now, and I surely hope things get better soon.

On the brighter side, for Mother's Day, Tim brought me to a local artist's house to get a caricature portrait of our family done. I've always been afraid to have my caricature done, because I know they emphasize the strongest features on your face. If most peoples foreheads were the size of the Smart car, mine would be the size of a stretch Hummer. The artist was very kind though, and it came out really cute. It was a fantastic idea for a Mother's Day present. The woman was really nice, and gave us many options to choose from. I suggest if you're looking for an interesting idea for a gift for someone, to look into her website and services.










http://www.margaretmowen.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=1051&AKey=4PH6DEF8

We were also blessed this week, to have some friends of ours, Tim and Rhyanned Murray, give us TONS AND TONS of baby clothes that their daughter has grown out of. I believe we are at the point where we won't need to buy clothes for August for at least a year. This is coming at a good time, since we are on a one income household now.