Exhausted!

This flu big is really getting on my nerves! It has hit ever since Jedi started playgroup in July! Not being a nitty picky mummy but I know the direct germ spreader was a little boy sitting in the same school bus as Jedi who was coughing away like mad! Turned out not to be just his bus mate but also his classmate! Well, I shan't be so nasty. Guess he was also a poor victim as well!
So I thought that Jedi was gonna fall sick and then he would bounce back after his medication as usual. He did....but passed it on the Krisal! AHHHHH! So two for the price of one germ! So this poor mummy had to run up and down to the PD and meet hubby there after work to see him for the night appointment. PD checked them out and said it was the flu and as he suspected they had mild childhood asthma, he instructed that I needed to put them on the nebulizer four times a day! ok that means multiplied by 2 it 8 times a day!!!!!!!! *FAINT* Any parent who has gone through the experience of using the nebulizer on a 2 year old and an 8 month old would understand. It requires the child to sit relatively still so that means mummy and daddy have to think of some creative ways of keeping them occupied for the 5 min of gas intoxication!! By the way the PD fee was $250! (poor hubby's wallet!) and the nurse at the PD was candid enough to tell him "Daddy, today's damage is $250!"Damage indeed!
Feeling more at ease after seeing the doc and marching home with bags of medication I felt empowered to fight this flu!! So I did and Jedi recovered and so did Krisal but 3 days later I saw a glistening glob threatening to fall out of Jedi's nostril! My heart sank and I could feel it literally contract!! yes you guessed it! It was Round 2 of the flu! So it was the whole story once again of going to the PD.....blah blah blah
Now its Round 4! I can literally hear the *ding ding* of the bell! This round was really bad as Jedi had a very high fever of 40 degrees and once again passed it to Krisal. Krisal developed a terrible diaper rash too as a reaction to the antibiotics so was really bad. Found that Desitin worked wonders though. A thick creamy slab of it on her butt helped with the pain. SIGH!!!!! now both of them are on antibiotics and I have decided that I need to let Jedi rest at home and fully recover before going back to school. Thinking of jabbing him with the pneumococcal vaccine as well as heard from a girlfriend that it doubles up as a good flu vaccination as well. But he needs to be at least 10 days well first....so will prob keep him at home till Term 4 of the school. Better to let him fully rest and recover fully before going back again.
Oh dear I'm making the school sound like a germ-ridden place! But I have heard(don't know how true) that kids who just start playgroup or any kind of childcare have a tendancy to fall sick back to back for 6 months to a year. Then when their immunity builds up the occurence will get less!
So it really is the 'flu that never ends....it just goes on and on my friend..." But really thank the Lord for my hubby as he took leave for 2 days to help with the kids as I was sick too. Without his help think my fuse might have exploded! Very patience-trying esp when the whining and crying goes off at the same time! Think hubby is really more patient than me. Thank goodness!
A very Tired Mummy

The naughty blues

I came across a very perspective changing view on so called behaviour that we as parents label as 'naughty'. You know the kind where you can feel your heart beating faster and your blood pressure rising?? Well here goes...
"A misbehaving child is a discouraged child.This misbehaving child is letting us know he does not think he has belonging or significance, and has mistaken beliefs about how to find belonging and significance. The cure? Encouragement."
Made me sit back a while and think. Children need to be watered daily with positive encouragement. I have seen how Jedi's eyes and little face beams when he is praised or gets a clap. And the sadness in his eyes when he is reprimanded. Guess all we need is a little more love and patience.

I'm getting mobile at 7 months old! Watch out everybody!!