Brett is feeling better!

On Friday, Brett starting showing signs of being sick so Kristin took him to the doctor. Apparently, he got Coxsackie infection, which is fairly common in babies. The symptoms for Brett included high fever and sores in his mouth which made it difficult for him to eat. This concerned us so much that we took him to the ER in Chelsea on Saturday morning because he would not eat and had not had a wet diaper for a while. The ER said he was not yet dehydrated and to keep trying to give him liquids. Believe it or not we were in and out of there under an hour and it's only 5 minutes away. Unfortunately, on Sat. Kristin had a wedding shower she had to throw so I worked on getting him better. Every 30 minutes or so I had to use a liquid syringe to feed him a little at a time. Half would leak out of his mouth and I could tell he was in pain. Obviously, he was not sleeping good and thus we weren't. Some how we got through it and Brett is doing TONS better today. It was rough to see him like that but now I know we can get through it! I took him for a walk already and he is acting more and more like himself. While he has not started breastfeeding again, he has no problem taking a bottle. We hope his sleep habits and the breastfeeding returns soon. I'll update early this week.