Mash Munchkins: tummy time

After our visitors left, we had a pretty low key weekend. Zane continues to love to be included with anything involving Caden, and he's been a particularly big supporter of tummy time. Zane jumps onto Caden's blanket to lay with him, and we have to make sure he's not too boisterous!

I've also gotten in some extra swaddle practice on Zane:

And he has proven that he can still fit in the bouncy seat:

We checked out a new playground for us, and it was Caden's first playground trip too (ignore the funny face I'm making while taking the picture of me and Caden):

Zane was a little hoarse that Sunday, but we didn't think too much of it. Until we got a phone call on Monday afternoon saying that Zane woke up from nap with a 103 fever! When Caden and I picked him up, he was really hoarse and sounding wheezy. :(

So we brought him home, gave him some ibuprofen and called the pediatrician... we managed to get an appointment that afternoon, and Zane had croup (again). He even rocked this mask at the doctor's office since he had a cough (I was so impressed, but I think it just shows how yucky he felt that he let me put it on!):

Thankfully, Zane started to feel better fairly quickly. He stayed home with Caden and me Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until he sounded much better this morning. Needless to say, it was quite an adventure for me having a clingy/sick 2 year old and a 4 week old on my own!

There was lots of hand washing going on, and so far Caden doesn't even seem to have a cold... We also washed Caden in the baby bathtub for the first time since he was starting to outgrow the sink :) Zane was a big help!

It's clear that Zane really likes his baby brother, but it's becoming more clear that Caden really likes his big brother too. Caden has started tracking Zane as he moves around and talks, and here's a picture of him looking for Zane when he got up from the table the other day: