The last seven days have been crazy for us and really really hard work. Work has been hard (it's the whole school production next week), but it's home and health that have been harder.
On Friday we had a lovely morning out at Beanos where we could grab a coffee and croissant and Leila could have a run around and play on their play equipment. It all started to go wrong though when we got home and Leila got grouchy as she was hungry/tired before lunch, so we were trying to make lunch whilst holding her. She didn't eat much, but neither did Scott as he was suddenly feeling rotten and in fact needed to go to bed for the rest of the day. He tried to surface at dinner time and bath time, but just felt so sick he couldn't do it. We're putting it down to a dodgy coffee/croissant, but it laid him up in bed for the whole day and made him really very sick. Not nice at all for Scotty, or little Leila who kept saying 'Daaa ssshhhhh' which is her way of saying that Scott's sleeping.
Then Saturday was a busy day for me as Scott was at school and we decided to try a variation on our routine to try and get Leila to nap better in the day and sleep better in the mornings. We tried moving lunch earlier (to 11.30) so that she can eat and then nap straight after, rather than getting tired around 11am but needing to wait until after 12 for lunch and then after 1 for a nap etc. The change didn't work today as she only had a short nap despite our efforts and so was tired and grouchy most of the day.
Sunday was work for us both and Leila was good once I got home but a sudden cluster of events meant that dinner didn't really work out (Ella left, Scott arrive and dinner was on the table all within 5 minutes so Little Miss was a little overwhlemed). So much for trying a later dinner to see if it's an empty tummy that means Leila wakes after 10 hours sleep!
On Monday I was home in the afternoon with Leila and noticed that she had a bit of a temperature so gave her a bit of Calpol (which thankfully she didn't refuse) and managed to get her to take a bit of Neurofen at bedtime too. Scott was exhausted this evening from long days at work and sleepless nights/mornings.
It was Tuesday though that things started to get really tough because Leila's temperature went through the roof. It seemed just a little higher than normal in the afternoon, but at bedtime she was really hot to touch and so we gave her Calpol again, put the AC on in her room and dressed her in a cool sleeping bag in the hope that this would help. She woke at 10pm and her temperature read over 40C which was a little scary, but we managed to give her a bit more medicine and get her down to sleep again.
The following morning her temperature was still there, but not as scarily high, so we spent the day at home and in Degla, taking Calpol and cuddles and naps. Leila didn't want to be put down or left alone at all, poor thing, but we got through the day and another evening of high temp. Very tiring for us both and still another day to go before the weekend.
Thursday was again a day at home with a lower temp than previous, but still raised. This was a toughest day for me, as Wednesday had really taken it out of me and I was feeling a cold coming on. By the afternoon Leila's temperature was nearly back to normal and at bedtime it was fine (and she didn't want to have the Calpol we offered) and once Scott got home she was in a really good mood too.
Friday and what do we wake up to - but the beginnings of a rash, so we figure out that the culprit this week is probably roseola. Saturday and the rash has worsened in the morning, but by the afternoon is calmer. The main thing for us is that it isn't bothering her and her temp, eating and drinking are back to normal. She's still very cuddly and clingy to me, which we think is a hangover from feeling so rotten. But now to try and persevere with our sleeping/eating routines and see if they help her get the sleep that she needs in the day and at night.
On Friday we had a lovely morning out at Beanos where we could grab a coffee and croissant and Leila could have a run around and play on their play equipment. It all started to go wrong though when we got home and Leila got grouchy as she was hungry/tired before lunch, so we were trying to make lunch whilst holding her. She didn't eat much, but neither did Scott as he was suddenly feeling rotten and in fact needed to go to bed for the rest of the day. He tried to surface at dinner time and bath time, but just felt so sick he couldn't do it. We're putting it down to a dodgy coffee/croissant, but it laid him up in bed for the whole day and made him really very sick. Not nice at all for Scotty, or little Leila who kept saying 'Daaa ssshhhhh' which is her way of saying that Scott's sleeping.
Then Saturday was a busy day for me as Scott was at school and we decided to try a variation on our routine to try and get Leila to nap better in the day and sleep better in the mornings. We tried moving lunch earlier (to 11.30) so that she can eat and then nap straight after, rather than getting tired around 11am but needing to wait until after 12 for lunch and then after 1 for a nap etc. The change didn't work today as she only had a short nap despite our efforts and so was tired and grouchy most of the day.
Sunday was work for us both and Leila was good once I got home but a sudden cluster of events meant that dinner didn't really work out (Ella left, Scott arrive and dinner was on the table all within 5 minutes so Little Miss was a little overwhlemed). So much for trying a later dinner to see if it's an empty tummy that means Leila wakes after 10 hours sleep!
On Monday I was home in the afternoon with Leila and noticed that she had a bit of a temperature so gave her a bit of Calpol (which thankfully she didn't refuse) and managed to get her to take a bit of Neurofen at bedtime too. Scott was exhausted this evening from long days at work and sleepless nights/mornings.
It was Tuesday though that things started to get really tough because Leila's temperature went through the roof. It seemed just a little higher than normal in the afternoon, but at bedtime she was really hot to touch and so we gave her Calpol again, put the AC on in her room and dressed her in a cool sleeping bag in the hope that this would help. She woke at 10pm and her temperature read over 40C which was a little scary, but we managed to give her a bit more medicine and get her down to sleep again.
The following morning her temperature was still there, but not as scarily high, so we spent the day at home and in Degla, taking Calpol and cuddles and naps. Leila didn't want to be put down or left alone at all, poor thing, but we got through the day and another evening of high temp. Very tiring for us both and still another day to go before the weekend.
Thursday was again a day at home with a lower temp than previous, but still raised. This was a toughest day for me, as Wednesday had really taken it out of me and I was feeling a cold coming on. By the afternoon Leila's temperature was nearly back to normal and at bedtime it was fine (and she didn't want to have the Calpol we offered) and once Scott got home she was in a really good mood too.
Friday and what do we wake up to - but the beginnings of a rash, so we figure out that the culprit this week is probably roseola. Saturday and the rash has worsened in the morning, but by the afternoon is calmer. The main thing for us is that it isn't bothering her and her temp, eating and drinking are back to normal. She's still very cuddly and clingy to me, which we think is a hangover from feeling so rotten. But now to try and persevere with our sleeping/eating routines and see if they help her get the sleep that she needs in the day and at night.
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