The Remedy

Whew! What a weekend! We, for the most part, just battened down the hatches here at the Lehrmann casa and spent time doing one of three things: cleaning, vegging, or loving on our sick boy! Yep, that's right, our sweet Beau caught a cold and has had SUCH a stuffy nose and nasal congestion. The poor buddy has had quite a time breathing while eating and sleeping, so needless to say this mom's been up quite a bit over the last 72 hours. We worked hard to make sure our nursing didn't get too messed up with his being sick and I'm happy to report things are moving along quite nicely. It was so nice to have Brandon home with us all weekend too. We bounced back and forth between playing with/taking care of the boy, cleaning, or having some time to ourselves. We got to spend a little time just the two of us after Beau went to sleep, but usually that was later at night, so one of us would start to fall asleep on the other, ha!

I took Beau to the doctor Friday and at first they weighed him since the PA last time (not his regular doctor) had mentioned she was concerned over his weight. They had even mentioned that he might need supplementing. Well, that was all this mama needed to hear to get motivated to show otherwise! We know our buddy started small (and still is), but he's definitely growing and getting bigger by the day. At his two month well check, he weighed 7 lbs 14 ozs...at this appointment (12 weeks), he weighed... 9 lbs 4 ozs! Way to go, Beau! The doctor said he was VERY pleased at his weight gain and even though we're still not really on the chart yet for weight, that he's doing just perfect. But we knew that all along. :)

So after Beau was diagnosed with a cold, I was told all I could really do was suction out his nose and put saline drops in, put a humidifier next to where he sleeps, give him Tylenol for any fever he kept having, and try putting him in his swing to sleep (so as to keep his head elevated). So we did just that. Tonight it seems he's starting to get a little better, which is such an answer to prayer. It's NO fun watching my sweet boy struggle to breathe!

So here are some pictures from our moments together this weekend. It was honestly just what we needed; time together without rushing everywhere else.

Stripped the boy down while he had a fever

Sweet kisses from Dad

At first he was thinking he could get out of giving Mom kisses...

...but then realized how great they are!

Hugging Mom

He sees Dad caught us

Being SUCH a big boy!

He was NOT looking forward to what was about to happen... (suctioning out the nose)

He was SO tuckered out and not feeling well at all!

Trying to get some quality rest

So glad you're starting to feel better, Beau! I think your dad and I almost felt as bad (if not worse) about you being sick than you dealing with the sickness yourself! This parenting deal sure can tug on your heartstrings!