What have we been doing

Since Moe's return life has been INTERESTING around these parts :).

Not in a bad way by any means. Well unless you consider him coming home SICK is bad. Oh, right... that is BAD!

I had to take him in to the ER due to our dr. being out of office for a while. It was confirmed that he had Pink eye, Strep, an inner ear infection and Bronchitis. NICE!

We got some antibiotics and have been knocking this stuff outta the park.

I am REALLY sanitizer happy when it comes to sicknesses. When one has gotten it in our household in the past it has stayed to that one person. I wash everyone's hands a LOT and sanitize on top of that. NOBODY touches anyone and they all stay in respective spots until said sickness is over... ( more or less, minus trips to the bathroom and kitchen table. Then it is sanitize and wash all over again).

But this time... oh yes, this time. I was doing GREAT to keep the boys from being too close to one another. I was clorox wiping toys and Moe was only allowed ONE toy for a limited time until it was time to "switch" so I could clean the one he had and give him something else. All that work and I look up and see Bear holding Moe's sippie he'd gotten off the counter!!! I cannot tell you how badly I was ready and willing to clorox swab the inside of his mouth at that point!

At that point I knew it was inevitable. Bear was going to get what Moe had. AND HE HAS! Yesterday afternoon he woke with a fever. Just the tip of the iceberg people! Just the tip.
Today he has a pink eye and a very hoarse throat (not to mention VERY SORE), a terrible runny nose and an AWFUL cough!

To the ER we go! I walk in and write my own prescription seeing I already KNOW what it is! (Okay so I didn't write my own of course and I still had to wait 3 hours to walk back out with a prescription for the same meds Moe is taking). NOT.A.HAPPY.MOMMY!

I know it is none of my children that can help what is going on. I am just mad that I have been so careful to not take my children out to places with sick kids or even have BEEN sick. When "sick season" is about I don't go to any public places where my kids can "roam free" or touch things. I wipe everything down with sanitary wipes including their hands and yes even around their mouth (not their lips) and around their nose (where all germs enter). And home comes MOE sick as a dog for lack on his families part to keep him well.

I feel like I have given up my child(ren)'s well being just so that they could be lazy, and it drives me insane. Again I know we are going to get through this and I know that there are worse situations that we could be dealing with but I am frustrated all the same, I am venting! I am glad to have our little boy back no matter... I just hate that he is having to endure this and drag Bear along right behind him.

On to developmental news. :)

This was him the day he came home. We jumped right in the swing of things. Time out was/ is crucial for him. He is VERY strong willed and if you let him have an inch he will be writing you from China! The kid is SMART and KNOWS how to crawl right up under that nerve and WORK IT!

He came home throwing tantrums at the drop of a hat. He can no longer speak words as before he left so he is mad at the fact that we will not give him what he is whining for. We taught him to speak once before and we can do it again.

He and Bear are now playing good together and sharing (ahem... EVERYTHING apparently!). He is starting to sound out words again and he is smiling all the time (our CW said he was so depressed and NEVER smiled anymore. His mother also called me one day worried about him and his "being depressed"). He is happy again! I am thrilled to see such progress in his actions and speaking.

He was potty training when he left our home 4 mos ago and he totally regressed there too. I had to go back to "familiarizing" him with the toilet. Screaming fits and "rebellion". Finally he went. Now he is going like a champ and standing up even to pee pee in the potty. He stopped the other day and grabbed his diaper and looked shocked and made a noise (in place of talking). I asked him "Moe, you need to go potty?" He dropped his toys and ran to the toilet. He has had at most 3 "accidents" (he's still in pull-ups) since being home and "training" again. I am proud of him for trying so hard!


Other than the trying to keep their noses wiped and their meds straight and administered, we are moving right along in the right direction. I love my boys and am happy to be the only girl in the midst of all my guys. ONE day we will welcome our little girl home to stay :)... one day.

Off to tend to a crying Bear. He is VERY sore right now and does not handle sickness well! He gets hit hard when it comes to being sick! I don't like this part!