Sickies

I hate when the boys are sick. I mean what mom likes seeing their kids in pain? This morning was typical. Leo was fussing at 5:30, Tom brought him into bed and I made a bottle. Tom left for work and I gave Leo the bottle while he dozed back off to la la land. At 6 AM I hear Finn in his room whining. Which isn't unusual, the kid has been EXTRA whiney lately. His molars are poking through so I have been attributing it to that. Anyways, I walk in there and he says "I'm scared." um, ok - scared of what? It's just his new phrase he's been saying. I don't even think he knows what it really means. Anyways, I gave him his nuks. Jack was still sleeping, so I went back to bed with the hopes everyone would snooze a tad longer. I got thirty more minutes before Jack was up hopping off his top bunk and into the bathroom. Finn was up too wanting to go to the bathroom. As I was taking his pants off, I notice that he was warm. Turns out he was running a 100 degree fever. Poor little bugger. He refused to take his medicine too. Obviously, I wasn't about to give in to that. I said ok Finn we can do this your way (showing him the little cup) or my way (showing him the syringe). He just cried. So I filled up the syringe, laid him back on the couch and pressed it all into his mouth. He didn't like it, but he got the drugs. He ate his breakfast on the couch and drank his milk. I felt bad that I had to bundle him up and bring him to preschool drop off, but I had no other choice. When we got home he seemed to be much better. Eating oranges and watching Beauty and the Beast. But then he fell asleep on the way to pick up Jack from preschool. His meds must have been wearing off. He didn't want any lunch and went straight to nap (after more meds of course). I thought he'd nap extra long, but turns out that was not the case. By the time he was up (1:20) Jack hadn't even gone to naps yet. So now all of my children are up and not napping. Except Leo. Leo is napping. Go figure. The first time I actually get him in a deep sleep during typical napping hours, the other kids refuse. UGH.

Anyway. I am blaming the flu shots this year. I got a horrible cold about 3 days after the shot. As did Jack. And now Finn has a fever. I'm sure it could all be coincidence, but I'm thinking that maybe next year we will just skip these flu shots. Is that crazy?