Croup

Zelner has Croup.

Actually, this is the fourth time he has had it.

This time is was really bad, and we had to take him in.

Brody and I actually got into a good argument about taking him in. Let's just say saying "I would rather pay $20 for an office visit than $250 for the ER", was not the right thing to say. Especially, after trying to calm down your infant for two and a half hours!

We did go into the ready care, and got a nebulizer and now are armed for the next attack.

I just hope it isn't anytime soon.

In good news, Zelner got his first tooth on Oct 21, and in the last 3 weeks has gotten 4 more for a total of 5 teeth. Here is the order: upper left incisor, bottom right center incisor, upper left center incisor, upper right incisor, and bottom left center incisor.

Look at all those teeth!

3 Months

So I am not a super parent and do not get Zelner weighed monthly nor do we take monthly pictures inteh same spot...

This month has been a busy month for this little guy!

We made out first trip to the Westside since Christmas. The reason for the trip was for a funeral, but it was great to see friends I had not see in a while.

Since we were over the mountains, we made a stop and visited my Grandma Betty (my dad's mom).

Grandma had a broken arm, she was hiding. Grandma needs to stop falling!

Driving through the mountains.

A little while after we got back, Zelner had a really bad cold, and we took him to the doctor on the 22nd 12.7 pounds!

The doctor originally thought Zelner had RSV. He had all the classic symptoms. We were very concerned, especially after being up all night with a baby having difficulty breathing.

The test came back negative, and he was fine in a few days.

But, very scarey.

I am so grateful for Brody and his preisthood. The first night, before we took him to the doctor, Brody gave him a blessing in the middle of the night. We were scared, but we didn't want to go to the ER. The blessing, I believe did more for my nerves, but we were able to get some sleep that night.

The next morning we debated about taking him into the walk in clinic. He was doing much better. I took him in, and we were super lucky to see our regular doctor! Knowing the doctor, and knowing that she knows me and my natural approach health was a great relief. It was also great to know that my doctor trust me and gave me a single dose of steroids to give Zelner if he got worse during the day, so he could sleep that night. After a few rough nights, Zelner was fine. Then we got word from the doctor, that is was not RSV and therefore shouldn't return. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

We got a jogging stroller! But we will have to wait a few more months before we can jog, we will just walk a lot for now.

Stoic, post bath.

Sleepy boy.

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Easter

My favorite part about Easter is the clothes! I love an excuse for a new outfit, and this year I had a reason to get all of use something matching. As it is, in good ole Southern tradition to have new outfits and to be matching. I tried and tried to convince Brody to let me go all out, but he resisted. I did convince him to do matching bow ties.

I looked and looked, but couldn't find bow ties in our budget, so I made some. I also got bit by a sewing bug and ended up sewing a pair of shoes for Zelner (I actually made two right shoes, but for my first pair of shoe I think I did all right.) and a skirt for me (which I made a completely from scratch! It turned out all right, but was too big come the day to wear it!)

2 months

Zelner had his 2 month appointment on the

He is growing strong and he got his first shot.

I know this is a very controversial subject, but we have decided to delay most vaccines. There are a few vaccines that we will be skipping, but those are ones which if we had to start by week 15. We are doing the DtAP on schedule, because Pertussis is very prevalent in our area. We are considering delaying 6 months, but might do longer. We will have him fully immunized before going to pre-school!

2 Month Stats

11 pounds (28th percentile) 

23 inches long (47th percentile)

38 1/3 cm in head circumference (15.1 inches, 12 percentile)

Milestones

Zelner is one smiley baby!

He loves being worn, we sure love our Moby right now!

He also loves being read to, and looking at bright colors. Yellow seems to be his favorite!

Favorite toy: Metal Mason Jar Ring

Brody loves snuggling him in the wrap.

Enjoying his first baseball game!

Smiles!

Morning smiles

Growing and fitting better in his totally awesome carseat.

Post bath laughs

Favorite toy, mason jar ring.

Back to work...

I went back to work on the eighth of April. It has been bittersweet. I enjoy having something to do, and to get me out of the house. BUT I miss my alone time with Zelner. We will have to see how long it lasts.

This girls are super excited for me to be back though and the even made this little bed for Zelner to sleep in.

Eliza with Zelner, about one month.

St. Patty's

We celebrate St. Patrick's Day in our home every year. I like to celebrate the smaller holidays, just as much as the big ones.  We usually have a part of some kind, but since we had a month old, we kept it quiet. We did manage to get a picture of us in our green.

What you done see, is how Brody was wearing orange pants too.

5 Weeks

Zelner had an appointment at 5 weeks instead of at 4 because the doctor was on vacation... Weird that doctors have lives too!

We did take pictures on Wednesday, the one month mark though. We also weighed and measured him, and surprisingly our measurements were not that far from the doctor's.

Zelner is now officially 9.2 pounds (22 percentile), is 22 inches long (53 percentile) and his head circumference is 36.5 cm (14.4 inches, 11 percentile).

When we measured he was 21.5 inches long and 9.6 pounds (fully dressed).

Milestones

He is getting better at falling asleep, but not so much at STAYING asleep.

 Starting to be too long for my newborn clothes, but 0-3 month clothes don't quite fit either.

The newborn diapers, still fit, but he is liking the small gDiapers much better.

Loves to hold my head up, and hate having it covered.

Loves being in the Moby, and sometimes will scream and scream until someone puts him in it. (Holding him tight and close doesn't cut it.)

I love to put shoes on him, the jury is out on whether he likes them too.