18 Months and sick as a dog

We had Ethan's 18 month appointment on Friday. Before I get to that, we had breakfast with Kaite/Caleb, Bridget/Katie, and Pam/Ty at Panera Bread of course! We all had a snack and then headed into the mall. It is always interesting to let multiple toddlers loose and see what happens. These guys split 2 and 2. Caleb couldn't wait to get out of his seat and he tore off with Ethan right behind him laughing all the way. We were watching how he walks really fast but isn't quite running yet. That's a little too risky. Falling is still something the little man prefers to avoid. The kids had fun banging on a table (no we don't know the woman in the chair but she enjoyed watching the munchkins play), and trying to break into a store under construction.











As I said, we had Ethan's 18 month appointment that afternoon. Little man measured in at just over 26 pounds and just over 31 inches. He's right in the middle for weight but still on the short side. His Dr said he wasn't going to be the tallest kid in his class...not that we were expecting that anyways! We had a good visit. Ethan was great through the exam and even laughed when she was checking his belly. She was as impressed as we are with his vocabulary. He has so many words and is such a parrot these days. Today he was working on sentences...a lot of nonesense that ended with a recognizable word. The visit ended as it usually does with a shot. This time for Hepatitis A. Unfortunately it has made our munchkin really, really sick. He was spiking 101-103 fevers for over 24 hours and his throat is so sore that he couldn't swallow anything. The Dr that we went to see on Saturday said he has coxsackie virus and there's nothing we can do about it. He won't sleep unless we're holding him so we've all had sleepless nights. Our fingers are crossed for tonight!

As I said, Ethan can't swallow anything and that means he's drooling a ton! He soaked several shirts and PJs yesterday.



We have been trying everything to get him to eat and drink. This is him in his chair in the living room for a change of scenery. Dinner was Gerber stars, cheezits and cheese. We did manage to get him to drink lots of juice and water so that was good.