The month started great. He's getting much better at crawling. He's taking more initiative too. I left him to play by the mirror while I did some stuff in the kitchen and for the first time he just crawled into the kitchen to be with me. It was amazing! He's got 8 teeth now and can use them. He's eating more difficult solids like steamed broccoli and roast beef. Yes, roast beef. His current favorite vegetable is brussel sprouts but that might change next week when I offer him something new. Overall, we're having a blast.

But he got sick this week. Very sick. I wrote last time about his food allergies, and they come with pretty bad eczema. We have to put moisturizers on him 3-5 times a day and he's still had a couple of skin breaks. Well this time the skin got infected with bacteria, likely staph. Monday he had a fever at school and was sent home. I didn't think anything of it, but Tuesday he woke up with a scary rash on his face, legs, and ankles. I included pictures of what he looked on Tuesday morning. I took him into the doc who diagnosed the staph and did a culture just in case. We started antibiotics but the rash kept getting worse. A lot worse. By Wednesday evening he was over half covered in puss-oozing sores. His sleep on Monday and Tuesday nights was terrible. We gave him all the pain killers he was allowed, doubling up on Tylenol and Ibuprofen. His skin seemed to hurt so much Monday night that anytime we transferred him into his bed it rubbed something and he woke up and cried. After 1.5 hours of this torture (for all) we had to just let him cry himself to sleep. I was very scared and heart broken. I bawled as much as he did, but he was so tired he was out in less than 5 minutes. The docs said that if he didn't improve substantially by this morning (Thurs) we needed to bring him into the ER.

But it's Thursday and he's showing many signs of improvement. He's eating better, he's taking a good long nap now and slept well last night. He's not showing signs he needs pain meds yet today. It's a huge relief. He can't go back to daycare until Monday at the earliest. He's still a health risk and he's oozing staph everywhere. Despite all the pain, I also included some pics of him smiling with sores on his face and body. He's an amazing kid and wants to play no matter what. I love him so much. Mom feelings are so...big.