Charlotte's ER Trip

So, apparently any fever in a baby under 2 months old is a BIG deal. Friday afternoon Charlotte had a temperature of 101 F. Overall she seemed fine, but while searching the Internet about dosing for a 6 week old I learned that any fever in a baby under 9 weeks is an emergency. So I called the doctor and he told me to go to the emergency room. Anyway we ended up staying at the hospital for 5 hours. They did a bunch of blood work, took some urine, and did a spinal tap. Everything came back good, so they gave her some antibiotics through her IV and told us to come back the next day for a shot. By mid-day Saturday her fever was gone and she was acting normal. She probably had whatever virus the rest of the family had this week, but they told us they take NO chances with young babies.
This is a picture of Charlotte sleeping while we were waiting for the results of her tests.

The Girls

I just thought this was a cute picture.

The Boy Who Won't Leave the Movies Alone

After trying to use a pillow, a diaper wipes container, books, and various toys, Westley dragged the rocking chair out of the bedroom and used it to reach the movies. So, I moved the movies off the middle shelf and switched them with the books that were in a locked cabinet.

The next day he tried to climb the shelves to reach the movies on the top shelf. As you can see, he got suck and started crying. Of course I took a picture before helping him get down. Now all the movies are in the locked cabinet.

Here are some pictures of the kids from the last month. We have been busy this last month including throwing up, going to the doctor, getting up in the night with Charlotte, doing laundry, getting pink eye, throwing up again, getting up in the night with Westley, going to more doctors appointments, runny noses, no sleep, throwing up yet again (yes, about every other week), doing more laundry, getting some sort of itchy rash, and yes more getting up at night with Westley and Charlotte.

Anyway, Charlotte is actually a really good baby, and a pretty good sleeper. If she just did not spit up so much (waking her self up and creating more laundry) then she would be our best baby for sure. Jenna loves Charlotte and has been helpful with her. Westley pretty much ignores Charlotte's existence. He only notices her about once a day when he sicks his finger in her mouth for her to suck.