This is an old post I just found that was never published. Luckily everyone is healthy right now :) but wanted to get this on my blog so I don't forget
Ben has a cough - a bad cough - a very naughty cough that has woken me up at 3:18, 3:38, and 2:45 am respectively for the past three nights. And the cough doesn't let me or him go back to sleep. We end up laying down together with him coughing in my face until the sun comes up. Saturday night Dave took him to the ER because it was the first night the cough lasted 2 hours and I was very concerned. The next two nights we knew all we could do is ride it out with steamy bathrooms and humidifiers. I feel so bad for the poor little guy and right now I"m feeling pretty sad for myself as well. I'm not a good mama when I don't get much sleep. I'm either very grumpy and wake up shouting or I'm very relenting and let kids do whatever they want. It's either "Yes you can have Hershey kisses for breakfast - whatever - just shut my bedroom door on your way out" or "GET DRESSED FOR SCHOOL RIGHT NOW OR YOU'LL BE GROUNDED FOR A WEEK!". It's not pretty. I'm headed to the pharmacy to add Benedryl to the list of medications he's taking right now. I'm hoping it will win me an afternoon nap. We need a small miracle at our house today.
Emma bought a Pay Per View Movie this morning. That's what kids can figure out when left to their own devices I guess. I didn't even think you could do that on our T.V. so I guess I'm going to need to do a little research on how the parental controls work. Luckily it was Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and not one of those other titles like Babes Gone Wild or something.
Yesterday Jacob told me he can look forward with his eyes while pointing his feet out to the side. "I'm very talented to be able to do this" he said. "I have two talents - I can also run very fast".
He's such a funny kid.
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ahhh... croup. it's the worst and shows up at our house about once a year. Joshua's already gone through it this year. Going outside in the cold night air works well too.
The cold night air does work...thus the reason why when you get them to the Dr the all of a sudden seem ok....why is that?
Sorry you are having a hard time. Yes, kids have it all figured out....I can't get passed the practice paint shoot on the Toy Story wii game and Jacob didn't seem to have any problem with it. MTV is a good one to block as well... :)...oh and by the way....I have Hershey Kisses for breakfast once in a while...lol
I just took Kade in and he has RSV. They told me to use the nebulizer. That might work. Good luck!!
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