Daniel is Amazing!

Our whole sick baby saga started about two and a half weeks ago when Daniel started complaining on a Wednesday.  He got hot and fussy, but he still ate and he took his nap.  When he got up, he was apparently all better and Max was the one who was feverish and fussy.

Having had the illness cycle through Daniel to Max to me to Joe, but skip Caroline, we thought we were home free.  But it seems at some point along the way one of our compromised immune systems brought back a SECOND cold (or the first one just mutated in its own evil little way) that has made its way through Caroline and Daniel.

Caroline woke up this morning with a snotty nose but a cheery personality - she seems to be getting over the worst of it (thank GOODNESS - she's the one who deals with a stuffy nose by screaming herself awake in the middle of the night and then punishing you the rest of the night by refusing to go to sleep).  Max had a little caked on goop around his upper lip when he woke up, but is not acting sick at all.

Daniel woke up like a mummy.  Both of his eyes and both of his nostrils were caked with rock hard snot boogers.  I had to peel them away just so he could look at me, bleary-eyed, and whimper good morning.  I washed his face and fed him, though, and he seemed fine.

The grandparents came over to visit with everyone in the afternoon and he was still doing just fine and dandy.  We even had everyone in a good enough mood to pose for some pictures:

(The Ebbets Field Flannels people are having a fan contest asking for pictures of customers in their apparel - this is our entry.)

Within about a half an hour of this picture, Daniel started seriously fussing.  And then he started shaking.  It was a little scary.  His hands and face were cold and he was shaking a lot.  I changed his diaper and gave him some ibuprofen, then bundled him up and took him to his room.  He napped a little, but woke up burning hot.  A quick check of the thermometer showed 101, then 103.  We stripped the swaddle off of him and took him away from the other babies to rest.  He nursed a bottle of formula on and off for the next hour, hanging out with Grandpa in the back.  By the time he came out front, his fever was back down to 101, and by the time of the final bottle at 9:00 he'd been a normal temperature for over an hour. And he was playing and acting silly as if nothing had ever happened.

Well, maybe not entirely back to normal, but definitely an amazing turnaround in just a four hour period.

Throughout the day, though, the baby activity highlight was seeing all the bizarre positions the babies chose to sleep in:

Caroline - the only real "back sleeper" in the bunch

Daniel - in the perfect couch sleeping pose

Max - in a pose only Max can master

And master it he does - twice in one day!

The babies enjoyed visiting with Cousin Jacinda and her daughter Mariam.  Caroline looks forward to seeing the baby Jacinda's carrying wearing all her lightly worn hand-me-downs soon!