Monday, January 28, 2008

Sick Duckling



What in the world is going around! Zach finally got better from being sick after Christmas..and then BAM...he gets sick again! Last week his fever got up to 104.7! He was so sick and I could tell he was soo miserable...it just broke my heart. He could hardly breath, he wouldn't sleep at night, he kept getting the chills and his whole body would shiver including his lil lip that was truely purple, and he was so lathargic..it was sad. We don't have health insurance for him still so I kept hesitating taking him to the doc. hoping it would just pass...and with a blessing, it did...or for a couple days anyway. Just last night his fever came back, his nose completely stopped up again and of coarse no sleeping at night again. He has actually been happy this morning (thank goodness) but his nose has nasty crusties like crazy!

On another note....I need some serious tips. Zach is a horrible nap taker. How in the world do I make him better at naps? Ocassionally I can put him down and he might cry for like 5 min and fall asleep...but only stay asleep for like 30 min! And other days I have to just go on car rides so I can get some peace and quiet! He is not one to cry himself to sleep for a nap, if it takes longer than five minutes it won't happen...I've tried...and then it just makes everything worse! One time I let him cry and after an hour he fell asleep...for ONLY 20 min! So I let him cry more thinking he would fall back to sleep...negative. So any helpful tips would be appreciated. He does sleep wonderfully at night (when he is not sick) He gets about 10-12 hrs each night..so we just have serious problems with naps!

This boy loves to sit in boxes! (and drink his juice of coarse)

Tyler got a gift certificate to Al Biernat's Down in Dallas. So we went there last weekend. All I can say is WOW. I have never been to a resturant that is so upperclass. I felt like I should have been in a dress...and should have been wearing my biggest pearls or diamonds. It was crazy, they even put our napkins in our laps for us. You had to get Vallet parking (so of coarse we parked somewhere else and walked) and all the cars were porches and jags and other pretty sweet lookin rides. Just as soon as you walk in you totally feel OF the world. It was a fun experience (and so stinkin expensive), but we will never go there again, in less we were given another gift card...although you do feel kinda stupid handing them a gift card... and they probably did think we were cheapos..haha oh well.

5 comments:

Sarah said...

I'm sorry about his naps. If you it makes you feel any better, the little preemie in our ward is the EXACT same way with naps, really. I hope you can figure out something.

And i'm sorry he's sick again :(

Bec said...

oh that does make me feel better...maybe it is a preemie thing...

Brianne said...

I'm sure it doesn't help that he's not feeling well...sorry! My suggestions are to make sure his room is DARK. I don't know if you have a black-out shade or even a blanket over the window works. I also use white-noise to help drown out Ben's playing so Matt can nap better. I just turn on the radio to static and some people use box fans. Maybe it is just a preemie thing, who knows. You might also try going through a shortened version of your night-time routine to cue his brain that it's time for sleep. I hope it gets better because I know it can be so frustrating! Good luck!

Bec said...

Thank1s Brianne! Those are great ideas!! I think you are right about darkening his room...I think the light is part of the problem! I am going to black out his room right now!! Thanks : )

Jana said...

That kids takes the cutest pictures! Fun date night! Reminds me of the time Brad and I went to a nice steak house and asked for a Coke instead of wine...yeah, that seemed pretty un-classy to them.