Drat :)

Well. This is it. Owen is officially sick for the first time. Ever. I know, he is only 7 months old but I figured we were on a good role. Oh well. And P.S. it is no fun at all.
It is currently 3:40 in the morning and I cannot sleep. Owen is. But I cannot. I have actually been awake now for over an hour. A simple (but oh so icky) cough from the cute room down the hall is what did it. The worrisome mother in me cannot allow my brain to relax, so I am out in the living room waiting for sleep to come. I am sure that Owen has just developed some sort of cough and the 'independent' mom in me just thinks we could 'ride it out', but Dr. Shah will be getting a call from me in the morning.
Owen sounds like he is going to cough up a lung, a sweet little 7 month old lung. And his breathing is so gurgled...you know what I mean? Makes me want to clear my own throat every time in a feeble attempt to clear his! :) And for the first time a truly think he has a bit of a fever. Don't worry, I took his temperature & it's okay, but I think it's lying.
It all started last week when he was just being down right cranky. I don't know how these things typically go, but I knew something was up. He just wasn't being himself and naps weren't fixing anything.....naps weren't even happening! :) Straight up refusal from the little guy, & we tried everything. And if you know Owen at all, you know that he LOVES his naps....especially those in his very own crib. Usually justs lets out a contented sigh when I lay him down, rolls over, & passes out. No crying at all.
Well, Thursday morning (Thanksgiving) we ventured up to the Botts family cabin and instantly Nana declared that she thought he was teething. Of course! That explained everything....or did it? He was drooling like a mad man, and was being fussy, and was chewing (or at least trying to chew) on EVERYTHING! But then BAM this darn cough settled in this weekend without much of a warning. It had us all fooled with the 'teething' bit. I don't know.....do coughing and teething go hand in hand? I am such a rookie! File that one away to ask Dr. Shah in the morning! Or could he be teething & sick at the same time? Oh wouldn't that be just a kick-in-the-pants! :) Oh well....gotta love that kid.....and I do.....TONS. That's why I am still up at 3:50am.