All About the Boy!

First Fever

Well, it took him 18 months, but Logan has got some sort of bug willing to render him a fever. Nothing too high at the moment, although, it may have been "high" at one point. He felt a little warm, but not hot this morning. He was acting like his normal self so I wrote it off to the fact that he was funning around like nut. His nap got all carfunkled this morning. He fell asleep in the car on the way home from church - a normal Sunday occurence. He, however, woke up when I was pulling his coat off of him - not a normal thing. This kid slept through the installation of our new stove top -- complete with countertop sawing and banging.

He did NOT want to go back down for a nap. We tried everything. After the assortment of tricks up our sleeves including a drive to the beach, we came home...and the kid fell asleep on my lap watching Thomas the Tank Engine - even though he refused that method nearly an hour earlier. ;) He woke up a crank. He did not want to eat his lunch - but he did 8 ozs of milk prior to his nap so we figured maybe he filled up on that like he used to. He finally settled back to his normal little happy go lucky self. Nearly a half-hour before dinner, he fell asleep on top of Bruce during a quasi-game of "Tackle." He woke up happy enough, asking for dinner but still a little drowsy. He ate, but not well.

After that we decided his back felt hot - not warm. We stripped him down and took his temp - under his arm. It was 100.9 -- and that method is roughly 2 degrees lower than a rectal temp meaning technically it may have been as high as 103. I gave him Motrin. We did some reading on toddler fevers while Logan played "side down" but walking around in his diaper and doing the whole "inverted V" thing as he giggled his head off. I gave him a warm bath. Nearly an hour after the Motrin and just after the bath we took a rectal temp. It registered in at 100.2. He's had his bottle and is now sleeping.

No knowing what tomorrow will be. He's had head colds before - stuffy, runny noses. Massive crankiness. Little interest in eating, etc...but this is his first fever. He seems more tired than a normal day - more napping than he's done in a long time. He's not as interested in food as normal. He's got his cranky moments...but he's also got his moments of regular old Logan -where's he's knocking over small MegaBlock villages, demanding adults play airport with him and pushing his already running battery-powered train up a small hill. ;) We'll see how he is tomorrow.

posted by Sandy at 8:11 PM