Round 3

Sigh.

Jack is on his 3rd round of antibiotics this week. This one is called Omnicef, it's relatively new, very potent and is also used to clear up sinus infections which the other medications did not. So maybe this will help????!!!!

We saw another doctor in the office as our doctor was on vacation this week. She was very nice to talk to and listened to my concerns. She said that some babies just don't respond to certain antibiotics and need to try different ones till one comes along that clears everything up.

The director at our daycare said the same thing. Her little girl had frequent bouts of ear infections and they went through round after round of antibiotics till they found one that worked.

Despite his ear infection however, Jack has been in good spirits as ususal. He plays well, eats well, is alert and as cute as ever. Every day Jack makes a new face to entertain his mom and dad and we LOVE it.

His pincer grasp is well developed. He picked up a Cracklin' Oat Bran (cereal) yesterday when it was offered to him. He promptly put it in his mouth. I think he's ready for Star crackers by Gerber. They disolve very quickly in baby's drooly mouths.

He's sitting up on his own longer and longer and even begin to 'right' himself when he starts leaning to the side or backwards. We sat him on the kitchen counter last night as he played with the bread bag. All those toys and he decided he wanted to play with the bread bag. Sigh.

Speaking of toys he doesn't 'use', Alex installed a mirror that plays music and lights up in the back seat facing Jack so he can be entertained while in his car seat. Jack barely pays it any attention at all.

However, since it's a mirror, when I adjust my rear view mirror slightly towards the backseat, I can see what our little man is up to. This morning the hoody on his light jacket fell over his eyes. He kept lifting his head in hopes of getting the hood out of his line of vision. Finally, he put his hands up on the hood and tried to remove the obstruction himself. When he succeeded in pulling the hood over half of his entire face instead, he began to get upset. At the next stop light I reached over to the back and pulled the hoody off his head. Jack looked up and all around to see where the magic hand that let him see again had gone. So cute.

It's not a milestone in his baby career, or a milestone in mine, but it's theses little moments I think I like the best. Every day is an adventure with this little guy.