The Nelson Family: What a week!

Friday, December 14, 2007

What a week!

What a week it has been! We found out on Wednesday that Deagan has an ear infection, which explains why he wasn't sleeping. I haven't slept really in about 4 days, so I am beyond exhaustion. It hurts Deagan to lay down and sleep, so I have been holding him and sleeping with him in our rocking chair. I have been so afraid that I am going to drop him or squoosh him that I am never really asleep. I hoping and praying that tonight the anti-biotics really kick in. It has been quite the adventure giving Deagan his medicine. He fights it SO much, and I also feel like such a bad mom when we give him his medicine but I know that we have to give it to him. The past couple of nights he has gone to bed past him normal bed time because we have had stuff to do, and he is always SO tired after his bath. Last night, we were giving him his medicine and trying to make it seem so exciting by smiling and laughing. He would take a little bit of his medicine and look back and forth between Greg and I. Then out of nowhere, he just burst into a really high-pitch scream-cry. It was the saddest thing ever! He seems to be feeling a lot better today as far as his ear is concerned, but now he is getting over a cold. Greg has been sick as well, and now I am just waiting for it to hit me. Let's hope it doesn't!

I don't know if you can tell from this picture, but he didn't feel good at all. Poor little guy!

He really doesn't like pacifiers, but I have been trying to get him to take one. So far, no luck.

Greg just walked in the door in this picture, and Deagan's face lit up! He sure loves his daddy!

Another picture of that cute little smile!

I know this looks gross, but its a picture showing how much he loves his medicine. Not!

2 comments:

Laura said...: Ugh! Those evil ear infections. It seems like everyone has had them this semester. I hope you don't get the yucky flu-bug that's been going around.; December 15, 2007 at 8:11 PM
Linzi said...: Poor little guy. Being sick is just no fun. Especially when it's late at night and you have no idea what to do. Glad to hear you are doing better!; December 17, 2007 at 11:49 AM

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Kids do and say the darndest things...

I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

March 26, 2013

Kayden: Do I still have my eyeballs or are they still at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Me: I never knew they were there...

January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)