First of all, when I checked Benjamin's temperature at 10:30pm last night, it had risen again so I gave him some more medication and asked Dad to set his alarm for 2:30am to give him some more as I didn't want it to spike during the night. So, our sleep was interrupted - can you relate, Terri-Ann? :-) He did a little crying off and on from then 'til 6:30am at which time I finally got up and got him out of bed as it seemed like he was up for the day. He was not hot to the touch, so I figured that his fever had broken. I picked him up and took him downstairs and we sat on the couch in the dark 'til 7am when I went upstairs and woke up Colin and Caleb. Yep, you read that right - Caleb was not awake as yet. I told him that he had slept 'til 7am (I had asked him to do that last night) and he was so pleased that he had done it. :-) He told me he was going to try and do it tomorrow morning as well. :-)
After dropping Colin at the bus (I had him put on a sweatshirt on top of his shirt as it was really cold yesterday and I figured that he needed the extra warmth), I came back home and played trains with Caleb while Benjamin slept. Around 11am, Caleb said he wanted to get his soother and go to sleep. I took his temperature and he was 39.4C, so I gave him a dose of medication and put him to bed. He slept for 1 1/2 hours. When he came downstairs, I said to him "Your cheeks are red." He stroked them and said "They don't feel red." :-) He didn't want to take more medication (he didn't like the taste of it), but I told him that if the fever didn't stay down, he had to have some more medicine. He said that it would stay down. I took his temperature and it was at 38.1C; an hour later it was at 37.1C and by 3:05pm (when he got up from his second nap - from 2pm - 3pm), it was at 38.1C again. I told him that he didn't have to take any medication at this point and he was so pleased. By 5:20pm, it was up at 39.1C and so I had to give him some medication. Dad had bought some new stuff because we couldn't find anything for Caleb's age. This one was grape and after a lot of cajoling and tears, Caleb took it and he actually thought it tasted okay. At 6:30pm, he told me that he hurt all over and that he didn't like it. I told him that I didn't like it either. He didn't want to be touched (cuddled) cuz it hurt his body, so I laid him down on a pillow on the loveseat and put a blanket over him and he fell asleep right away (what a snorer! :-) I had asked him if he wanted something to eat or drink and he said no because it would hurt his tummy. I told him that he could eat plain crackers and that wouldn't hurt his tummy, but he still didn't want to eat anything. At 8:30pm, I picked Caleb up off the couch and took him up to the little mattress which is on the floor in our bedroom. I first changed his pyjamas as he had sweat so much, his top was really moist and his pillow was wet. He stayed there snoring until 9:30pm at which time I took his temperature and his fever had broken. (it was at 37C). He was so happy that he didn't have to take any medication and I put him to bed and told him to sleep 'til 7am - he said okay and went straight back to sleep.
Now, for Benjamin's day: he seemed fine temperature wise at 6:30am, so I didn't take it as he gets quite upset when I take it. He still has a runny nose and he wanted to be held most of the day (sometimes he wandered about, but stayed pretty close to one of us), but I thought he was past the worst of it. He slept from 9am - 11am and his breakfast was Cheerios and some of a plain waffle - he was also drinking quite well (milk and water). I took his temperature at 12:15pm and it was 38.1C. He ate some fruit for mid-morning snack and then had some vegetables and some mac and cheese for lunch (again drinking more). He went back down at 1:30pm and slept 'til 3:45pm. At 4:15pm, I checked his temperature again and it was at 39C. So, again with the meds which he hates taking and then again at 7:45pm I took his temperature again. It was down to 37.2C which doesn't require meds, but Dad thought that maybe we should give him some to him so that he would get a good sleep.
Colin's day: He had a long day at school again, but didn't say he was exhausted until he got home this time. :-) I asked him to tell me about one thing he did at school today and he volunteered right away (we were still walking home) that he did art today. He coloured two pictures: one of a bonhomme de neige and one of him coming down the stairs to open his presents. At one point in the afternoon, when I was trying to help Caleb feel better, I started reading from the December issue of 'The Friend'. As soon as I started reading, Colin came over to listen. He then said to me "I want to play, but you keep reading and I have to listen." I didn't tell him he had to listen, he was just taken by the stories I was reading. I read one about a girl who decided to give some of her Christmas presents to a poor girl in school. It generated with Colin a great discussion - he asked lots of questions and gave his thoughts on what we were talking about. It was really great! :-) When it was time for him to go to bed (we let him stay up a little later since it wasn't a school night - he and I played for a while with his lego pieces and then he and Pa played for a while while I tended to Caleb and Benjamin's bedtime routines), he told me that he was a little scared to stay in his room by himself - I told him that I would keep the door open until I brought Caleb in at 9:30pm. He seemed okay with that, but when I went into his room to put in Caleb's clothes in the basket, he asked me if I wanted to snuggle with him in his bed for a while. I told him that I would love to, but how about we do it in our bed. He was happy about that and fell asleep within minutes - that was why I had to take him into his bed at 9:30pm.
One more thing about Colin: I wasn't going to mention the movie invitation from the little girl in his class, but he brought it up so I told him that the movie they were going to watch was not really for little children. He seemed okay with this explanation and I told him that he could go with Pa tomorrow to buy some ice-cream (I told him that he could choose some fun thing to do tomorrow instead and he chose getting ice-cream) and I also told him that he could rent a movie and also go to Dollarama and buy some stuff to make his own 'goodie bag'. He was really pleased to be able to do all that and he asked for chocolate ice-cream and we suggested we buy the ice-cream and cones and have them at home. He also asked about us going to see 'Yogi Bear' and after I read about it on the movie site which Erin suggested, I decided that I couldn't make that decision about him seeing it (with one of us) and so I told him that Mommy and Daddy would have to decide that one. He asked us to check out what ages that movie was for - Dad went online and it said PG, so we told Colin that it was for older kids. He seems okay with this - he might ask you guys about it when you get home.
So, Day 2 is down and we sure hope that the rest of the days are not as crazy as this one!
Benjamin not feeling well laying on Ma
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