Silas has had a fever since yesterday morning, so it seems that he did not escape the flu bullet after all. Ibuprofen is barely putting a dent in his 103+ degree fever and he has not perked up today at all. He watched a few cartoons in our bed while Derek assembled the kids' new beds this morning. He was so sick that he didn't even want to help or watch. He melted down at lunch and ended up letting us put him down for his nap 45 minutes early. He was down for 3 hours but called me in there at least 10 times, just delirious and needing a hug or help blowing his nose. This is what he has looked like most of the day.
This flu has been misery for all of us, even though Derek and I have not gotten it. This is definitely the worst sickness we have weathered with the kids. I'm sure Derek was happy to go to work this afternoon. He's exhausted like the rest of us but at least he can watch the football game in peace tonight. I'm relieved that tomorrow is a holiday so that I will be home to help out again.
In other news, we finally figured out S&Z's post-crib bed situation. We have gone back and forth about this recently because we don't have a lot of space in their bedroom. Eventually we want bunk beds but they are still too young for them. Wendy ended up finding beds for Sydney & Ivy on Amazon for $59 apiece, so we opted to go the new toddler bed route. Silas won't comfortably fit in a toddler bed for more than a year or so, but these will be very gently used and we should be able to sell them for a decent resale price.
Zoe helped assemble one of the beds.
This flu has been misery for all of us, even though Derek and I have not gotten it. This is definitely the worst sickness we have weathered with the kids. I'm sure Derek was happy to go to work this afternoon. He's exhausted like the rest of us but at least he can watch the football game in peace tonight. I'm relieved that tomorrow is a holiday so that I will be home to help out again.
In other news, we finally figured out S&Z's post-crib bed situation. We have gone back and forth about this recently because we don't have a lot of space in their bedroom. Eventually we want bunk beds but they are still too young for them. Wendy ended up finding beds for Sydney & Ivy on Amazon for $59 apiece, so we opted to go the new toddler bed route. Silas won't comfortably fit in a toddler bed for more than a year or so, but these will be very gently used and we should be able to sell them for a decent resale price.
Zoe helped assemble one of the beds.
Then Derek took apart the cribs while I organized a few things. I can't believe how nostalgic I felt while we were doing this!
So much time, energy and money often goes into setting up a nursery. We were lucky to get our cribs from Eugenia pretty early in my pregnancy, and we had things all set up by the time I was feeling huge and uncomfortable. Retiring the cribs feels like such a big milestone, maybe because Zoe & Silas will be our only children and there aren't any other babies in our future.
Here is how the room looks now.
Here is how the room looks now.
Zoe was all too eager to test her bed out once it was set up.
Silas checked his out briefly before going down for his nap.
Zoe took her usual 2.5 hour long nap with no problems at all. Before she went down she kept saying, "I love my new bed! I love my new bed!".
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| Poor feverish, flu-racked Silas before bed tonight. |
Sweet dreams, guys.
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