Ben’s Blog

Liam woke up Saturday morning with a fever. In addition, you could tell he felt horrible. We thought it was just teething-related issues. Turns out it’s thrush. He’s not quite as bad as he was Saturday, but he’s still not feeling good at all. Poor little guy. That’s two weekends in a row of not feeling well.

Obviously, Liam being sick distracted from Luke’s potty training. I still think it was a worthwhile venture though. By Saturday afternoon he was having very few accidents. Of course, we had his potty in the living room and Cassie was asking him if he needed to go every five minutes. The biggest “problem” is that he doesn’t realize on his own that he needs to go. I guess that will come with time. For now, at least until Liam gets better, it’s back to pullups and diapers.

Potty training Luke commences after breakfast in the morning. Cassie’s chosen method involves Luke being naked from the waist down. It should be fun. Wish Cassie and Luke good luck.

Liam and I have been given the task of making ourselves scarce all day as to not interfere with the process. Anyone interested in having lunch with the two of us tomorrow?

Unfortunately we can’t hide out in my office. It’s a construction zone. I’m in the middle of adding several shelves to the closet. I could finish it in an hour or so, but that wouldn’t exactly be a Liam-friendly activity. Maybe I can finish it during one of his naps tomorrow, if Luke doesn’t find the drilling distracting.

Sometime early last week Cassie started getting sick. Nothing too bad, just a runny nose, sneezing, coughing, etc. A day or two later Luke picked it up. Still no big deal. They were both better in a few days with no major incidents.

Friday afternoon Liam started showing signs of being sick, including a fever. We assume there was some teething involved, as he was drooling massive amounts of saliva. Saturday he was as miserable as I’ve ever seen him. Several times he would just cry and cry. Saturday night he woke up every couple of hours or so. Around 3am he decided he wanted to cry for a while. We finally distracted him with one of his toys. After an episode of the Wiggles we were back to sleep again.

Sunday he felt a lot better, but was still under the weather. He had a couple of crying spells, but nothing like Saturday. To our relief he only woke up once Sunday night, and it was before I went to bed, which is much easier to deal with. Other than being clingy and maybe a little whiny, Liam was almost completely better today.

Luke, on the other hand, just wouldn’t go to sleep last night, which is really strange because he’s a really good sleeper. He normally goes to sleep around 9:30pm. He and Cassie started out on the couch, then moved to the bed, then back to the couch, and back to the bed. Around 12:30am Cassie asked me to drive him around. I did. He fell asleep in about ten minutes. As I was getting him out of the car, he woke up. He laid in bed awake with Cassie for at least another hour before finally drifting off.

This morning he woke up around his usual time, ready to face the world. (Cassie, not so much.) No sign that anything was wrong. He was good all day. Tonight, just before bedtime, we discovered he was running a temperature. He seems to be feeling fine other than that though. Hopefully it’ll pass.

The last time we had it this bad was when we all got a stomach virus before Liam was born. We had to call in reinforcements that time. It’s never fun to see your child miserably sick. It’s even less fun when they keep you awake. :) I hope it’s awhile before we have another episode like this again.