Eli's first fever

Eli turns 10 months old next week. As we creep towards his birthday, Shelby and I realized that we have been very fortunate - Eli has gotten his share of colds but hadn't gotten really 'sick' until this weekend.

I'll start by reporting he is on the mend. Eli slept well during the day today and was cool as a cucumber by bedtime. Hopefully he will wake up rejuvenated in the morning and ready for school (by Wednesday, if not tomorrow).

Yet this weekend didn't play out exactly as expected. We planned on spending lots of time outside, taking advantage of the nice holiday weather. We ended up spending most of the weekend inside fretting about Eli. On Friday night, Eli spit up/vomited a sizable portion of his dinner. It was a new food, so we didn't think very much of it at the time. Eli was irascible Saturday morning, but only for a little while. He then became listless and fatigued. We called the doctor because Eli had also fallen on Thursday and we were concerned these events were related (in retrospect, they almost certainly were not). Nonetheless, the doctor advised us to come in for an exam.

When we went to the clinic, Eli was running a low grade fever. After leaving the doctor, Eli was tired the rest of the day. We hung around the house and made him as comfortable as possible. We thought that the worst had passed, but then his fever spiked this morning, reaching 100-101, which is the warmest he has ever been. Fortunately, a little Tylenol took care of the fever. He slept through much of today and was doing better by bedtime.