As I've already mentioned, Will had the stomach virus last week. Five days of vomiting and diarrhea. Then, on the first day that Will started to hold down some food, Liam got sick. Today is Liam's fifth day and thankfully, he just (about a half-hour ago) kept down his first bottle since Friday evening of last week. If you do the math, that's 10 consecutive days of blaaah. The last few, especially, have been rough because Liam is not sleeping well at night. Instead, he cat naps on-and-off, all day and all night. Sleep, whine, cry, whine, sleep, whine, cry, whine, eat, vomit, whine, sleep, cry...
This morning, I came downstairs with Liam at around 5 am. He was fussy and couldn't sleep, so I made him a bottle of Pedialyte. He calmed down a bit, but didn't fall back to sleep until around 6 am-- just in time for Will to come bounding down the stairs. Will asked for fruit snacks and then television-- and I would've nodded my head 'yes' to just about anything to keep things quiet. I kept motioning to Will to be quiet, pointing at Liam, who was lightly snoozing next to me. "Mommy", Will whispered, "I want to sit there. That's my spot." (Of course, 'there' was where Liam lay sleeping.) I tried to reason quietly with Will and felt my patience slipping away as he got louder and louder. Finally, he jumped off the couch and flipped the television off as he loudly protested. Liam's eyes bolted open as he gazed around the room. I was so frustrated that, without saying a word, I tossed threw the remote to the floor. The back of the remote flew off and the batteries scattered across the hardwood floor. Liam started crying immediately and Will, watching from across the room, was the first to speak...
"GREAT! Now look what you did-- you woke up Liam... and you're not supposed to throw things when you're angry."
You know you've had it when you look like the three-year-old and your three-year-old sounds like the adult. I'm so ready for everyone to be healthy again and for a few good nights of sleep. Hopefully, we're on the road to recovery.
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Wow, that's a great--um--snap, Cara. I do feel the pain with your meltdown. I had one the other day and Lizzie just looked at me like, "WTF?" Then she came over and patted me on the knee. It was humbling to be soothed by a 2 year old.
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