Thursday, July 9, 2009

Tylenol

The last week nights have been horrible, Presley falls asleep around 10 then wakes up around midnight wanting to be held. I pick her up(btw I have tried just letting her "cry it out" she just cries harder and starts to hyperventilate and can't catch her breath) and rock her, put her in her bed and she wakes up and screams so after doing this what seems like a million times finally at 4ish I just take her to bed with me. She then tosses and turns, I toss and turn, Manuel tosses and turns. NOT GOOD. I have been so tired since this started going on at 7 I am ready to crash.
Last night around 1 she starts screaming, not just a cry, I try to calm her and nothing works. She was really really hot so I got her a bottle thinking she might just be hungry. That calmed her down but she was still burning up. This morning she was hot and her nose was running :( I say it every time she gets a little cold... She must be teething. The teeth never appear. She hasn't had a good nappy in 3 days, today's afternoon nap attempt was a repeat of last night, woke up screaming. Her little nose is running like crazy and of course she hates me wiping it :( Her cheeks are rosy (see above pic) and her eyes are just so tired. My poor baby! So I finally broke down and gave her Tylenol. Ugh, I hate Tylenol. Ever since she was 2 months old and had her first shots, they told me to give it to her and it made her so out of it she was lethargic and it scared me to death. She has only had Tylenol once since then and I only gave her half of what they recommend for her age. My mom and friend think I am crazy. When I told my friend about my feelings towards it she said" Really oh man every time _____ would cry I just popped some Tylenol in her mouth". I babysat a baby when I was preggo with Presley and the mom said if she looks tired and is fussy just give her some Tylenol and it will put her right to sleep. Crazy! Hopefully she will get better soon. We have a camping trip planned this weekend with my family for my dad's birthday & I don't know if we will be going now.
On a better note... At Tjmaxx the other day Presley heard a phone ring for the first time lol. I have a song as my ring tone, Manuel always has his on vibrate and we don't have a house phone. The phone rang and she got this puzzled look on her face lol. So I showed her the phone and said hello, now when we say "hello" she puts her hand to her ear like it is a phone. She is so smart. @ almost 10 months when we say "patty cake" she claps her hands, "bye bye" she waves, "pretty picture" she puts her hands above her head like a picture frame, "high five" she gives us a high five, and now "hello" puts her hand on her ear.

Better go get started on dinner... vegetable fried brown rice tonight :)

1 comment:

Courtney said...

awww poor little mamas, i hope she feels better soon!