Background:
I've had sick kids for the past two weeks complete with a virus, rash, runny nose, cough and general crankiness. Bodie has spent the better part of the last 2 weeks in his jammies.
The scene yesterday:
Me at our rental house with my two kids and my dad showing the house to potential renters. Both kids crying and fussing off and on. My dad doing his best to hold Abby and settle her down. Me on all fours trying to fix the pool vacuum (in a skirt). Both of us trying to keep Bodie out of the pool.
Me at our rental house with my two kids and my dad showing the house to potential renters. Both kids crying and fussing off and on. My dad doing his best to hold Abby and settle her down. Me on all fours trying to fix the pool vacuum (in a skirt). Both of us trying to keep Bodie out of the pool.
After two and a half hours, back at my parents house to drop off my dad and say hi to my mom. I expected Bodie to be a happy camper by then since my parent's house is his Disneyland...his happiest place on earth.
Instead, Bodie cried non-stop for 2 hours.
Inconsolable.
Not even ice cream would do it.
Abby cried in pain from constipation.
At 5:30, myself and my 2 kids left my parents house. By this time both kids were screaming (one with a messy diaper and no clean diapers in the diaper bag).
We arrived home with 2 out of the 3 of us still crying. The third was almost in tears because I knew my husband was on a plane and wouldn't be home for 24 hours
(of all weekends to be out of town).
My thought at that moment---I'll feed my kids and they'll both go to sleep. They'll sleep really good because neither of them feel good and they've been crying forever.
But that thought was not to be.
The scene last night:
Both kids cried until 8:30 p.m. I put both snug in their beds. I cleaned bathrooms (they were on the verge of unacceptable), dusted the banister and folded laundry.
10:30 p.m.- Abby awoke, ate and burped.
11:00 p.m.- I crawled into bed.
11:30 p.m. Bodie awoke crying.
11:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m.- Bodie cried and I went in and out of his room rocking him back to sleep.
1:00 a.m.- I brought Bodie to my bed (that's never happened in the history of his existence. But desperate times call for desperate measures friends).
1:00 a.m.-3:45 a.m.- Bodie cried, sucked his finger and almost fell asleep.
3:45 a.m.-He fell asleep.
4:00 a.m.- Abby woke up crying.
4:01 a.m. Bodie was up and wanted to watch Elmo or Barney
4:01 a.m.-4:40 a.m.-I fed Abby, tried to keep Bodie from repeatedly bonking her on the head with some plastic thing he found under the bed and said a prayer to please help me make it through this night.
4:40 a.m. -Both kids went back to their own beds.
6:00 a.m.- Both are up and ready for another day of fun.
The silver lining---this morning my scale says I'm down 3 pounds :)
9 comments:
Oh, that sounds terrible. So terrible. I hope the kids start to feel better and you get a decent night of sleep soon!
Isn't it amazing when we all live through those moments? Thumbs up to you for finding the positive in it all the next morning!
Staci - I'm SO SORRY! We have been WAY too sick here too, and the western regional dental convention is NOT my best friend right now, but it ends tonight at 6:00 (however, I was informed that our lawn needs to be mowed as SOON as my husband gets home tonight), so basically I'm looking forward to TOMORROW. PS I feel like those night like you described ONLY happen when you are on your own. I HOPE, HOPE, HOPE that tonight is better.
Oh man that sounds rough. Your definately a trooper, and a great mom. I think I'd be in tears by the end too. Well hopefully they are feeling better and the plus side is your 3lbs lighter :)
I think you are amazing! I hope sleep comes easier to your kids tonight. I love how you found a postive in it. WAY TO GO!
What a woman. So sorry to hear the little ones are miserable. Now put the kids to bed, get a book, run the tub full of bubbles, tell Bacho your out for the evening and fall in. Have a great evening. Love you
Hi Staci! I'm so glad that I found your blog. For one, you have the cutest family and we're excited to get to know you guys better. And two, thank you so much for solving that Wheel of Fortune puzzle for me! Apparently that episode froze over my DVR recording of "Lost" so when we hurried and got the kids to bed and sat down to watch it all that played was the frozen Wheel of Fortune puzzle. I was so disappointed but then was even more frustrated because I couldn't solve the puzzle! By the way, congrats for making it through one of those really crummy mom nights! Isn't it amazing how kids always feel worse in the middle of the night when we the moms have no coping skills left? I've been through a lot of nights like those and the only thing you can count on is that the sun will eventually come up to end it all!
That sound like a night from hell! (hope that doesn't offend you) . I know exactly that sort of night all to well and my heart is so sad for you. I hope things get better. Congrats on the 3 pounds that is so exciting!
Oh the blessings of having babies. It makes it all better when they do something sweet and you remember how much you love them. Good luck!
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