pleppppt!

Aaron is approaching 8 months! He is rolling over like crazy, starting to spin on his belly, making tons of raspberries and sounds, sitting up unsupported and playing, and is intent on keeping track of Zofia and me. Looks like 2 teeth are starting and are bothering him! We've tried solids but so far the only thing that he likes is Stage 1 bananas. Once I find something he'll eat I'll be making his food like I did for Z. He's in physical therapy once a week because of the botulism and according to the therapist is about 1 month behind.

Last month was hell though! All of us came down with a nasty cold. It first started with Zofia who passed it to Aaron and I, then I passed it to Steven. They ran temperatures between 103-105 degrees and got ear infections to boot. I got an upper respiratory infection and all three of us were on antibiotics - ugh.

Because of the antibiotics, Aaron developed thrush and a yeasty diaper rash - good grief. So rather than giving him more drugs, I decided to try the homeopathic approach and use grapefruit seed extract and acidophilous for both of us. It knocked the thrush back but didn't eradicate it. So I then picked up Gentian Violet. It's pretty incredible stuff and in 2 days it was gone albeit we were purple! It came back and at Aaron's follow up yesterday we got a prescription for Nystatin. His right ear is still infected but it's not bothering him too much so I'll wait on filling the script. We are still fighting the diaper rash with Lotrimin and diaper cream but it's persistant!