So the major reason I haven’t posted much is that Bumblebee has been sick, for real this time. It wasn’t anything major, just a little stomach bug. Mostly he was just having lots of diarrhea, but on Sunday evening we went to a friend’s house to watch a movie. Bumblebee was happily playing on the floor. Near the end of the movie, he started getting fussy. I thought he must be getting tired (we had also attended a baby shower that afternoon) so I picked him up. About two seconds later he threw up all over me. He hadn’t had anything but formula all day so that’s all that came up, but it wasn’t just spit up. He probably threw up about three ounces all over me and the floor, and it all came up at once. Fortunately our friend was understanding and even helped clean up and let me borrow a new shirt, but poor Bumblebee had to ride home naked that night because it was the one time I didn’t pack a spare outfit for him. He did have a blanket though.
So on Monday my husband stayed home, and Bumblebee slept pretty much all day. He had threw up again Monday morning, so we limited him to 4 ounce bottles every two hours instead of 8 every four hours. It seemed to work and he didn’t mind too much. He didn’t throw up again.
On Tuesday he slept a lot, and on Wednesday he didn’t seem nearly as tired but he still had diarrhea until Wednesday night, when he had a solid stool. this morning was the first since Sunday night that he didn’t wake up with a poopy diaper. So I’m pretty sure he’s kicked it. Throughout the whole thing he had no fevers and was just as smiley and cheerful as usual. He did have some trouble sleeping at night though, and when we were giving him only 4 ounces on Monday he woke up for a nighttime feeding for the first time in months. Given the circumstances we let him have it. And last night when he was tired I took him to bed, and he went to sleep right away and didn’t wake up all night.
I think I have the best baby in the whole world.
