LONG Rough Week

Napping on the couch.



In the zone watching a car race!


It's only Friday morning and yet it seems like it should be Sunday night!! It's been a long rough week at the Dalrymple house. It began late Monday morning...Josh came home for lunch and Jack just snuggled up on Daddy's shoulder. He went down for a super early nap and was never the same again. He was fussy, in a daze and just didn't know what he wanted. Our first thought was teething....his two bottom 2 yr molars are coming in. It made sense, the whining, lack of appetite, fever.

By late Tuesday he wasn't better, still feverish and just not himself. We had to cancel everything we planned for the week and have been pretty much homebound all week. I'm going absolutely insane!!! For 4 nights in a row one of the boys has been up...so I didn't get out for my morning exercise 3 days in a row. This morning I went out again since Jack was only up for 30 minutes last night. I had to get out!!! One night it was Ewan, the other 3 it was Jack. Jack has been getting up screaming and doesn't know what he wants. He can't fall back asleep either, so I stay in the room with him so he won't scream and wake up Ewan. He just tossed and turned for nearly 2 hours until he finally fell asleep. After spending the first night on the floor I finally wised up and nodded off on the toddler bed!!

The days have been extremely whiny and frustrating. There isn't anything I can do to make him feel better, yet he wants something! And then he doesn't want it! And of course yesterday Ewan was fussy too (think it's just teething with him though).

So far today things are a little better. Ewan is himself so far, Jack is still whiny. He seems to have a sore throat and is now drinking little, in addition to eating almost nothing. But this morning Oma came to save the day and brought Panera for breakfast and give me some "adult" time. I also finally broke down and pulled out some videos of car races for Jack to watch. He isn't really allowed to watch TV, but at this point he loves to watch cars and he keeps him somewhat happy. He is in the zone and may nod off soon!

Hopefuly Jack will feel better soon. It's difficult to see him feel miserable and pathetic but not be able to do much for him. And I NEED SLEEP!!

Our other news is that Ewan is SO CLOSE to crawling. He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. Just hasn't managed to progress forward yet!