Sick baby on hands

My 8 mo has a viral throat infection and a fever that keeps coming back so he 's taking baby advil every 6 hours.He picked it up at his baby sitter's where another baby had a bacterial throat infection.So baby D has been having troubled nights where he gets up every 2 hours crying and refusing to go back to sleep.He's so irritable he cries at almost anything.He has a fever of 102F and a red, sore throat that made it painful for him to swallow.He is generally a healthy baby and has never fallen ill so bad.He refuses to take the bottle and I have to force him to feed from his bottle to avoid dehydration.

My poor hubby wasn't able to sleep much at night too and went in very late to work today.He woke up at 7, took a shower and was about to get dressed to work.I have no clue as to what happened then.When me and my baby woke up at 10:00 AM, DH was fast asleep on the couch.Poor guy.

Daani has always been a good sleeper at night.People would ask us since he was a month old if we were able to get a good night's sleep.I found it funny because he was a good sleeper at night and we never had any problems.I now know what they meant.

Welcome to parenthood :)

Is it too early for tantrums ?

So the last two days have been crazy with my 8mo throwing tantrums for everything.He is having a hard time going to bed.I thought its due to teething because he has been gnawing badly at everything around.But I am not sure.My hubby thinks we should try to discipline him.But I scared him off telling him that to discipline an 8mo would invite the child protection services to our house.However, I do feel I'm spoiling my 8mo.He realizes now that all he needs to do is cry and we give him whatever he wants or play baby videos on youtube or let him stay up late.

I always thought  I would be the strict parent and my hubby would go easy and spoil our kids.But now I find myself totally unable to bear my baby crying or upset.My hubby doesn't care if he cries and wants to make sure he's in bed at the right time and so on.In fact, it was my hubby who taught him to hold the bottle and feed himself.I couldn't get myself to do that since I always found him to enjoy himself more when we were feeding him.Surprisingly, he doesn't mind holding the bottle and feeding himself when my hubby is around.But around me he cries and insists I hold him in my arms and feed him while he plays with my hair or touches my face and basically just lounges in my lap.

Can 8mo be that smart ? :~

Happy New year 2012

Hi,

So 2012 is here.Time does seem to fly.Last  year, around this time I was pregnant with my baby boy and my hubby was looking for a new job.I was about to start a new semester at college.There was a lot going on at the same time or at least I thought as much.Fast forward to this year and I'm mommy to a lovely 5 month old.Looking back, I am amazed at the transformation I have seen in myself and in my relationships with others after having a baby.But I can honestly say this phase is the best one of my life so far.Being with my baby, playing with him, laughing with him, making him laugh, even watching him sleep fills me with joy that cannot be described.

This blog is meant to be a parenting blog where I hope I can exchange ideas and tips on raising happy children

So happy blogging to mommy of baby D ;)