1 Has a Cold...2 Can't Sleep

Poor Baby Bear has a cold:( Early Thursday morning, we had brought Ryder into bed with us. At 4am he woke me up with his squirming and couldn't breathe. My heart stopped and then I switched into SuperMom mode. I thought it was a bad dream at first and yelled at him to wake up (my yelling woke up Pat). Realizing he was awake and not dreaming I grabbed him up and flipped him over and stated hitting his back. This unlodged some mucus and I was able to suck it out with the bulb thing. Boy, he did not like that. Once he was able to breathe, he let out a huge shriek. It reminded me of the little high pitch yell when they pulled him out of me...but scarier this time. I sat in bed with him and justheld him close to me and cried. Pat asked if I was okay and if I wanted him to hold Ryder. I just couldn't let him go. I rocked him back to sleep and stayed up watching him.
Pat got up and got ready for work. I put Ryder in his swing and made Pat breakfast-constantly checking to see if Ryder was breathing. He was. Pat left at about 6:30 am and I picked upRyder and turned on the TV. He was stuffy and congested. I assumed it was just because he had cried and screamed for so long. It wasn't. The stuffiness got a little worse. I called the doctor and they wanted to see him right away-One Problem....I DONT HAVE A CAR. So we scheduled one for the next afternoon. I called Pat and he was able to leave work to come take us to the pediatrician. What a great hubby/daddy he is! We rescheduled and went to the doctor.
I was concerned about fluid being in his chest (since he was in the NICU for a week because of that) but the doctor said everything was clear. They checked his oxygen level. At first, it was only at 82%--Mommy almost had a panic attack. Another nurse came in and checked his levels on his wrist and it was 100%. So...we are just making sure to use a humidifier and saline/suction bulb. (He hates that) and watching him.
Today, my little man is doing much better. He made up yesterday for all the sleep he has missed since he started feeling bad and slept through the night again last night and is back on his schedule today. I AM SO RELIEVED.
Pat and I have also started to notice little brown hairs being left behind in Ryder's crib and in our bed. Baby Bear is becoming a Blonde Baby Bear :) In a way I am sad because I absolutely love him with brown hair. Thats MY baby. But I am very excited that he will have blonde hair like his mommy and daddy did. In pictures, it looks like he's balding but it's actually just little blonde hairs growing in:) His brown hair is actually blonde on the bottom half, too. It's so sweet.

Look at that sweet boy's smile:)

I finally recieved Ryder's cloth diapers in the mail two days ago! They are so cute, but I am still not sure if I am willing to commit to the work they involve for the blowout diapers. Maybe if I get a few more liners so I don't have to wash one everytime I change him. They are absolutely adorable, though. And so much softer on his skin than disposable. But, the disposable hold more "liquid". Ryder has a tendency to make his diapers "leak" within 30 minutes of changing him, so I have to use boosters in the cloth diapers. I'm thinking we might continue to use disposable but also use the cloth ones, too. Who knows, we just have to keep trying:)