It has taken “J” getting sick for me to sit back and reflect on how much he has changed and grown since last summer.
He keeps telling me he is “OK” every time I wipe his nose or take his temperature. He seems to understand that I am a little more concerned about him when he is sick as opposed to days when I let him run free and not follow with a tissue.
He is having more independant play, for which I am greatful. He has started to have conversations with his action figures. The Rescue Heroes are his favorite right now, so he plays with them and tells them to put out fires and rescue. It is so adorable to watch, I feel as though I have waited a long time to see independant play.
We also had Thomas, James, Edward and Percy all lined up at the table being served yogurt! “J” took the yougurt out of the fridge himself, grabed a spoon and started feeding all his friends. Now if only I could get him to eat his yougurt too, then we would all be happy.
He also fell in love with his “My First Leap Pad” we got on sale after Christmas and decided to wait a bit to give it to him. We broke it out last Friday and it has been a hit ever since. It is like his own “game” but instead of a video game it teaches him things. It isn’t his first “Leap” product, he has the alphabet centipede and an alphabet tablet, but this one tells stories and he just loves it. Now we need to buy another book or two, maybe a Dora one 🙂
Having his first cold in a year hasn’t been so bad after all, he is just starting to catch on to the fact that after two days it hurts to wipe your nose. And Hubby is definately a sickie too, but I can only take care of one at a time, so he gets leftovers, poor guy. So far so good, I am not sick at all, but am getting ready to start my fertility experiment, so it should be fun.
Thankfully the fever left yesterday after another night of playing “steamroller”. At least Hubby went to “A”‘s room so “J” and I had the bed to ourselves to not really sleep. Yesterday we had a sick day. We didn’t go out and we had lots of juice and movies. And a NAP!!!! Phew, I didn’t know how I was going to make it through the afternoon when all of a sudden “J” fell asleep. So of course, I did too 🙂
Last night was completely back to normal, “J” stayed in his own bed and slept right through. Even if right through is until 4:45am, I was much happier with that than not sleeping all night. This morning he looks much better and hopefully his runny nose will only last a day or two, hopefully. Will definately go out today at least for some fresh air and a change of scenery.
Now, I will wait until Hubby wakes up as he was grumbling about being sick on his way to bed.
I feel terrible that I have been absent this past week. I have been dealing with “J” no longer napping and readjusting my work schedule. All of a sudden “J” just stopped napping. He went from two hours every day to not! And he is not sleeping in any later (except today) than usual so I am wondering how he will continue to function without twelve hours of sleep. There were a few exceptions when he would fall asleep in the car and I would transfer him to his bed, but just as I was shutting his door he would be wide awake and on his way downstairs again. He did have a nap on Saturday, but he stayed up late that night so it was cancelled out.
I used to do a large portion of work during his naptime, it was basically half my day’s worth, so I have found that I am falling behind. I was able to work for a couple of hours last week while “J” played with his trains, but he isn’t always in the mood to let “Mommy work”. So I will have to see if I am able to keep this up or not.
Then, the fever started. Last night around midnight “J” climed into bed with me a fell asleep. At first I thought it was morning, but when he fell asleep I realized that it was still night. I reached over to pick him up and transfer him back to bed when I felt his tummy and he was burning up. I waited until he woke up (20 min) and gave him some medicine. Two hours later, he fell back asleep using my knees as a pillow and putting his burning hot feet on my neck. But, he was asleep and stayed that way all night. It was me that had a hard time hetting back to sleep, I didn’t want to move him for fear of him not falling back to sleep, and Hubby kept trying to push me back over on my side of the bed. I was a human sandwich! Tonight if we have a recap, I will go sleep in “J”‘s room with “J”. The fever stayed at bay until 4pm when it came back. “J” was asleep by 6pm and hopefully will be better in the morning.
I have wonderful cake photos to post, but will have to wait until the morning 🙂
