On the mend

I just got a call from my Pediatrician's nurse (yay!) to give me a sanity check on the way I am taking care of the babies right now. She told me to keep doing what I am doing. She also asked me to turn off their ceiling fan and to turn on a cool mist humidifier in their room.

Noah - he is super congested. I can hear crackling when he breathes in and out of his mouth. He is still in great spirits, as always. I'm using saline drops in his nostrils along with the bulb syringe to suck out his snot. It has changed from cloudy white to cloudy light yellow. His fever is low - about 100. His bed is on an incline.

Naomi - she is congested too, but not coughing. She isn't lathargic, but she is very floppy. She only wants to cuddle, and is barely eating. She is hydrated though. I've used saline drops in her nostrils to break up her congestion. She doesn't have enough snot in her nose for me to suck out. Her congestion is more in her chest. She is running a higher fever - about 102. I give her motrin and it goes down to 100. She is also sleeping on an incline.

I'm supposed to keep on doing what I'm doing for another 24 hours or so. They've been "sick" since Friday-ish. Nurse Christine told me they are probably on the mend and not to bring them in yet because she doesn't want them to catch something from one of the other sick kids in the waiting room.

I make my own saline solution. I cup warm water and 1/2 tsp of salt plus a medicine dropper. They both hate it, but it works. :-)

Catch up

Ok, now the babies are 9 whole months old. They celebrated that birthday on September 11 - my dear friend (and sister) Meg Miller's birthday. I celebrated my 34th on September 12. So wierd. I am a thirty-something. I love it though.

Noah and Omi are both sitting up, clapping and babbling like crazy. Naomi whispers sometimes, It is so cute! She also knows the difference between mama (me) and dada (Chad). We are teaching them signlanguage, and she actually has done the hand motions once or twice. She loves seeing us get excited when she says our names.

Noah is way more physically inclined than his sissy. He is pulling up to standing all the time now. He has fun scaring me by letting go of things and balancing for a second or two before falling on his bum. He is so adventurous - he crawls quickly and attacks whatever he can get his hands on. He growls (like the little lion he pretends to be) and grabs stuff with both hands. I especially get tickled when he bangs his head against something in an effort to open/play with it. He still has a helmet on to help shape his skull - so he thinks his head is indestructable. Oy. Chad and I have to be prepared for some serious bumps and bruises whenever we get that thing off.

I should have some new pictures on Phanfare soon. We have had a hiatus from picture taking because the camera memory was full (60G). Chad's getting it up and runninf for me.

I'll be hopping back into my college classes on October 26th. Chad will be moving to a Monday-Friday schedule soon too. Lots of changes - but that is the way it goes. :-)

Love to you all,
Marie A.