Sickies Times Three

It all began on Sunday evening. Xander did not eat much dinner and just kept curling up in his chair as we tried to enjoy a dinner on our patio. He woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, which never happens. By morning he couldn't get off of the toilet. By Monday afternoon, he wasn't keeping food down and was rocking a fever.

Tuesday began poorly (nothing like cleaning up chewed up bananas from the carpet to start the day) but he was doing better by the end. Then Josie had lost her appetite and had also sprouted a fever.

Fortunately, Josie never developed the stomach problems that Xander did. By Wednesday they were both a little tired and cranky but not bad. Which was good timing since Hannah had her six month check up with the doctor that included shots.

So of course on Thursday we had the fun mix of the following: Xander developed a nice, croupy sounding cough and still had little appetite, fortunately he did not have a fever. Josie's fever reappeared with a vengeance and she also developed a cough. She was just exhausted and cranky all day. Hannah also developed a nice fever, though from the vaccinations or from germs I'm not sure.

So dealing with cranky, tired and sick children, stressing about school starting for Xander (I still haven't gotten his supplies or the rest of his uniform because we stayed home all week), stressing about school starting for me (new class with new standards and new book) and possibly getting some of the germs have lead me to waking up this Friday feeling exhausted.

This spreading of germs is what happens with children so I might as well get used to it. That or remember to douse the kids with hand sanitizer after they go to a trampoline party.