Terrible Two's with a Dash of a Fever
Posted by Ida , Monday, April 19, 2010
What a wacky day! William woke up with a fever and pretty crabby. Madelyn had an unusual morning of sleep (or lack of).
A trip to Quality was necessary for food since a big trip to Wegmans did not look promising. Everyone was happy until they returned home. William wanted to take his sneakers off himself. His newest and most spoken phrase is, "William do it." That is great that he wants to do things for himself until he is unable to do them. Don't try to help either. That makes it worse. Mommy acted like a crazy lady to get William to laugh and help him get his sneakers off without touching him or them. It worked. He finally got them off! Mommy went to take off his sweater and it started again. "William do it." Mommy was more than willing to show William how to do it by using her sleeve as an example, but William was too far gone - too upset to get back. Mommy left him in the mudroom and she went in the kitchen to put away the groceries. William climbed into the kitchen looking for comfort from Mommy. He calmed down and had lunch. All this time Madelyn is being a little angel. Crazy? No, lucky.
Nap time has been trying lately too. Today was no exception. William wanted to take his own sweater off (still on from earlier). He was so upset, Mommy couldn't distract him. Eventually, Mommy and William laid down in his big boy bed. William fell asleep quickly and Mommy had to sneak out. Just in time, too. Madelyn woke up as she was leaving William's room.
Mommy paid extra close attention to the monitor since William hasn't slept much in his big boy bed and she didn't want him to be afraid when he woke up. He only slept for 50 minutes. He may have gone back to sleep if Mommy laid down with him, but Madelyn was up and it didn't work out. William decided to get up and Mommy realized that his fever was climbing. Poor little guy. He happily took Motrin and, of course, fruit snacks. He watched a lot of TV this afternoon because Mommy wanted to avoid as much terrible two's with a dash of fever as possible.
William was in good enough spirits to help Daddy put up a clothes line in the backyard. Maybe it is his molars. Who knows?
Mommy took no pictures or videos today. Too crazy.
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