More colds, more doctors

Here's another shot of Ethan enjoying his play place. Today was not so fun. We woke up at 3:15, and were up until about 4:45. Then we got up again at 6:15. After changing Ethan, he went back to sleep while I got ready for work, and then I fed him and we left. He seemed happy enough for me, and yesterday he did really well, he finished all of four bottles and left only an ounce in the fifth. So I thought he was feeling better. I was in the middle of a really fun day at work- water leaks from the furnace, researchers, lots of visitors and just generally hectic, when the daycare called. They said Ethan was not himself, that he had been fussy all morning and he wouldn't eat well. They tried to have him take a nap but he cried if they laid him down. They thought it might be teething. I talked to the doctor's office about what we could do, and called the daycare back after the second bottle. He didn't finish that one either. He was finally taking a nap in the swing, but seemed congested. So I decided to be on the safe side, made an appointment, left early and took him to the doctor. She said he probably has a new cold and is teething at the same time. She told me it is likely he'll have about 10 colds before he's done, and that the congestion is all in his head, not in his lungs. So that was good news, but there's not much we could do besides give him saline drops in his nose and teething rings and Tylenol.
She did say that with the way his breathing sounded there was no way to tell if it was in his lungs other than listening with the stethoscope so it was definitely good to bring him in and have it checked. So now I'm a little tired and plan to spend the rest of the evening as a vegetable. We'll try again tomorrow. BTW he was an ANGEL at the doctors, giggled and laughed when she touched him with the stethoscope. He is laughing at James now as he tries to feed him, and he ate his whole bottle for me.