Sick Bay

Hi Everyone,

I know it's been a while since there's been an update and I apologize. See, I've become addicted to Facebook and find it easier to upload and update on Facebook than through the blog. I will try and be more attentive to the blog with more frequent updates.

Well, after a pretty healthy first year, Ryan has begun his second year catching everything under the sun. First, he battled the nasty stomach virus that has been making the rounds - and it made its rounds through the Graham household. As a result, Ryan now refuses to take a bottle, even though I had him on formula in a bottle during the afternoons for a good three weeks. I was preparing for my return to work and thought everything was squared away. So, Ryan started daycare a week after the stomach virus (he was supposed to start a week early to transition into it, but because of the stomach virus, he only went in for two days).

Ryan's adjusting to daycare and for the most part is really happy there. He has two buddies from the NICU - Furio and Autumn - and quite a few other friends he's made. Unfortunately, those friends like to share a lot - including germs.

As far as the bottle refusal, we went to the GI doctor and between the lack of bottle and several illnessess Ryan has not gained much weight. So, we're fortifying his "sippy cup" with whole milk and Carnation Instant breakfast. So far, we've tried the vanilla and he likes it so we'll see how that works. We go back in a month and we'll get a weight check then. The boy loves to eat, and pretty much eats anything we give him - he's just so energetic that he burns it all up.

Ryan has had a "cold" for about two weeks. Well, it started off as a cold, then turned into a viral infection, and now has turned into a sinus infection. Hopefully the antibiotics will clear all of this up and Ryan will be able to return to daycare next week happy and healthy.

As I mentioned, I've gone back to work after being home for over a year. It's been a difficult transition, and I can't quite say that I'm completely happy about it, especially since Ryan's been getting sick, but I know that once we really get back into the swing of things it will get a bit easier.

So, that's the latest - here are few pictures to enjoy!