First Fever

Sunday night Quin got his first fever. Here I am giving him a bath to help make him feel better. I cut myself out of the picture because I look like, well like a mom who has been up all night worrying about her baby. You'd think he had malaria with how worried I was. He still had the fever as of 5am today but I gave him some Motrin (again) and he's back to normal. I can vividly remember way back at infant care class with Joe when they went over taking the baby's temperature. I can remember thinking "I'm NEVER taking his temperature rectally, I'll figure something else out" and yet, there I was at 5am with the thermometer up his butt yet again! Surprisingly he's not all that bothered by it as long as I distract him with a toy or his favorite song. Sadly, his favorite song is now 'Apples and Bananas' and not 'Surrey with the Fringe on Top' as it was previously. Enter the era of annoying kids' songs. Anyhow, he seems to be doing OK but at night it is the worst! I stayed on the couch with him for a few hours last night but that really can't be considered resting on my part because I'm constantly being elbowed and drooled on - I'm talking about Quin, not Joe! And then this morning he coughed so hard that he threw up. Joe looked at me like 'fix him!' and I almost burst into tears. I just hate seeing him sick. Funny story: Joe was trying to make me feel better when I was going to sleep last night so he said "Quin's not breathing heavy anymore" meaning that he wasn't as stuffy. He got "Quin's not breathing" out and I was already at the bedroom door, heart pounding. I really do have new mom syndrome.
Right now he's watching Elmo on TV. He just loves Elmo. When Quin sees that furry red face come on the TV he laughs and claps. It could be worse, he could like Barney. I thought he was too young to know the difference between kids' shows and my shows but I realize this is not true. I started a new job watching the cutest little girl named Julia. She's 3 months old and I watch her every day but Tuesdays. Anyhow, Julia's mom really is the mother-of-the-year type and she puts on appropriate educational programming for her little sweet pea, unlike last night's House on TiVo like I put on for Quin. So when we went over there Quin got his first glimpse of Elmo and he's been hooked ever since. By the way, the new job is why there has been a lack of posts. I am enjoying it tremendously (after all, I can't put Quin in pink frilly outfits with ruffles on the bum) but it is exhausting! So, look for new posts on Tuesdays and the weekends but don't expect much more than that. After changing double the diapers, listening to double the crying, and doing all the other double baby duties I'm just too tired to fight with my computer. Maybe if I can get them to nap at the same time, and for more than 5 minutes, I can post more often. OK, there is more to say but this post is already too long so I'll leave you with some pictures of Quin and his cousins.