I thought about going outside to get a good shot, but thought better of it when I saw our neighbor attempt a photo - the turkeys turned towards him and started gobbling and charging him. Yikes! I figured that since I had a tiny-turkey-snack-sized-morsel (aka the baby) with me, I should probably stay far away - just in case word had gotten out about that turkey bacon in our fridge :) The turkeys were walking around like they owned the place and were definitely much larger (and meaner) than I would have thought turkeys were. Danger was nowhere to be found during the turkey visit but came down just as they were leaving and managed to squeak out a few tiny hisses at their departing turkey-butts. Hardly convincing Danger. Hardly convincing.
After the turkey excitement, we had a bit of a rough morning. Phoebe was really congested and grumpy all morning. I knew something was wrong when she-who-doesn't-nap took two hour-long snoozes before noon! During her second nap, Jeremy came downstairs and he wasn't looking very good either. He had a sore throat and ended up spending the morning at Doctors on Duty (the local walk in clinic - we REALLY need to get one of those primary care doctors I've been hearing so much about). What we thought would be a simple strep test (negative!) turned into lung-function tests which turned into breathing treatments which turned into a chest X-ray (normal!) ... all to arrive at the diagnosis that we were dealing with a flu-like virus. They sent Jeremy home with some Advair and instructions to take it easy.
Phoebe is still congested and still battling some low-grade eye-goop. She's been more-or-less congested since she started daycare. While we understand that babies get sick, we sure wish there was something we could do to make the punkin feel a little better. We've been using saline nose spray and the big booger-sucker (bulb syringe) but she just never seems to get over whatever she has. We're going to call the doctor to see if she thinks a humidifier would help. It isn't that dry here, but we do sleep with the fan on for white noise so that might be contributing to the problem. We were thinking maybe the Vapo-rub humidifier would help clear out the baby snot, but figured we should check with the pediatrician first.
Here is how we spend our sick days - we put on our sweats and our puppy slippers and hang out with our teddy:
Despite our rough morning, both Phoebe and Jeremy perked up in the afternoon. I think Jeremy was just amped up from the drugs they gave him at the clinic and Phoebe probably didn't know what to do with herself after her THIRD hour-long nap in one day (unheard of!). Jeremy insisted that we go run our planned errands for the day. I tried to tell him to stay home and rest (even enlisting the expertise of WebMD/Dr. Google for expert backing) but he insisted on running errands.
We went to the local daycare center that we are on the waiting list for, but were unable to find out where we are on said list. Very frustrating. We really need to figure out a full time solution soon since Jeremy will start his internship in June and May is very busy for me with graduation and end of the year events for the students. After we went to daycare, we went to the local sports center to sign up for Tot Swim! Starting next week we're going to take Phoebe to weekly Tot Swim on Friday nights. Given how much she likes splashing in the bath, we think Phoebe will really enjoy swimming. Since Jeremy swam in high school, he is really excited to introduce Phoebe to the pool. Right now Jeremy doesn't get home in time to go every week, so I'll be the Tot Swim parent until summer, then he'll take over.
The sports center is downtown Monterey (it is run by the city) so after we signed up for swimming, we went to the farmer's market. This was Phoebe's first trip to the market and she LOVED it! She just smiled and giggled the whole time. Phoebe is such a curious and observant little baby - she loved all the sights and smells and sounds. Even though she is technically still "too little" we've been letting her ride in the stroller without her car seat
You can see she really likes it! She really enjoys being able to see everything that is going on! When we would try to take her for a walk with the car seat in the stroller she would fuss - I guess she just gets bored looking at us all the time :) Now that we've cut way down on the fuss-factor during walks, we go on a lot more of them
Phoebe just leans back, kicks her feet up onto the stroller and enjoys the ride!
Anyway, by the time we got back from farmer's market, both Phoebe and Jeremy had crashed. Phoebe got a quick bath and then both dad and baby hit the hay by around 7 o'clock. Here's hoping everyone is on the mend tomorrow (and that I don't catch anything from anyone) :)
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