white poop and temper tantrums

It seems like it's taken Jude about a week and a half to fully recover from his stomach bug. Since he got sick last Monday, his poo has actually been white. I wasn't terribly concerned about it until I googled the symptom, and sure enough Dr. Google told me it meant his body wasn't producing bile, which meant his liver was failing, which meant he could die immediately if we didn't get him to the ER.

...So we waited a couple of days and Shawn took him to our pediatrician's sick clinic. They assured us that it was a common affect of a stomach virus, and that we should probably just stop giving him milk for a few days. We started replacing his milk with apple juice and gatorade on Tuesday, and today....we have BROWN POOP! Hooray!

Never in my life did I think that I would type "brown poop" in capital letters with an exclamation point at the end. Just sayin'.

And while I'm not sure if it was because of the sickness or if it was because of mine and Shawn's crazy schedules lately (and so Jude hasn't had much stability or routine from day to day), Jude has become quite the temper tantrum artist. On top of which, he's been waking up at 6:00am every morning and taking half an hour naps - but only after screaming for forty-five minutes.

This morning though, he slept until 7:00am, took an hour and a half nap and has been a joy to be around. My gut is that it's partly because his little tummy is finally getting back to normal, and partly because he finally has a day at home with a predictable schedule.

We took this video a couple of days ago, and you can see that when Jude falls (which he does all the time) how upset he gets. Thank goodness those days seem to be over!