Sick Babies and Rockin' Tunes

So a note on my playlist since I've never explained why there are a zillion songs. I LOVE music. I always have. In Jr. High and High school I would listen to it to go to sleep at night. I used to go dancing all the time in college. I just love music. It's a great way to express what you're feeling at the moment, get out your rage, etc. Anyway, I have so many songs on my playlist partly for that reason. The other reason is that I don't have a million dollars to buy the music and put it on my ipod, so this way, I can listen to cool tunes while I make dinner, clean the kitchen, do pilates, or on the computer. I just updated it today. There are a lot of current songs that I've heard on the radio and really like. And now there are also some really awesome 80's tunes. We heard a song on the radio the other night and had the conversation that they just don't make music like that anymore. I love the 80's-movies, music, the slang, and some of the classic outfits. Good times, good times. So anywho, I've added my top favorite 80's tunes. So if you have nothing better to do sometime, you should leave my blog open while you do other stuff around the house and take a listen.

Now, on to sick babies. Last weekend, Peanut came down with a cold. No big deal-a little bit of runny nose and wet cough. Well, Tues. baby came down with it. Bigger deal. Can't breathe because of snot, so running the humidifier at night. Helps a little, but also has the wet cough. My doc says no cough or cold meds for little guys under 6 because there's no proof they work or help and we don't want to medicate unnecessarily. Well, yesterday he stopped eating other than some yogurt for breakfast, which of course doesn't help the mucous, but I didn't care because at least he ate something. The day before he had eaten breakfast, but only snacked the rest of the day. Well last night he started running a fever. Around 9:30 we took his temp and it was 103. Yikes! Well, tylenol wasn't working very quickly, but he went to sleep and woke up at 1 am still burning up. I had him lay with me with a cold washcloth on his head for awhile and put him back in his bed with a prayer in my heart that he would be okay. B checked him before work around 6:30 a.m. and said the fever was gone, but he woke up for the day at 9 a.m. and was super hot again. I gave him more tylenol and took his shirt off. I called the doctor and asked when it would be a good idea to bring him in to have his ears checked and they gave me the symptoms, which he had pretty much all, but one. So I took him in and guess what? No ear infection! I hate that. I would rather him have one so I could medicate him to help him feel better. They did tell me, however, to alternate the tylenol with motrin, which is better at helping with sore throat anyway so he might finally want to eat. He's been so lethargic the last 2 days. I've literally had to hold him the entire day both days. As a matter of fact, he's on my lap while I type this (he's very helpful). I can't even put him down to go pee or put my shoes on without him completely freaking out. I so wish I could take his illness on myself. Not because I'm annoyed at holding him or anything, but because I hate to see him suffer like this. He finally ate half a graham cracker awhile ago and has a little life to him now that the fever has finally broken. Sometimes it's hard being a mommy. It's times like these where I feel a little more like I can relate to Heavenly Father. How he must wish he could take our suffering upon himself.