Not So Great Weekend

While Will's and my weekend started off very fun with the Dave Matthew's Concert with Hammond and Courtney, Ethan did not have a very fun weekend at all. On Friday, the day of our concert, he was quite irritable all day and then had a fever. It got up to 102.9, which is his highest by far. Luckily, my sister-in-law Laura, a pediatric nurse, was our babysitter for the evening, putting me at ease. She did great and got him back to sleep after a little wake up. Later that night, though, he was up a couple more times. Saturday, his fever was up and down and he really was not himself at all. He didn't want to eat or drink and was just a bit sad you could tell. Saturday night was pretty horrific but Sunday during the day was a bit improved. He was definitely grumpy again, but his fever was either low or gone most of the day.

Since his fever was gone, we decided to take him out of the house for a trip to Target. He got a new pool, swim trunks/shirt, water shoes, imitation Croc shoes, a sun hat, and a toy boat from the dollar section. It was like his birthday a few weeks early! He did start running a slight fever again, but after his nap it was gone. We decided to let him try out his new pool since it had stopped raining for a bit. He liked it but didn't want to sit down, despite the fact we added hot water to it, making the water lukewarm. We got some pictures of him playing it with before water and after. We don't have an electric pump, so I inflated the pool with a small hand pump or my own lungs. Boy, am I glad we didn't get the bigger pool! We had hoped his pool party would tire him out even more, making him more likely to sleep through the night. I'm happy to report that it worked. Although he had a rough time getting to sleep, once he did, he did sleep through the night, making for a much happier Ethan in the morning. My boy is back! We're not sure if he had a little bug or is teething or what. I didn't think he was teething because his fever got pretty high at one point, and he also was fairly congested. Plus, he didn't seem to be bothered by his first set of teeth coming in. But, he does seem to have some symptoms of teething, so we'll see. I don't see any poking through just yet.

Here's the new pool: