Sick Little Monkey

Last night was really bad, but at least I now know why! I put James to bed, and he seemed to go down relatively fine - but I did notice that he sounded congested. An hour later he was up, and he was crying very hard. I decided to let him cry a bit, thinking that I was finally going to "lay down the law". After 10 minutes I couldn't take it anymore, and he was coughing and breathing really hard - so I went in to rescue him. He fell asleep in my arms within a few minutes, so I put him back into the crib. He woke up the instant his head touched the mattress - so I attempted this three or four times before I finally had success. I had to prop him up on his side, and that worked. That was around 10:00pm. At 1:00am he woke up again, and again he was crying hard. The crying is unusual. His night wakings are usually just whining until he gets a bottle, so when he cries hard like that and has tears it means he's really upset. I went in and picked him up, but he wasn't even really awake. He kept his eyes shut, and just kept trying to bury his head into my neck. I felt so bad for him - he sounded extremely congested. Finally he fell asleep with his head on my chest, arms over my shoulders. It was really priceless, and although it was 1:30am I didn't want to put him down. I kept telling myself to cherish the moment. Someday he'll be too big to sleep on me like that! I carried him around like that until 2:00am, and then got my hubby to help me set up his rocking chair to sleep in. The rocking chair has a "brake" so that it doesn't rock, and then he is at least propped up enough to breath easier. Once I finally had him in there, he slept until 7:15am!

So, this morning I took him to the Dr. to have his ears checked. Thankfully his ears are clear, but the Dr. did say that he may still have fluid putting pressure on his ear drums - and that could give him an ear ache. I gave him Tylenol for the discomfort, and Dimetapp to clear up his congestion and he seemed to be happier. Tonight I gave him a cough/cold medication, and put him to bed in his rocker again. I feel confident that we all may sleep pretty well tonight... and then when he is healthy again, I WILL lay down the law!

P.S. Thanks Erica for sharing with me how to do this cool effect on photos. I love it!