Sickies

When it rains it pours as the saying goes. First it was Milo, he wasn't really feeling himself on Monday. He had a pretty restless sleep on Monday night. As I watched his body language through the day I saw a very sluggish, unresponsive, rosy cheeked, glossy red eyed boy. All that Milo wanted to do is cuddle on the couch with his friends, not his mommy but his friends. As i checked on him through the day his body temp began to rise and rise. I picked him up and he basically went limp in my arms and his body was so hot that I knew that his body was fighting off some sort of nasty invader.

I consulted my Doctor Mom's Natural Healthcare for Children book and it confirmed to keep his body warm. If he sweats it's a good sign of his body properly cooling itself down while at the same time it's cooking the bug and getting rid of it. I knew it was time for bed when I looked over at him on the couch and he was nodding off and on. Mind you it was only 7:15pm when I put him down without a peep. Usually Milo goes to bed b/w 7:30-8:30. So our night was pretty bad. Milo was up crying almost every hour. Sometimes he was up as many as 4 times in an hour. Needing to go pee pee, or thirsty, or he lost puppy. Sometimes it was nothing at all other than feeling icky and sick. I felt horrible for him, he didn't want to come cuddle in my bed, he didn't want me to come into his bed, I was at a loss of what to do for him. I wish he liked cuddling with me.

Milo and I had our deepest rest from 5:30-7:30am. Then he woke with his typical cries. Here we go again. He was still sluggish and hot with a slight temperature but I was able to see that the worst was behind. YAHOO!!!!!!!! Not so fast Mom.

Ruby didn't escape the bug that got hold of Milo. Ruby woke up this morning around 8:30. Ruby is always standing up with a beautiful smile and very content and quiet. Today was a different story. She wasn't even standing up, she was lying down making cute talking noises. I felt the back of her neck and sure enough she was warmer than usual.

So as Milo was feeling better than he did yesterday it was Ruby's turn to fight off her intruder. A few very unnerving sights that I experienced today. There were a handful of times that I would turn a corner and see Ruby lying on her belly with her head resting on the cold wood floor. Wow, so tired and icky that she was just taking a little rest on the floor, witnessing her just lying in her crib after her 3 hour nap burning up with rosy cheeks, pooping in the bath at the very end was the topper of my evening. I swept her up as quick as I could, plopped her on the potty and she had a fit, as she was crying more squirts, at least we were ready this time. Poor lil babies.

Ruby is 1 years old now and this is her first fever. Milo is almost 3 years old and this might have been his first big fever. I feel so fortunate that this type of thing doesn't happen very often. I am ekping my fingers crossed that my body escapes this bug, the last thing I need is to get sick especially while Eric is away on business.

Feel better little sickies, I miss my happy smiling kids.
XO
Mom