Super Sick Little Boy

Nicholas woke up Friday morning his usual smiley self. But, at some point during the night he had gotten sick (thrown up) in his crib. After his first bottle of the day, he spit up again. He seemed himself, happy, with no fever, and no lack of appetite, so we brought him to day care to tell them what was going on. Nick and I had a scheduled day off together and we told them to call us right away if he got sick again. After his first bite of breakfast, he started throwing up everywhere. We took him to the doctor who checked out his ear (from the ear infection 2 weeks ago) and found out that on a scale of 1-10, he had a "level 10" ear infection. The poor guy is probably in a ton of pain but we had no idea until the doc checked out his ear. As he was resistant to the amoxicillin, he's now on 10 days of augmentin. Unfortunately the augmentin is much less pleasant than the amoxicillin (think bubblegum vs. chalky paste) but Nicholas is pretty good about taking it. He threw up everywhere today and has also had diarrhea all day, which can be a side effect of the augmentin. One funny thing is that fluids are more important than food right now, and he's decided to take to using the sippy cup and has been chugging water! His appetite for food isn't much, but he's managed to keep just about everything down today. Still no fever, and we'll call the doc tomorrow if the diarrhea continues.

Here are some pics of the "sick boy" at the doctor. You'd never know by looking at him, right?

Here's some sippy cuppy action (he did actually drink a lot..don't let the mess fool you :)

Napping on Mommy & Daddy

xoxo