Seven Months Old

My poor Baby Will has celebrated seven months of being with an awful stomach bug. Last Monday the sitter called to let us know that Will wasn't keeping much of anything down. In fact we ended up in the ER on Monday night. They went back and forth on putting an IV in and ended up just giving him an oral anti-nausea med. It seemed to take the edge off, but I still didn't give him his antibiotic for his ear infection for a couple days because he seemed to make his stomach issue worse. On Friday he ended up sick at the sitters again - this time Brian picked him up. He seemed to be better Saturday night, but then was super cranky at the sitter's today. We have a follow up for his ear infection tomorrow afternoon and I have a sinking suspicion that his ear infection has not cleared up since he hasn't gotten in all of his antibiotics.

Will has taken time out from being sick to perfect a few other tricks. He loves to sit up and can do so for quite a bit of time all by himself. He has also become very interested in books - he even looks at them for a bit before starting to chew on them. I remember when Max perfected sitting up, it felt like such a huge milestone - like he was a real little person now, rather than just an adorable blob. I feel the same way about Will. While I do enjoy some aspects of the newborn stage, I love that Will is growing up and becoming so much more engaged with what is going on around him. It is just so much fun!

On top of all his sicknesses, Will has also cut two teeth. In looking back at the blog I realize that Max has eight teeth at this point - crazy! Will's bottom two are just through the gum and they look adorable. If you look close enough you might be able to catch a glimpse of them in the picture - I'll have to post another pictures once they are more visible.