Better

So after Dekker threw up a bunch yesterday, we had no idea how the night would go. I’m happy to report that he slept like a rock. On his face. All night. He was pretty iffy in the morning still. He had a bit of cereal, but not much at all. Then he asked for banana, but didn’t come close to finishing it. I gave him a slice of bread with butter, and he ate about half. All he wanted to do was slug back milk, milk, and more milk. The general rule for tummy sickness is always bland foods and clear fluids, I believe, but I didn’t want to deny him milk. Dekker is pretty clear about what he wants most of the tim, so if the kid was thirsty for milk, we didn’t want to turn him down.

We went downstairs to play after breakfast, and he wasn’t exactly into it.

IMG_4162He began fussing right when we got down to the toys. When Dekker gets really frustrated day to day, I call him over to me and gives me both of his hands, and we have a bit of a face to face chat. Well, we sure tried, but that little guy just couldn’t keep it together 🙁 So when I reached out my hands for his, and he came in for a hug instead, I scooped him up and he dozed in and out for a bit. Eventually, he wanted to go down and play. It was pretty slow moving, but he was awake until his usual nap time! That was pretty great because that way, he and Laela went down at the same time, and slept a good couple of hours.

While Dekker played, didn’t play, watched shows, snacked on crackers and water, and sat on the floor staring at the wall, Brady and I did all the laundry. All of our clothing is puke-free! I also gave in and started packing up the clothes Laela has grown out of. Its so sad to already put an age away, yet its exciting pulling out all the fun new stuff too. And I’m pretty sure by this age, Dekker was already in nine month stuff, so moving Laela up to six doesn’t feel too bad.

Ok, how does anyone get rid of the stickies left by a label if they're still there after a wash?!
Ok, how does anyone get rid of the stickies left by a label if they’re still there after a wash?!

After those two chores, I felt nice and accomplished. However, we did the big freezer count the other day and hadn’t written it on anything we could actually use or help us star organized. So I quickly made up a chartish thing on Excel, printed off a few pages, and filled it in with out “stock” while Brady and I watched Modern Family reruns online. For having a sick little boy, and an especially tired baby girl, I feel like we did a decent amount of chores and dreaded jobs. Laela woke up before Dekker did, so we had some snuggles while we finished up the episode we were working on. She is just the sweetest (perhaps the most frightened?) little girl in the world!

IMG_4165The evening was better. Dekker clearly felt better than he had in a while. He was hungry when he woke up, so we gave him some milk and cereal while we finished making breakfast. After his bout of sickness, if the kid just ate cereal and bread for a few days, that would be fine by me. But he wanted a banana. I gave him half and he gobbled it up, immediately asking for more. After that, he got excited about the supper we had prepared and proceeded to have fish and mashed potatoes with us. It was refreshing to see him hungry and happy, and then satisfied, just wanting to play toys.

Bedtime was pretty easy. Of course, Dekker would rather be up playing, he thinks. But our sensitive little boy knows himself, and he often knows that he is, in fact, very tired. We cuddled and hugged and kissed and had a big drink of water. We said we loved each other, goodnight, and he was down. No fussing or crying. Just resting.

The last thing I’ll say about today is that tomorrow, it will be TWO WEEKS since the day of Dekker’s surgery. Do you know what that means? Tomorrow is our LAST DAY OF EYE DROPS!!! I am sooo excited! I’m sure he would be too if he had any idea it was coming. Wish me luck! One more day of wrestling with Dekker to get those healing drops in, and then we can go back to normal life. I can’t wait!!!

 

 

f.j.friesen@sasktel.net

what was Laela thinking about?  That’s such a funny pic.  So glad Dekker picked up tonight.  Love ya

elvira

Yey!!! For last day of eye drops!! You made it!!
So sorry about his sickness, I feel so bad for him. Laela’s face is so funny and cute!!