So we took Cayden to the urgent care yesterday, and of course, as soon as we get there he stops acting the least bit sick and starts acting... Well, like a two year old. So, of course that makes me look like the over reacting Mom - even more so when they couldn't find a thing wrong with him. His ears look great, he's not cutting any major teeth that she saw, the only thing she said was his throat looked a little pink and she chalked it up to allergies.
Now, we have had Cayden on allergy medicine before but stopped giving it to him when he stopped having symptoms. I just didn't think allergies could cause a fever. I mentioned that to the doctor and she said he may have had a virus over the weekend, but he looked good now.
However, last night, same deal. Woke up crying, had to move him into bed with us, and he still woke up every few hours fussing.
I know my son. He's not the best sleeper, so if I honestly thought he was just regressing into old sleep patterns, I would admit it. I would be frustrated, but I would be able to say "my kid just hates sleep." But I know his cries. And I know the difference between "I want attention" and "I don't feel good." He doesn't feel good. Maybe it is from allergies. But I know my kid doesn't feel well, and I really felt like calling that doctor up at three am when I was up with him - again - and asking her if it sounded like there was nothing wrong with him.
I know it's not her fault - kids just get random kid diseases that they can't treat or really even diagnose and you have to tough it out, but damnit I'm tired and cranky and I have to take it out on someone, lol.
The upside to this is that I FINALLY got off my butt and rearranged Cayden's room. I vacuumed really well because Cayden's pediatrician implied that it might be the animals that were causing him to have allergies (and while his room is SUPPOSED to be an animal free zone, the door has been left open a couple of times accidentally and the cats have wandered in.) And then I got rid of some furniture and moved Cayden's bed to his new spot. I was half afraid that it might throw him off his sleep schedule even more - rearranging, but he passed out pretty quickly, so who knows, maybe it'll help?
And does any Mom out there have suggestions for how to get your kid to take medicine? The doctor recommended giving him pain meds before bed in case anything is bugging him, and then his allergy meds are before bed (because he takes a drowsy formula) but Cayden has lately developed a HATRED for medicine. He gets it in a dropper, and he used to love it - he took it willingly, said "mmm" and even asked for more - so I know it's not a taste thing. It may just be a control thing now, but I literally have to hold him down and force feed him, and I'm not even sure he gets it all, all the time. Tonight half his dose went into his freshly washed hair.
That about wraps up this week so far. Just tired, praying Cayden sleeps decently tonight.
As far as the baby goes - not much is going on there. Still haven't settled for sure on a boy's name. Still impatiently waiting for my ultrasound next week (if you're the praying kind, please pray that this baby feels like showing off the goods!) The baby is moving MUCH more than Cayden ever did - but I think that also may be due to the fact that with Cayden I had an anterior placenta which can block movement. I really need to get my butt in gear with buying baby stuff though. I can't believe I'm 6 months pregnant and have, like, nothing. OK, that's not true. We have our double stroller, and I have a car seat from Cayden, I just need to get it out of storage and wash it and stuff - same with the bassinet. I need to find our bottles and buy new nipples in case breastfeeding doesn't work, and I need clothes so badly for this child, but I guess I'm waiting for them to confirm boy or girl. I just feel so behind - I think because with Cayden everything really was done by now. And this time around, there are just other things to focus on - like my friends wedding or getting Cayden's party ready, or even getting Christmas ready before the baby arrives.
Here's another questions for Mom's - because I can't seem to remember. How many outfits does the baby need in each size?
So sorry to hear about Cayden not feeling well! I hope things went well last night and that he's feeling better...can't offer any advice on medicine just yet.
ReplyDeleteAs far as baby clothes, have you checked out any consignment shops or second-hand stores? There are some good baby/kid ones out there. I have two friends who are basically feeding me clothes in a pipeline. Their babies are about 3-4 months ahead of Stella. I can say that we got a ton of newborn outfits -- probably 30 if you count all the onesies. She hasn't worn all of them yet and is now growing a bit out of them. We're testing out the 0-3 months outfits now, though they're still a bit big. I'd say that if you get 7-10 outfits of each size, that would be good, depending on how often you do laundry? I could be way off here, still new to this stuff... :)
Things unfortunately did not go much better last night. I don't know, maybe he does feel fine and it's just an attention thing. My friend who has a child around Cayden's age said her daughter has been waking more in the night now too. So maybe it's one of those regression things. Or I guess he could be going through a growth spurt too. He did however "sleep in" (or rather slept till the normal time he normally gets up. He's been waking an hour-hour and a half early) So that was nice.
ReplyDeleteWe do have some outfits that we got from consignment shops and stuff, and my Mom did buy the baby some new stuff, but I think I still need more. It's hard too because they haven't been putting winter stuff out so... Cayden has tons of clothes and doesn't wear half of them, it seems like we get settled on a few things and just put him in them over and over again for whatever reason.
That's another thing I need to stock up on - fall/winter clothes for Cayden.
For the meds, my son still does that and he is 8. He is learning to take pills now. But I wouldn't tell him and mix it with juice or Gatorade. Just a little dixie cup size and let him sip it over like 10 minutes. That might work.
ReplyDeleteMy son hated meds, my daughter loved them. she'd fake being sick to try to get bubble gum flavored tylonal or whatever is was she liked. I would have to hold my son down and force it in him, I have no other suggestions, but do have a funny story. My son was like 6 or 7, daughter around 1. Son had diarehha, I was trying to force peptobismo into him one morning. I left the open bottle on the coffee table and had my son pinned on the couch. My daughter mean time pick up the bottle of Pepto. I caught her half to her mouth and screamed NO. Needless to say nice pink Pepto went all over the living room.
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