The Flu

Well I have the flu. I am achy from my head to my toes. I had the chills all day. Last night I had a 102 fever. I haven't had that in such a long time. Man I felt like my eyeballs were gong to burn out of my head. Even my gums hurt. I took some tylenol PM and went to bed. I woke up at 4ish in a complete puddle! ewww. Luckily I still slept good. Still so achy this morning. Not looking forward to another day stuck in the house with J. We are both so bored. He has started to act out and get really bossy. Have any of you ever noticed that your child seems to act different with on meds? J is on amoxicilian (sp?) he is just really acting out and I think it is the medicine. He was on a cold medicine a year ago that made him nuts. I wouldn't think that an antibiotic would do it, but you should hear how he is talking to me. Like it came out of nowhere. Yesterday the BM wasn't as bad as the day before, but he is still on watch! I have him in pull ups just in case he lets one loose! I don't know if I can keep him on the antibiotic for 10 days. I did call the dr. the other night and she said if it is really unmanageable, then go off of it.

We got a ton of snow last night. I think maybe 6-8 inches. It all melted a few days ago and here we are again. This is the wackiest winter!

We are invited to a friends house for Superbowl. I will have to see how I feel. Maybe I will just send Tom and Jack. I do want to go though. I haven't gotten out in a bit.

Hope you all have a nice weekend.

Mom's aren't allowed to be sick

So as today progressed I felt more and more sick. I have a cold! Stuffy, achy and tired.

J and I went to Target today. It felt good to get out of the house. J fell asleep on the way home. He slep for a bit. After awhile he was just playing and then said he had an accident. I figured he just peed. Here is the TMI part......Lets just say the antibiotics are giving him an upset stomach and there was no stopping what came out. It wasn't bad. Then he was hungry and wanted dinner. This consisted of a peice of cheese, a cracker and a bit of yogurt. He hasn't been eating much. Then I heard Oh no mommy! Ok so there was a bit more and running down his leg. Ok time for pull ups and new pants. (this was starting to get gross). Now I am trying to brown some ground beef for dinner and then I hear "mommy my pull up!" Lets just say this was the blow out! Pull up, pants, running down leg onto floor. EWWWWWW! Luckily we were in the kitchen. I just stood there like now what. I would have taken him straight up to the bath but he was dripping. My laundry room is right there so I stuck him in the laundry tub and told him to just stand there while I clean up the floor.

Fast forward an hour later and we are taking a bath. He was having a great ole time. See we only have 1 tub and it is our big soaker tub. J takes showers since we didnt want to get in the habit of using it. When he had a fever we gave him a bath. Well now he loves it, of course. We will have to maybe make it a once a week thing. Showers are nice and clean!!! Anyways....sorry, I get carried away sometimes....while he is playing all of a sudden he stands up and FARTS!! NOOOOOOOO! EWWWWWWW It was THAT kind of fart! OMG please..no more. Did we forget mommy was feeling like crap now (no pun intended, LOL). So into the shower he goes, daddy washing him while I gather up all the tub toys and get the bleach.

Somehow we muster up the strength to always take care of everyone else and we always seem to come last. Guess who won't be going to school tomorrow now and stuck home with a sick mommy. UGGGGGH! I need a vacation!

Oh to be loved

So when you child is sick they are like Velcro. Stuck on you all day (for the last 5 days). They want you to sit with them and watch their shows with them. They snuggle, cough and wipe their snot on you. MMM. As the evening wears on you are anxiously watching the clock cause it is almost bed time. You need peace and everyone to leave you alone! You are trying to get him to put away his toys and get upstairs. Then your husband stops you in your tracks goes in for the grope, hand up shirt. Squeeze.squeeze...knead...knead..I now seem to have become a loaf of bread. I get the "oh I haven't done this is while" comment. Ya I haven't been touched in a while either babe! I stand there like a pole waiting for it to be over. Are you done yet? Can we get the kid to bed now, PLEASE?

Feelin' better!

It is amazing what a little antibiotic will do....

Yesterday evening he was still coughing so much. He actually threw up from coughing so hard. That was gross. But I was talking to one of my friends on YIM who is a nurse and she said they give benadryl a lot to calm the coughing down. That worked great. He hardly coughed the whole night. He was a very different kid today and by this evening was starting to jump around like crazy...of course that made him cough...so we made him relax. I feel like we can actually go out tomorrow. Besides the Dr. yesterday and stoppng at the store for the prescription..I haven't left the house since Thrusday. UGGH!

I am still fighting a scratchy throat. I hope that is all it is. Sorry I have nothing intersting to say. My brain is numb. I think I have just watched too many episodes of Backyardigans and Diego the last 5 days.

Off to the Dr.

He coughed all night. I am one tired mamma! Luckily he only has an ear infection in his right ear and a bad cough. He did get an antibiotic so hopefully he will be feeling better in a day or so. I think we are both so bored! He obviously won't be going to school tomorrow. Hopefully he will feel good enough that we can do a little project or something. I just hope he gets a better night sleep tonight.

I am not sick yet! I have a bit of a scratchy throat and have had a bad headache the last few days. Please don't let me get sick!!!

The Weekend

Is not fun! J came down with a fever on Thursday after I picked him up from my moms. Looks like he got Daddy's flu. Friday his fever was 103! So he has felt like crap the whole weekend. I have been stuck in the house. I couldn't even go anywhere cause I have no money left for the month. Can't visit anyone cause they think I have cooties. I hope I don't get it!! I will probably take him to the Dr. tomorrow since he has had fever for 4 days and a pretty bad cough. Last time he had walking pneumonia! He probably won't go to school on Tues..which I will also have to cancel the playday with a boy in his class as well. It got cancelled last week because he was sick. Oh well.

Here are a few comments he got from TV (noggin)

I had TP in the hallway upstairs to bring down. When I was in the bathroom he took them all out and stacked them one on top of the other (like 6 rolls). When I came out he said. "mommy look...the leaning tower of toilet paper!" (this he would have gotten from Wonder Pets)

On Thursday he was talking to my mom about the two new foods he has tried and she was commenting on how big and strong it would make him. His comment to her was "aren't you impressed?" This I believe is from Moose A Moose telling Zee that his is impressed with something.

Speaking of the new foods...figures he gets sick right after and goes into I'm not eating mode. So now we are struggling just to get something in his belly. How does it go? One step forward, two steps back? UGGH!

Jack always wants me to pick him up. He is getting heavy so I try not to. Since he has been sick he wants to even more. He was wathing Dirty Jobs with T the other day. They were at an aligator farm. So now I have to pick him up all the time because the aligators are going to get him.

Isn't it Purty!!!!

I love my new look! I want to send a huge thanks to my friend Suzanne for doing this for me. I was very indecisive and I am sure drove her nuts. So thank you for also being patient with me.

In other news....could it BE any colder!!. This morning I was debating whether I should shower because it snowed last night and the driveway needed cleaning. I decided I would wait and shower after I snowblowed. Then I came down and let the dog out. Man it was cold...so I checked my computer and it was -6! HUH! Then it said the high today was 8. No way was I doing the driveway...thank goodness it didn't snow a lot because now it will have to wait. So in the shower I went! I have a sore throat! These other people in the house (T & J) think that they can get the mommy sick. Remember guys??? Moms aren't allowed to get sick.

My mom picked up J from preschool today so I can get some work done. Woops...I guess I am blogging. Well I just got too excited because of my new look! Thank for watching him mom!!!