Thursday, April 26, 2007

One sick baby - check!

Well we have been to the doctor 3 times this week. Caden has pink eye. The doctor thought it might be an eye infection, but it's pink eye. So that means that he is now taking eye drops, anitbiotics (which he likes - it's pink and sweet), and he can't go to daycare. Daycare is getting quite the deal from us. We kept him home on Justin's days off since he had a cold. He went back to daycare on Wednesday, but I picked him up early so he could get an immunization. That's how we found out about the pink eye. So, this week he has been at daycare a total of 4 hours and our weekly bill will be $144.00. It's normally $180, but we are using 1 free day, so it's a little less. That's right accountants, that is about $36 per hour that we paid them to watch our sick baby with pink eye, which he probably caught from another sick baby. What a bargain. Oh yeah, I am at home today using one of my sick days to take care of our little baby bear.

As you can tell, I am a little annoyed since this is only the 2nd week of daycare and it's not going so well. The daycare ladies are nice, I just can't believe how much it costs. Oh well, we know he is being taken care of, and it's a hundred times better than that lady we interviewed for the home care.

Here are some pictures from today of Caden. Thanks Charlie for the cool outfits, he is almost too big for this shirt. He had to change right out of it since he filled his diaper with lots of pee and it soaked through to the clothes. In these pictures, I think he definitely looks like Justin's baby pictures in his face.

Oh yeah, the weight update from the doctor. He is now 10 pounds, 2 ounces. Not sure what percentile since it wasn't the normal check up, but at least we know he is gaining weight.

2 comments:

Jeannette said...

Don't thank Charlie, thank Danielle. She got that little outfit for him along with a matching shirt for Matt. I'd have sent that along too but Matt didn't outgrow his shirt as quickly as Charlie did.

So how about that whole moving to Spokane idea you seem to have discarded? I'm home today, I could be watching your sick baby so you don't have to miss work. Just saying...

Unknown said...

Spokane does sound good, the drawback would be no insurance for a few months. not the best way to start out.