The first step in this new chapter is Jakson starting nursery, which he did on the 12th of March. This is a pretty big deal for us and something we've been nervously anticipating. Rightly so as it's been quite challenging due to a very sickly boo. I won't do justice to all the illness that we've had to endure but let me summarise by saying the last 3 weeks have been plagued (literally) with a constant runny nose, coughing, numerous fevers, a prickly rash, diarrhea (lots of diarrhea), conjunctivitis in both eyes, one ear infection (for mummy) and one very poorly and unhappy baby. My poor wee ba has been oh so bloody ill since starting nursery :(
We've been to the doctor on a 2x/week basis for going on 3 weeks, called the NHS hotline and seen an out of hours doctor on another occasion. They all say the same thing; there is nothing they can do and it's important that he's drinking and getting his fluids . But what they fail to understand is that a once very happy baby who was thriving has turned into a very unhappy, often lethargic baby who's not eating and rarely finishes a bottle (he used to love both food and his milk!).
Now add on top of all this sickness a terrible struggle with teething and you have a family that is very close to breaking point. He's no longer sleeping through the night, he wakes up screaming in agony most of the time and he just isn't the baby he once was. I have no idea how we will get through these next few weeks but I suppose we just will. We have to. The only silver lining is the hope hope that jakson is slowly building up his immune system so this will all be a thing of the past very, very soon. It has to be or i will have to re-evaluate the entire situation and maybe even pull him out of nursery. Something we are getting close to seriously considering. Ugh!
With all that considered, there have also been some really good times over the past weeks, mostly in the hours between fevers and mucus filled eyes. Jakson has learned how to do 'peek-a-boo', he knows how to find 'the monkey' and when he has the energy he is walking around holding onto whatever will support him. I just can't help but think he'd be so much further along if he wasn't plagued with these awful sicknesses. But I digress.
So we will leave you on a positive note with some recent videos and pictures of the wee man over the past couple of weeks. Even as a sickly wee one, he's still oh so very cute :)
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| Playing at the park with daddy! |
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| Taking a rest from all the fun at the park with Mommy!! |
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| The wee man LOVES toilet paper these days! Must remember to close the bathroom door! |
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| Eating a chicken leg w/mac & cheese |
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| He also loves the recycle bin. Why? Lots of stuff to pull out and make a mess with!! |
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| Having some water from his big boy cup! The cup looks bigger than him! |
