Sick Babies

How do you make a lil guy sleep when he's hurting from cutting teeth and a miserable ear infection? 

One part car seat and a bajillion parts prayer. 

Thank goodness for well rested Daddies!
I was so tired that I never would have
thought of the car seat on my own! But, DUH!,
it hurts to lay flat when you have an ear
infection. Mama's arms are good, but
he LOVES his car seat! 

My sweet Titus is sick. Really sick. This is probably the worst illness one of my babies has ever had. I haven't heard so much crying since dealing with colicky baby David - and that's saying something because that child screamed at the top of his lungs for a minimum of 6 hours straight every single night when he was a baby. 

He's been a little under the weather since last Tuesday, but the worst of it began Friday night. I knew he was feeling super yucky when I put him to bed at 8pm, but I had no idea what the night would hold for him and I. He slept for just an hour before waking up. He nursed, but didn't settle right back down. It took a while to soothe him, but he did go back to sleep for me. He slept just one more hour before waking again (just as I was preparing to go to bed myself) and this time he wanted nothing to do with nursing or being comforted. He fussed his way through the next 2 hours before passing out in my arms as I rocked him. I waited about a half hour, until I knew he was good and asleep, before attempting to lay him down. His chubby cheek no more than hit the sheets before the screaming began. It was now well after midnight and I was beyond tired. I tried everything I could think of to get him to sleep after that - I even conceded to sleeping upright in a chair all night with him in my arms if that's what it took. 

But nothing worked. Nada. No sleep. Zilch. Titus' screams woke Dave around 3am and he got up to check on us. He made me some food and got me a drink before heading back to bed. The crying continued on...

Finally, nearing 5am as Dave's alarm was going off for work, Titus gave way to sleep. Restless sleep, but sleep nonetheless. It lasted a miserably short 2 hours before he woke up and started crying again. :( There was no question now whether we needed to call the pediatrician now. Thank goodness for Saturday hours!! They confirmed what we already knew - he had an ear infection - and wrote him a prescription. The day continued on in much the same fashion as the night before....lots of crying and little sleep. Saturday afternoon we tried tugging on his ear. It didn't make a huge difference, but it did help some. It cleared things out enough that pain medications helped now. Previously, they hadn't made a bit of difference. He got some good rest Saturday night and was somewhat happier on Sunday. We're hoping now that the worst is behind us. *fingers crossed*

But now I spy an ear infection starting in Max. We're headed to the doctor this morning with him. :/

UPDATE: My little Max-a-roony has ear infections in both of his sweet little ears. :(

Applebee's rant

On a whim Dave decided he wanted to treat the fam to Applebee's tonight. We had some errands to run and wouldn't return home until right at dinnertime, which as a parent, is a huge no-no. I choose sanity. 

I was pumped when we got to the restaurant and saw it wasn't even half full. Sweet! This means less wait time and a quick meal, right? Yeah, not so much. Our waitress was a super nice girl and very accommodating to our booth full of hungry boys. She hooked us up with drinks and took our order right away - even offering to bring the kids' meals out with the appetizer so they didn't have to wait. That's a sure-fire way to get a big fat tip in the Sagers' book I tell ya. And then....well then we waited. And waited...and waited. Finally the first round of food arrived....and the boys' burger buns were burnt! Three teeny bites in they decided that they didn't like it and they refused to eat. We played with stickers and they nibbled our appetizer until our food came. 

Our food was in even worse shape than the boys' meals. Dave's steak was well done when it should have been medium, mine was extra well done instead of med-well and was topped with mushrooms that I had asked to have left off. A manager walked by soon after our food arrived and the poor thing asked how everything tasted. We told her. She flew to the kitchen to order up another meal for each of us. 

Waiting for the replacement meal took another half century and the boys had completely lost all patience by the time it was cooked so we doggie bagged it and headed home. An hour and a half in the restaurant and not a one of us actually ate dinner. :/ 

We got home and let the boys run free and get their wiggles out while we chowed down on our now cold steaks. Mine was still over cooked (Grrrr!), but this time Dave was very pleased...until he got to the bottom of the dish and noticed they left a little something behind from the kitchen..........

HE HAD A STICKER IN HIS FOOD! 

Gag. Blech. Yuck. Nasty. 

I may never eat at Kalamazoo's West Main Applebee's again. 

*Note: The shift manager and the store manager did try to make this right before we left the restaurant by giving us our original steak dinners as well as complete replacement dinners for free. They also gave us a card for 2 free entrees on our next visit. They apologized like crazy and did look as if they felt badly about it. They explained they were having trouble in the kitchen that night and tried to assure us that it was not the norm. I don't know if I believe them.*

Stocking up

I just bravely ventured out with the boys to Meijer for some necessary supplies. We are now stocked up on all the sickie essentials: soup, sprite, sore throat tea, powerade, Tylenol Cold and Sinus for me and Alka Seltzer Cold for David (I love that stuff. I really wish I could take it while pregnant *sigh*). We might just survive this. Maybe. 

Sickies

I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant and sick. Life's not fair.

Actually we are all sort of under the weather around here. For the most part, we've spent our days sitting on the couch, watching TV and looking like this:

The kids have been doing the best. Sort of runny nose-ish and overly tired and cranky, but it never seemed to hit them too hard. Just a big case of the yuckies. Dave and I woke up with super sore throats yesterday that turned into really stuffy noses and painful ears. Not good. Not good at all considering I could go into labor any day now.

Pray for us! We need it!

Who doesn't love a spaghetti face?

24 hours

Oh, what a difference 24 hours can make! Just yesterday Max was happy and healthy. Now this morning - just 24 hours later - we're working with a low fever and runny nose. Yuck. He looks super tired and yucky feeling. He's trying his very best to be happy and keep playing, but the poor guy just looks a little off today. Maybe a long nap this afternoon would help...