Sometimes the best laid plans....
I'm on vacation this week, and had some great plans lined up for us. Today I was going to take the boys to this really cool indoor play area that I learned about from a different blog. Mel and the girls were going to come with us. (Mel's computer died, by the way. That's why she has been missing)
Tomorrow I was going to send Joshua to day care and was going to take Jacob out to lunch and to his first movie.
And Friday I have a very long overdo hair appointment.
But I woke up to Josh wailing this horrible cry. I went into his room and found that he couldn't move. I though his foot was caught on something, but he was just too weak to move it. As soon as I lifted him I could feel how feverish he was.
I called the doctor on call, because when I tried to put him down on his feet, he fell.
Turns out the poor little guy has coxsackie.
I held him all day. He even came to therapy with me. He just lay in my arms. I don't think he said a single word all day.
So that takes care of our plans for the week. Luckily, I am on vacation, and I didn't/don't have to use any sick days.
Cross your fingers that Jacob doesn't catch it!
-b
Tomorrow I was going to send Joshua to day care and was going to take Jacob out to lunch and to his first movie.
And Friday I have a very long overdo hair appointment.
But I woke up to Josh wailing this horrible cry. I went into his room and found that he couldn't move. I though his foot was caught on something, but he was just too weak to move it. As soon as I lifted him I could feel how feverish he was.
I called the doctor on call, because when I tried to put him down on his feet, he fell.
Turns out the poor little guy has coxsackie.
I held him all day. He even came to therapy with me. He just lay in my arms. I don't think he said a single word all day.
So that takes care of our plans for the week. Luckily, I am on vacation, and I didn't/don't have to use any sick days.
Cross your fingers that Jacob doesn't catch it!
-b
16 comments:
Poor baby. Poor little thing. I want to hug the little sick sweetie.
Now, poor B. (((B))) It is absolutely horrible to see your baby like that. I hope he gets better soon.
Some ideas to make things special for the week: of course rent movies. Have you ever made fried dough? The kids will go nuts, it'll fill them up for the day, but it is an amazing treat. It is something I do for very special days for the kids. (Although in Italian we call it pizza frita.)
Shaving cream art - put shaving cream on tehh counter/table with spoons bowls forks, whatever. Kids can sculpt, do pretend food and just go nuts. Best part, it's soap, your counter will never be so clean.
That's about all I have, if I think of other things you can do at home to switch it up, I'll comment again.
Good luck, my friend.
ooh, those are good!
How do you make fried dough? Do you just fry dough in oil?
Poor little fella. I'm sorry your plans were foiled, but it feels so right to be there for your children when they need you.
Aww...poor Joshua. Hope he feel better soon.
highladgal, I am very grateful that I was able to be home with my little guy today. And I am lucky to be able to do the same tomorrow. But it seems that every single vacation I have, my kids (or I) get sick. I just want to be able to do something fun with my kids one of these vacations!
Yes, you can buy pizza dough, heat up canola oil, stretch outthe dough lay it out in the hot oil, flip when brown, then when the other side is brown too, drain on paper towels, add sugar and your kids will be dancing.
Put on your fan if you have one, it does smell up the house a bit.
I never plan because something always stuffs the plan up.
Having sick kids might not be so bad though. Some of the best days I had were when I was sick and had to be looked after by mum. For Josh, having mum there looking after him would be a great thing, not having to work or anything like that.
I can't remember specific things we did but then in the days of my childhood we sort of made our own fun.
One idea could be to throw a sheet or two over the table and camp under it. That was always fun for us as kids. You might not be able to go outside so bring the outside inside.
Hide and seek is always a winner for kids and is kind of more fun inside anyway.
Making stuff out of cardboard, painting/drawing, etc.
Making playdough is always good cos then you can make stuff out of the playdough.
Speaking as someone who always tries to look at the brightside, never see something like this as an irritation. I can't say what it would be like as a parent because I'm not one and I don't even have a lady in my life but as someone with a bloody good imagination I do know that any situation can be made fun. It's just a matter of thinking outside the square. Always, always, always the simplest things are the best. Make up some sort of game where Josh needs to use his imagination. He will feel heaps better because he's having fun and because his mind will be taken off being sick.
And when he has no energy hold him in your arms and just read to him. Of course you gotta do the same with Jacob, that just goes without saying. Hopefully it will rain and rain hard as well. It sounds stupid but if your house has a tin roof then you'll understand. Holding him in your arms while the rain pours down, there's nothing better than that. Something about rain on a tin roof and being held by someone who cares for you.
Don't do the video rental thing. It's a copout and will ruin any fun being had.
But then I do run a site called Insanity Reigns Supreme so what do I know. :-P
LW -
Great ideas. Sounds like you had a great mum.
About the video rental, I feel the need to defend myself. My kids didn't even watch TV yesterday, and they just started watching movies on rare occassions. (they are 2 and 4)
That being said, when you are trapped in the house for a week solid with 2 small children, one sick, videos are not a cop out. Trust me on this one. :)
Also, the tin roof rain thing...awesome.
What an amazing group of people! You all came up with some wonderful ideas. :o)
LW, I love your take on life. And for the most part I agree. I'm glad your mum made things so special and fun for you, that you "liked" being home sick.
I'm wondering though (as a mother of two small children - who I adore) - Did your mum think those days were fun? :o)
It's amazing how your perspective changes when you've got your own at home. :o) However, I will reread your entry when I forget to make the best of things. :o)
Wow! Very creative ideas. So far we have gone swimming (in the bath) played dress up (in mom's slippers) cleaned (with the broom) and had popsicles. And it's only 9:30 am :O)
I will keep consulting this list for more ideas. Luckily, Joshua seems back to his old self, so I think we may attempt leaving the house this afternoon.
And really, I'm sorry if I sounded like a pity party. But literally, every single vacation since I've had kids, we've ended up dealing with someone being sick. And honestly, I'm sick of it!
But I will try to keep a positive attitude for all of you positive people :O)
Dang girlfriend! (I don't know why...I see you posted this yesterday afternooon, but I wasn't able to even see it until this morning.) But I'm so glad that Josh seems to be feeling better this morning. Yeah, it's a double-edged sword...you're glad that you don't have to take time off to care for him, but it stinks that it messed up your vacation plans. I'm just relieved that he didn't get sick while you were down here. BIG hugs to all y'all... :)
I have to stand up for B - she is absolutely correct. EVERY vacation from school, every time she's gone away - someone has gotten sick!!!!!! She is not exxagerating in the least.
Sickness go away!!!!
I kind of forgot about the bit where it's a week off. Vids are good when you have to do stuff that you need to get done without the kids around so I relent on that one. Of course in my defense I did provide a disclaimer. :-)
Glad to hear Josh is getting better. Kids are good like that, they seem to bounce back quickly from things.
I have to admit that there's two things I can't stand in life.
Sad people, especially sad females there's just something wrong with that (possibly because I grew up with 3 sisters and my life was so much easier when my sisters were happier :-) ).
The second is kids getting hurt. I was in the park once and a kid fell off the flying fox and scraped his knee and started crying. I wanted to pick him up and try and console him until his mum got to him but that's frowned upon now days thanks to retards who have impure motives. So all I could do was just stand there helpless while his mum rushed over, all the while I wished there was some way I could take his pain away. I hate seeing kids crying because there's not a lot you can do to make things better for them because they're scared and it's damn hard to remove fears from kids, more so if they're not yours.
You can't stand sad women? You must hate me! :O)
As for the kids being hurt, I agree, it's heartbreaking to watch. I have picked up random kids at the playground when they've fallen and are bleeding, but the fact that I'm female, and have my own kids there prob. put other mothers at ease.
You seem like a very caring person. And caring people make me smile.
Not entirely what I meant.
I meant I can't stand seeing people sad. I guess it's really just the time we live in where life just seems to be weighing us down. I hate the fact that people can't ever seem to see the forest for the trees. It's not their fault they think like this. Society gives us a false sense of what it means to be happy.
Actually this has given me an idea for a post on my blog.
Thanks for that. :-)
Sorry about Josh that stinks. I'm glad he's feeling better and it sounds like you're making the best of it all. I hope you made it out this afternoon.
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