Happy Fall

It was 74 degrees today - hence the barefeet. Macsen needed some Vitamin D so we spent some time soaking it up outside - his favorite place to be. He is till battling this virus. I have been keeping his pediatrician in the loop - he just couldn't seem to kick it - and Monday it seemed to be getting worse so we brought him in. No wheezing but he was really rattly and working hard to breathe around all the junk. She put him on Zithromax and an oral steroid that is -HALLELUJAH!!! a dissolvable tablet I can syringe with a touch of water so he doesn't vomit it up. We started Monday and today he seemed slightly better. He wouldn't nap - maybe the steroids? He ate bone broth with a tablespoon of baby puree mixed in so it was still really watery. Some yogurt melts. A few bites of croissant, a few bites of pizza.And he downed 8 ounces of milk at bedtime - a first in his 2 years. He never eats more than 4 ounces at a time. I was so afraid he would vomit I stopped him 1/2 way through and burped him and walked with him upright, trying to get the milk to settle down. He zonked right out after that and hasn't moved for the past 3 hours. It's probably the steroids making him so hungry but I'll take it. He hasn't been cranky or mean -no 'roid rage this time- just seems to have more energy and is sillier if that's possible. He gets such a strong case of the sillies his eyes crinkle shut, his mouth stretched in a huge grin, and he grabs my face and squishes his cheek to mine. Aw, these moments are pure magic. Love that boy. 

He's still working all his speech therapists - he refuses to make their lives easy. He will show off for physical therapy and his occupational therapist who also works on feeding - but for his speech therapists he looks at them and shakes his head no when they ask him "Can you say'Boo? Moo?Mama?'" All sounds he makes everyday for his oldest sister - that girl is a natural speech therapist, a born teacher. Now if we could just bring her to all his appointments we might get somewhere!