Baby diary: 63 weeks 1 day

[petronia]

 Alan still with grandparents. I went to see him last Friday and he seemed nearly recovered; on Saturday night I attended a friend's wedding, assuming I would fetch Alan home the next day; on Sunday he spiked another fever. Took him to the doctor on Monday and got a diagnosis of probable sinusitis. So we have the same disease progression -- and the pediatrician told me I wasn't prescribed the right course of antibiotics, which is no doubt why I still have post-nasal drip and a dry cough that worsens in the evenings. SMH!!! This time Alan was prescribed a 14-day course of amoxicillin and clavulin (in a special proportion so he doesn't develop diarrhea), which he takes in yogurt because clavulin was apparently so gross he threw it up the first time. 

Now his fever is down, but the weather is so awful it's not safe to be on the roads, and I'm working from home. So I will spend the weekend with him again, hoping that he can come home with me i.e. be in daycare Monday. It's been stressful for my parents too, no question. 

I started watching the Netflix "Babies" documentary series, and it's fun, but also occasioned mixed feelings. Alan's forgotten about breastfeeding, but he still remembers there was something, and I'm not doing that something to soothe him. :P What good is a mom? Yet I still have milk, even after two weeks and a half. 

Bottom molars definitely in; keeps making a weird :> face instead of just smiling; knows how to comb his own hair. I spoke to a friend who said that his younger sister started walking independently a day short of her second birthday, so maybe there's a ways to go. T_T

Comments

[karalee]

Oh no :(((((( hugs to you and Alan.

[petronia]

Hugs u~

[flemmings]

Average age of walking- not mean- is 15 months, normal not to walk before two. Lag is notable in large babies, IME, especially the large-headed who simply can't trust their balance until they gain a bit more proportion.

[petronia]

I didn't know that, actually, I've seen it as a milestone for 13 months and every other baby I'm acquainted with started walking at or before 12 months! Alan is the last in his daycare intake group still not walking. But I've also been told that tall kids take longer -- my boss said her shorter son started walking at 10 months, the taller one at 14. Alan is definitely that bobblehead, with long legs that just keep getting longer. He was so early to crawl and to pull to standing that I guess I assumed he would walk fast, too, sigh. Come to think of it it took him a long time to be able to sit with a straight spine.

[flemmings]

In my anecdata experience daycare kids walk before home raised, but the bigheads are still later by several months.

[marej]

I think I read somewhere (and it certainly makes sense intuitively) that early confident crawlers are slower to start walking because they are already mobile and see no reason to lose the perfect balance of all fours.

I hope you guys all feel better as soon as possible. *hugs*

[petronia]

That could be Alan too; he's like me, loves exploring, doesn't love the risk of falling down.

Thanks! I'm getting him back today and taking two days off this week. Can't wait until the snow goes away... *sigh*