Monday, 06 July 2009
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- Thank heavens James' cold is finally on the upswing. He seems to be moving at least a little air through his sinuses today. The last two days have been mi-ser-a-ble for him.
- If he'd only let me anywhere near his nose with the bulb sucker things might be a little better but any attempt only results in heaving sobs and potentially throwing up. So not worth it. I already did one extra load of laundry this weekend because James walked into the kitchen, asked to be picked up, and then threw up all over himself and me. Nice.
- I did a second load yesterday of just our bedsheets. They weren't really due to be changed yet, but whenever James is on our bed he likes to flop on his back, roll to his tummy, and push himself to a sitting position. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. And with each repeat, as he pushes to sitting, he drags his nose over the sheet. And yesterday that meant leaving snot trails all over as he wallowed about. Glamorous, this parenthood thing.
- We stayed home from church yesterday so that he didn't spread his germs in the nursery. Travis went without us because it seemed silly to all stay home. It's the first time I've had to miss because James was sick (he usually comes down with something on Monday and is over it by the weekend) and it was disappointing to have to stay home. But I wanted Travis to get to go since he had to miss last weekend.
- Travis had the three-day weekend off with us because he's not on call this month and the clinic was closed. This was the first of ten consecutive weekends home before he's back on call again. This third-year stuff is A-OK with me.
- Next weekend I'm hopping in the car and heading west to my 10-year high school reunion in Iowa. I was going to take James with me, but my in-laws generously agreed to come out here on Friday and watch my boy until Travis gets home from work that night.
- It's a much better arrangement for the kiddo than 14 hours in the car in three days time, sleeping in a pack-n-play all weekend, and staying with a babysitter he doesn't know during the reunion. Instead he'll play with his doting grandparents on Friday and then spend the weekend having Man Time with Daddy.
- I'll be gone two days, which is approximately 1.75 days longer than I've ever been away from James. I'm already nervous about just how much I'll miss him.
- And that he'll miss me. I'd rather him not even notice I'm gone than think I've left him.
- I can't think about it. Instead I'll focus on how much fun it will be to see friends I haven't seen in ages and catch up.
- Guess who I got to see this weekend? A certain absentee girl named Shelly and her CUUUUUTE boys. You wouldn't even believe how big those boys are. And I can't show you because I FORGOT MY CAMERA. Erggg. I could just eat those faces. And did, just a little bit.
Things I'm looking foward to (to which I'm looking forward? That doesn't sound right. But the preposition on the end of that sentence is driving me crazy.):
1. Seeing old friends (I'm old enough to have 'old friends'. Gah.) next weekend.
2. Spending a night away with Travis to belatedly celebrate our anniversary, in late July. We're leaving J with my parents overnight and spending the next day shopping outlet malls. And as we haven't spent a dime on our anniversary in years, we're divvying up that extra savings and shopping with money to spend. My garage-sale fare, pre-baby wardrobe is practically giddy with excitement.
3. Going on vacation with my parents and sister/brother-in-law in August. Fishing and swimming and reading and eating and laughing, here we come!
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Comments (7)
The first time leaving your little one is always super-hard. (and, well, it's never easy) But he'll do way better than you. He'll have a blast! And coming home to him will be incredible--you'll be bursting with love for him--more than you thought possible.
awwwww! I'm so sorry about the sickie.... I hope he really is on the upswing - you do make parenthood sound enviable (see my blog today to add your thoughts on that)
Snotty sheets, puke in the kitchen... FUN. HA!
I am so happy for you that it sounds like Travis will have more time at home with you and James this year!! And excited for your anniversary get away! How wonderful!!! Time with your man and shopping! Perfect
I hope you have fun at your reunion... I'm opting not to go back for mine... I didn't stay in touch with anyone really.... do you have a group of friends you are meeting up with there?
Thankfully, our church has a "family worship center" so we all go with our colds and sit in there instead of putting the babies in the nursery. It's nice because Sundays are one of my few social times, and I hate missing it (oh, and the worship part is important, too!).
We just had colds and my babies HATE those aspirators, too. I did, however, try this which is fan.tas.tic. They hate it, too, but it really works well, doesn't go very far into the nose, and doesn't require the aspirator since everything comes running back out to be easily wiped away! (sorry for the gross description)
@mtaviano - Thanks Marla, it's encouraging to hear that he'll be fine. I know he'll be fine, but it helps to hear it from someone else.
@FlyingCAB - I do have a small group of friends I hope to see, and the person I'm staying with has remained a good friend over the past 10 years even though we've only seen each other a handful of time. It's one of those you can pick right back up, you know?
@shannahhogue - Ooh, I'll have to check that out. I did buy a bottle of just regular old saline drops several colds ago, and we drip those into his nose for the same effect. But I wonder if the spray kind like that would be more effective than hoping the drops stay in long enough to work while he wriggles around. Thanks!
@Marketer319 - That is exactly why I love it. My babies move their heads back and forth and I barely get any drops inside. The spray nozzle fits right inside (though you still have to try to hold them still), and the spray does more effective cleansing, faster. Do be careful, though. I kept spraying them in the eyes when they'd pull away really fast. Didn't hurt them, but they were really surprised!
@Marketer319 - @shannahhogue - not that you asked. but, here i go w/ unsolicited tricks!
this is how i used to always have to get boogers out of the bambina's nose...i'd sit down on my knees on the floor, and lay her on the floor with her head by my knees. And then i'd stick her head between my knees and (GENTLY, OF COURSE!) hold it still, while i held her hands down with one hand and picked out boogers with the other. I've since used the same technique (i'm sure super nanny would condone it. 
) for saline drops, etc.
I also learned from my doc that you can do the same kind of thing by pulling baby's hands up over their head, clasping thier two hands in one of yours and going to town on the old nose with the other hand. i was surprise, but at the dr. office it was impossible for E2 to move while they check in his mouth that time he busted his teeth.
ANYWAY...didn't mean to go into all that. :) THe best part about leaving him for a little while will be being able to enjoy his delight when you return. That's the downfall of being a sahm--you rarely have times when you leave & come back to an excited kid. Not that it'll be easy. Make sure you take loooots of pictures to show off to your friends!
^^and clearly, i have forgetten the use of -ed when speaking in past tense.