Moonpie in his new green monster shirt from Abuela.
Monkey in his new shark shirt from Abuela.
No whine here this morning. Out of the blue wonderful night with Moonpie. In bed at 9. Woke at 1am, and I needed to nurse him anyway. Slept until 6:30. I swear. That is the kind of night I can live with. Reinforces to me that when he doesn't sleep, there's something wrong. Sick, teeth, something.
Anyway, wonderful!
Thanks for all the nice comments!
So both kids are feeling fine now. No daycare today so I was home with both of them by myself. We went to tha Natural History Museum this morning. Then naps. Then when the mister came home we went over to Elijah's family's house for dinner. Had a good time.
Finally put Moonpie in bed at 9, which is late for him. He was up at 10, 11, and 12. Then again at 2. It's now 3 and I've been awake listening to him cry for almost an hour now. I go in there and it makes him even more angry. I tried rocking him to sleep twice. He falls asleep in my arms practically as soon as I pick him up and then is awake 5 minutes after I put him back in his crib. He is pissed. At me. Wants me to hold him. Wants to be with me. I want him to sleep. I can't go in there anymore. It just seems to make him worse.
In the 2 minutes I've been typing, he has now stopped crying. Doesn't mean its over though. Very likely he'll start back up in a minute.
I suck at this part of my mom job. And it's the part that I like the very least. My kids don't sleep and I am no good at "training" them to do so. I suck.
There he is again, he's crying now. More like a whine really. And it is clearly a call out to me to come to him. Did I mention that he wants me?
Merry Christmas Eve!
Fevers have broken, like the first morning, blackbird has spoken, like the first bird...oh sorry, I'll stop singing now. Their fevers have broken. Monkey woke up good to go this morning. Moonpie had a really rough night. And therefore, I, had a really rough night. He stayed home with me today. Uneventful doctor's appt in the morning. His ears are fine. That's what I was mostly worried about. His fever was done by the time we got home. We'll see how tonight goes. I'm pooped. No daycare tomorrow. On my own with the two dudes again. Wish me luck. They wear me out.
Merry almost Christmas!
Spent the day with both boys home yesterday. By myself. Fevers for both of them off and on all day. Moonpie slept for 2 hours in the morning and then only for 15 minutes intervals the rest of the day. The evening sucked. Oh, and the wee hours too. He's a mess. I'm starting to be a mess too.
Monkey was pretty good. On and off with a temp too. I think his was all over by about 7 pm yesterday. Sleeping soundly now.
Doctor's appt this morning at 8:15. It's actually for Monkey but I'm bringing Moonpie in. Oh well, they'll have to deal.
Mister slept through the night no problem. I slept on the couch. Up and down.
It's 5:43 and I've been awake since 4:30. I just put Moonpie back in his crib but I don't expect it to stick. He just won't sleep. With or without me.
No end in sight.
Was awake with Moonpie until 5:30 or 6. 6:30 Monkey started screaming in his bed. The mister came in and reported that Monkey was burning up. So now I've got two kids with fevers. This is a first.
At least the big one is able to tell me what is wrong. Moonpie's fever responds to the Motrin. It's down to 99.1 now.
I can tell that I'm going to be taking two kids to the doctor in the morning.
Hopefully Monkey's fever will respond to the Motrin too.
That way we can avoid going to QuickCare today. Nice.
Moonpie has a fever. 101.4. I've been awake with him for an hour now. He's acting totally fine while burning up. Happy, smiling, playing, adorable. Hot. So cute with a wet washcloth on his head.
He had Motrin at 3:45. 2 boobs. He's wearing nothing but his diaper. I just put him back in his bed. Still happy. Eating Sophie the giraffe. He sounds snotty in there. I've got it too I think. This is his first fever/cold thing. He's had snot without fever before.
I think he's back asleep now. But I'm up.
Going to get my New Yorker and see if I can't fall asleep on the couch again. It's a double fiction issue so I should be able to sleep no problem. These are my least favorite themed issues that they do. It's all the same authors. Zadie Smith, Alice Munro, a bunch of men.
g'night, I mean, good morning.
I took these videos early on when I could see the snow in the air but it was melting as it hit the ground.
They've revised tJoS for the 21st century.
No one I know is even having sex.
And now the kids are all hooking up instead of dating.
No one I know is doing that either.
