Feverish

Well, today has been quite a day. Of course, as I mentioned earlier, Aidan had his two month shots this morning. He did okay - a little cranky, but mostly hungry and sleepy - when we got home. I had to run to the bank and the post office later in the afternoon, so I left Aidan with Daddy and quickly ran out.

When I got home, I found both Aidan and Daddy sound asleep in bed. I let them be and quickly grabbed some lunch (it's very rare for me to be able to actually take time for lunch when it's still hot!). While I was finishing up, I heard Aidan start to fuss so I quickly finished lunch and then went upstairs to grab Aidan so Alex could get some sleep.

Bad idea. As soon as I picked Aidan up (he had been "quietly" fussing - just little whimpers), as soon as I picked him up, he let out this bloodcurtling scream. I patted his back and just loved on him and he seemed to settle down a little bit so we went back downstairs. It was nearing Aidan's afternoon snack time, so I put him on the changing table (attached to the pack n play). He was okay until I pulled his pants off. They must have rubbed against his little legs, which are quite sore. Again, he started screaming but this time he wouldn't stop. Poor baby. I felt horrible. I quickly changed his diaper and then he had his snack, which stopped the screaming and crying.

However... once he was done eating, the screaming and crying started right back up again. I so badly wanted to give him some Tylenol but he still had two more hours before his next dose. So I held him, kissed him, cried with him (yes, I really did), and tried my best to calm him down. Alex was awake and asking what was wrong so I brought Aidan back upstairs and Alex suggested that we put cold compresses on his little thighs, so we did. Aidan didn't like that at first, but it seemed to help after a couple of minutes. I'm sure the cold was quite a shock at first! His face felt really warm to me, so we took his temperature (in his armpit). It was 99.2 degrees.

The cold compresses worked for about three minutes and then he was back to his screaming and crying. I drew a bath for him, thinking that it might calm him down a little bit. So he took a bath and, again, it seemed to work for a few minutes.

After he had his bath and he got dressed, we decided to take his temperature one more time. This time we took his rectal temperature (poor baby!). It was 99.9 degrees. I decided to call the doctor to see if we should be worried.

I left a message with the pediatricians answering service and the doctor on call quickly got back to us. He said that it sounded like Aidan was having a normal reaction - the crying and fussiness. He said that if his temp got higher than 101.5 to call back. We'll keep an eye on it.

He had another dose of Tylenol and that seemed to knock him out for a while. He is now getting a well deserved nap... Wish me luck for tonight!