Well, it’s been a heck of a crazy (almost) 3 weeks. First, Veronika got a runny nose that lasted a few days. Once she started getting better, Natasha came down with an awful cold which included a fever, runny nose, strong cough and general crankiness. That lasted well over a week… then when she finally started recovering… guess who gets sick? Veronika. AGAIN. But this time with the same cold symptoms her sister had. *sigh*
Anyhow… I’ve certainly had my fare share of crankiness, fussiness, sleepless nights, fighting with them both over applying Saline nose drops and Veronika screaming bloody murder because wiping her nose is obviously not cool. How could I think otherwise?
But all in all, I would MUCH rather deal with a sick toddler than a sick baby. A sick toddler can understand that she’s sick. A sick toddler does not remember the last time she was sick, so learning the word “sick” through her eyes is AWESOME. Learning to pull out tissues from the box and wiping her nose with Kleenex is AWESOME. Saying over and over that Tasha is sick is AWESOME. Of course, the next thing ya know, the Kleenex box is EMPTY because the toddler has wiped doggy’s nose, and dolly’s nose, and panda’s nose, and choo-choo’s nose, because you know… using the SAME tissue for all of them is just ridiculous. Again, what was I thinking even implying that?
A sick baby is a whole different story. A sick baby does not understand that she’s sick… A sick baby is miserable, cranky, whiney, needy, fussy… Need I go on? A sick baby wakes up at night with a sore throat and a stuffy nose, yet when you try to apply Saline drops to unstuff their nose so they can DRINK their bottle, baby completely freaks out. Baby screams soooooooo hard that baby turns bright red and cannot breath. And when you give baby some Tylenol, baby thinks it’s disgusting and coughs so hard that she spits out all the Tylenol PLUS the previous bottle.
FUN FUN FUN. Anyone want to join my pity party?
But it’s finally *fingers crossed* ending. IT’S ABOUT TIME. I hate winter.
