iPhone Blogging

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Baby has had a fever since Saturday. Soren had a scheduled well check yesterday anyway so the pediatrician checked him out and everything looks fine, no explanation for the high fevers. We left with a charge to monitor his temp closely. 

Other than that, Soren is one healthy and happy little guy! And "little" is right...his growth is par for the course of a Willy baby. At 9 months, Soren is 17lbs 7oz and will probably only gain another 1-2 lbs by his birthday.  All of my babies grow like weeds until they hit 16 or 17 lbs and then stay around the same weight until they are one year old. He went from being a chunky hoss to a skinny soren with an appetite that can be matched by no other. The kid loves food. The other night he downed an entire bowl of quinoa salad with bites of mango, red pepper, green onions, and black beans in it. He feeds himself bananas and cut green beans and cheerios and loves just about anything you put in front of him.   

This morning, the fever finally broke but he woke up covered in spots! Hives? Heat rash? No clue, but the timing following the fever seemed too perfect to be coincidental. So back to the doctor we went and this time we left with a "most likely" diagnosis of Roseola. There's really no way to know for sure. It could just be a heat rash from sweating his fever out, we may never know.  I'm just glad we kept him home from church on Sunday when he was contagious. Now that the fever is gone we're home free and doc says life should be ready to partay this weekend. Until then, I will be here, doing what I've been doing for the last 5 days straight: snuggling my cuddle bug baby! He's been lethargic and wants to be asleep in mama's arms all week. 

It's sort of like having a sleepy cuddly newborn again. 

Roseola isn't so bad after all.