Sleep and Sickness

Cayleigh is sleeping WAY better and Jeff and I are extremely thankful. Last night she slept from 8:00 to 4:30, ate, and was back to sleep fairly quickly afterwards. Grammie and Grampie got her a stuffed Dumbo in Disneyland and it has a little blankie that comes off and Cayleigh LOVES it. I gave it to her, she snuggled in to it, and she went to sleep. I tried the formula thing for a day but that night I felt extremely guilty (I know- I'm crazy. I really want her on a bottle so don't get me wrong- I'm not dissing formula. It's just that she loves nursing) so I stopped. She is doing better so there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. And boy was it a LOOOOOOOOOOONG tunnel!

We've all been very sick (hence why I'm on the computer at 5:30 in the morning- I can't stop coughing so I can't sleep right now *sigh*) and it's been a rough week. It is an awful flu with fever, nausea, chills, muscle ache, sore throat, runny nose, loss of voice, headache... A few days ago I put Caden to bed at 7:00 and he woke up screaming. He kept pulling his feet to his chest and he was in obvious pain. It took 2 hous or so before I could get him to tell me what was wrong. I thought it was his stomach but then he pointed to his ears over and over and said, "Kiss it, Mommy". He was a mess. I knew he needed antibiotics for an ear infection and Tylenol wasn't helping at all. We called around to see what clinic we could take him to and luckily a Doctor that lives just up the road offered to see Caden is his home and he confirmed the ear infection and gave us a prescription. He was very kind to see Caden and we are very grateful to him for seeing him. I was up all night with the poor little guy holding warm cloths to his ear, giving him Tylenol, and watching Lunette and Molly over and over while we waited for the antibiotic to take effect. It took a day or so but he is doing much better. He's still sick but he's improving.

Poor Jeff is sick too. He had to take the day off work yesterday and he is going to try and pull off 1/2 day today if he can. He is on the couch right now- I told him to go out there when Cayleigh woke up so he could get a little more rest. He needs to get up at 6:00. Cayleigh is still in our room because our basement is still a work in progress. Now we are told it'll be done by May. We'll see what happens. ;) This is Day 7 of the bug for me. Jeff has a long road ahead of him as this is only Day 2 for him.

Well, I should get back to bed. This afternoon I need to go to the hospital with a friend because she is getting some tests and I want to be there with her. I hope Cayleigh will take a bottle as she has no choice. We left her with Grammie and Grampie yesterday for a few hours because I had to go see a specialist again and she did great, so she should be OK today too. I'm still trying to get back to my old self after Cayleigh's birth which was hard on me. I am getting tired of all these appointments I must say. And yesterday was not a fun visit. Oh well- I have a beautiful son and daughter that I love to pieces and I hope to have more, God willing... I only hope I survive the delivery next time. ;)