Okay, so here's a more detailed Christmas week post.
Thursday morning I noticed Wren was feeling really hot after breakfast. Like really hot. I took her temp and she was at 102.7 degrees. Pretty warm. I called the pediatrician's office, and the doctor told us to alternate giving her acetaminophen and ibuprofen to bring her fever down and to call in the morning if her fever was still pretty high. Friday morning she was still running a fever, so we took her in to see the doctor mainly because we were leaving to go back to Minnesota and Wisconsin the next day. We didn't want to take any chances. Turns out she had an ear infection! Poor baby. She really wasn't acting like she was in any pain at all, but the doctor prescribed us Amoxicillin. I really, really, really didn't want to put her on antibiotics. At all. My reasons? Antibiotic-resistant bacteria.... antibiotics also kill off GOOD bacteria along with the bad... we would be putting Wren at an increased risk of picking up other illnesses... oh, and ear infections take care of themselves within a few days with or without antibiotics. So yeah, Chris talked me into it mainly because we were leaving the next day and it would be horrible to be so far away from home if things did (in the absolute worst case scenario) get any worse. If we were going to be home for the holidays, I would have held off on filling the prescription. But we weren't and I didn't. Ah. So many hard decisions to make as a parent. She did end up looking and feeling better after just a couple of days (was is the antibiotics, or merely just the passing of time?....) BUT she does seem to have a reaction to the Amoxicillin. She has a pink dotty rash all over her body... tummy, face, feet.... and a wicked looking diaper rash. Poor girl. I have been pushing her to eat yogurt every day, and I picked up a bottle of probiotics for her to take every afternoon. I'm hoping things clear up soon.... and that we have no more ear infections in the future! :)
Okay, so.... that was Thursday and Friday. Friday night was Christmas with Chris's family... and lots of last minute packing for leaving the next morning. Saturday (Christmas Eve), we left our house around 10:00am to go to my dad's house. We only had to make two stops along the way (one to eat lunch, and one to get gas and let Wren stretch her baby legs). We arrived in Baraboo around dinner time... 6pm, maybe? We had dinner at my dad's and hung out a bit before heading to our hotel for the night. Wren did great sleeping at the hotel! We brought her pack and play and set it up outside of the bathroom door with the fan on. Not a peep out of her the whole night. We actually were awake before her the next morning even... both Chris and I really having to pee but didn't want to unnecessarily wake the baby! Anyway, we grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel and then headed into Baraboo to go to Christmas morning mass. We got there a little too early and ended up using up all of our "keep-Wren-occupied-tactics" too quickly. She didn't make it more than a few minutes into mass. I don't think she was feeling 100% well yet, and she was ready for a nap. So, Chris stayed for a bit while I took Wren to the back of the church for a change of scenery. About halfway through mass, while holding a squirmy, fussy, sick baby, I started to shoot laser beams with my eyes at the back of Chris's head. Luckily, three years of marriage have honed Chris's laser beam sensors, and he immediately turned around, saw the look on my face, and bee-lined it to the back of the church. So yeah, we left... but here are some pics of us on Christmas day!
Chris picked out Wren's pretty Christmas dress!
Thursday morning I noticed Wren was feeling really hot after breakfast. Like really hot. I took her temp and she was at 102.7 degrees. Pretty warm. I called the pediatrician's office, and the doctor told us to alternate giving her acetaminophen and ibuprofen to bring her fever down and to call in the morning if her fever was still pretty high. Friday morning she was still running a fever, so we took her in to see the doctor mainly because we were leaving to go back to Minnesota and Wisconsin the next day. We didn't want to take any chances. Turns out she had an ear infection! Poor baby. She really wasn't acting like she was in any pain at all, but the doctor prescribed us Amoxicillin. I really, really, really didn't want to put her on antibiotics. At all. My reasons? Antibiotic-resistant bacteria.... antibiotics also kill off GOOD bacteria along with the bad... we would be putting Wren at an increased risk of picking up other illnesses... oh, and ear infections take care of themselves within a few days with or without antibiotics. So yeah, Chris talked me into it mainly because we were leaving the next day and it would be horrible to be so far away from home if things did (in the absolute worst case scenario) get any worse. If we were going to be home for the holidays, I would have held off on filling the prescription. But we weren't and I didn't. Ah. So many hard decisions to make as a parent. She did end up looking and feeling better after just a couple of days (was is the antibiotics, or merely just the passing of time?....) BUT she does seem to have a reaction to the Amoxicillin. She has a pink dotty rash all over her body... tummy, face, feet.... and a wicked looking diaper rash. Poor girl. I have been pushing her to eat yogurt every day, and I picked up a bottle of probiotics for her to take every afternoon. I'm hoping things clear up soon.... and that we have no more ear infections in the future! :)
Okay, so.... that was Thursday and Friday. Friday night was Christmas with Chris's family... and lots of last minute packing for leaving the next morning. Saturday (Christmas Eve), we left our house around 10:00am to go to my dad's house. We only had to make two stops along the way (one to eat lunch, and one to get gas and let Wren stretch her baby legs). We arrived in Baraboo around dinner time... 6pm, maybe? We had dinner at my dad's and hung out a bit before heading to our hotel for the night. Wren did great sleeping at the hotel! We brought her pack and play and set it up outside of the bathroom door with the fan on. Not a peep out of her the whole night. We actually were awake before her the next morning even... both Chris and I really having to pee but didn't want to unnecessarily wake the baby! Anyway, we grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel and then headed into Baraboo to go to Christmas morning mass. We got there a little too early and ended up using up all of our "keep-Wren-occupied-tactics" too quickly. She didn't make it more than a few minutes into mass. I don't think she was feeling 100% well yet, and she was ready for a nap. So, Chris stayed for a bit while I took Wren to the back of the church for a change of scenery. About halfway through mass, while holding a squirmy, fussy, sick baby, I started to shoot laser beams with my eyes at the back of Chris's head. Luckily, three years of marriage have honed Chris's laser beam sensors, and he immediately turned around, saw the look on my face, and bee-lined it to the back of the church. So yeah, we left... but here are some pics of us on Christmas day!
Chris picked out Wren's pretty Christmas dress!
\My Christmas cutie
Mommy and Wren!
All 3 of us!
I unfortunately had already changed out of the dress I wore that morning.
After a nap, before heading over to Grandpa and Grandma B's house!
Playing with her sock monkey on the bed
Oh my gosh, she makes me laugh!
After heading back to the hotel for a bit so Wren could nap, we went over to Dad and Barb's to spend the day. Graham and Melissa had just gotten into town, Lee got in the night before, and Joe was able to make an appearance for a bit, too! We had lunch, opened presents, and watched Wren play.
Opening presents!
Wren got a personalized Radio Flyer Wagon from Grandpa and Grandma!
Notice the Wisconsin "W"? Hahaha....
Family shot
(Love the senior pics peeking through on the mantle)
Wren enjoying Christmas lunch
Even being sick, she never lost her appetite!
So glad Wren got to spend time with her "Wisconsin Grandparents" :)
Christmas Post Part 3 tomorrow....
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