Allergy Issues Already

We have been home approximately 4 weeks and we are now already experiencing allergy issues with Kadin. I called his Dr. and am giving him benedryl now every 4 hours to treat the symptoms, but have to watch him for signs of infection, i.e. tugging of ears, crankiness, not eating or wet diapers, etc ...

I laughed on the phone with the nurse earlier because she had told me to give him children's benedryl and I said ok, I have some. When I checked the bottle, it said DO NOT GIVE for children under 2. Above that, in the children 2-4 it instructed to consult a physician for dispensing. Alright, so in my mind I needed a different medication for him. The nurse assured me that he could have it cuz the Dr. said so ... and that's where I laughed ... I'm 39 years old with my 4th child and STILL asking! lol I justified it by saying I didn't wanna poison him! And it's true ... but mostly because I am scared to death still with a preemie who's adjusted age is only 5 weeks.

I suctioned him out all night and got virtually NO SLEEP. Not good for me but even worse for Kadin since he didn't sleep much. At 8 this morning, I put him next to me in the bed and he slept solid for 2.5 hours ... until he woke up because he couldn't breathe. He is now sitting semi-upright in his swing to help with the drainage. And me ... with my 7 year old home early today (release at noon for track meet that our daughter is in!) wanting to help him color and play video games and this and that, I'm running low on energy! :) Not to even mention trying to work for my dad in between all of that and pay my own bills that have to be taken care of today ....

On a brighter note, my husband came home today telling me that he had a message for me. He said his niece had contacted him and told him that I needed to pick a date in April (other than one weekend she designated) for a baby shower she is putting together. She said to tell me that my "favorite niece" was getting the ball rolling, lol .... and I needed to make her a list of my friends that wanted to help with it. So, I'm really excited about that .... And Kadin will be bigger and able to handle being at the big par-tay !!!

Guess I better get more things done around here ... Robbi is running after 5 today and Kota has TWO ball games tonight - back to back - and I have to get everything ready for all of that as well. I have TONS of pictures of the ball games that we played the other day at the season opener, so I'll be posting those also when I can!

Have a great day!