Fevers

Last nights sleep cycle wasn't any better than the night before.  Except this time - Emily woke up at 3:00 with a fever of 102.1 - after some Tylenol and sleeping on the couch next to me - I took her temp again at 8:00 and it was 103.2.  Since she already had an appt at the doctor at 9:30 - there was no need to call.

I got all 3 there and figured since I was there - they can check out Hannah & Hailey as well because they've been kind of congested and stuffy for a few days.  Turns out they ALL had fevers (I don't take their temp unless they're burning up), Emily has an ear infection and the other 2 each have a sinus infection. 

Emily's fever held steady between 103 and 104 (at one point it was 104.5) for the rest of the day.  This is WITH Tylenol and Motrin.  In the summer this would have been a no brainer - throw her in the pool and cool her down!  But today - it was only about 40 degrees so the pool wasn't an option.  Rather than risk the tub (a dangerous activity with 3 cranky toddlers and only one set of adult hands) we had some 'water play' fun.  I gave them each a bucket of cold water and opened up a box of macaroni.  Who knew they could cool off AND have fun at the same time?  They enjoyed putting the macaroni in the water and taking it back out again.  It was only time to call it an end to the fun when they started throwing hand fulls of water at each other LOL. 

On that note - in the pics on their blog you'll see a blanket on the table.  I keep a sheet and blanket that I use for pretty much EVERYTHING.  The blanket was on the table today because I knew how much water would get spilled and I needed something big enough to soak it all up (without having to stand over them with a towel).  When they paint or color or use play dough - I usually use the sheet.  I'll throw it on the ground outside or on the floor in the living room.  I'll use it to cover the table in the kitchen or even in the grocery cart at the grocery store (ok only once I had to that but I was glad I had the blanket in the car!).  Point being - this keeps me from having to worry about any mess they make.  They can make a mess all over themselves (they're washable!) and all over the blanket or sheet because I don't care if those get stained.  It saves our carpet and table from mass destruction!!!!! 

Hopefully they'll all wake up feeling better tomorrow.  It's been a rough week and it's only Wednesday.