Making It

Hi. Are you interested to hear how sleepgate is going in this house? Well, the night of my last post was horrid. I don't think Jaggar slept at ALL that night, and I'm sorry...but I don't want him getting used to sleeping in my bed. I wanted to fix the problem. And for me, fixing the problem meant sleep for me. Travis was sleeping in the hallway outside of his room. Jaggar was waking up Sage, too. It has just been rough. I was pretty hysterical that next day because none of us got any sleep. And my child is screaming all night. I had some errands to run that day, and when we were done, he took a nap. He will sleep if I sit in his floor until he falls asleep. Lately, I fall asleep in the floor. And I regain some strength in naptimes.See. Seems fine. Cuteness is definitely in his favor.

And PS...btw...huge news: he is in underwear 24/7 now. Nights and all. Yep, it's true. I have no more children in diapers. I may never change another diaper unless I'm babysitting again. Now THAT is bittersweet. Where did all the time go?? So Travis has argued that perhaps the potty training has caused this. Heck, I've tried to put a diaper on him at night in the event that he is afraid to sleep and pee on himself. Know what happened? He took it off and was rocking half naked in his rocking chair at 2:30 in the morning. So, BACK to underwear it was.

I am 100% sure that he is exhausted because the moment we get in the car, this happens.

But something happened on Friday. The moment we got in the car to get Sage, he started screaming. "MY EAR HURTS!!!" Instantly. He was laying his head over. Pulling at his ear and SCREAMING that. I called his doctor, who I'd already made an appointment with on Monday to HELP us. Maybe something was physically wrong...and now? It was. Of course, they were closed. So I got Sage and came home. I had some drops that I thought may hold us until Monday. It was like I poured acid in his ear. SCREAMS. As someone who has had a lifetime of suffering with ear infections, I did not wait for Travis to get home. The child was obviously in extreme pain. I and both kids went to Cares. I am SO glad I went when I did. Due to the storm predictions, they were closing at 4. It was 3:30. In a place that normally has at least a 2 hour wait, I was in a room in less than 20 minutes. In triage, he was screaming, "Can they please fix my ear?" It was heartbreaking. Normally, I hate those doc in a box places, but in a case like this, it's OBVIOUS the problem is not his knee when a 2 year old is screaming and tugging at one ear. Of course, it was infected as well as the other one, too. When they looked in his throat, he threw up everywhere because they gagged him. It was not fun. I opted for the shot and have hopes that THIS is why he hasn't been sleeping. We're not all good yet, but surely goodness and mercy will bring us back to normal rest. Mom and Chrissie had suggested that it may be his ears that bothered him when he laid down. He never said that until Friday, but I hope that's it and that it was all building until it was a full fledged painful infection...that is now gone.

This was right after his shot. We went to 32 degrees. He got the same shot and same prescription as when he had strep. Yes, the one we have to spike his drinks with because he will spit it all over us to avoid taking it. He did a lot better with the shot this time and was able to walk without pain, unlike the last time.

He got a sucker, that bracelet and a ball from Cares. Sage asked if she could have some, too. Trust me, I've given them enough money that we could've taken the entire box, but they were more than happy to give her some.

This was through the sunroof in my car. Travis took this while I was getting the medicine. Awesome picture, yes? Beautiful babies.

In an effort to catch up with things, I'll post this video here. It was...sometime this past week. It's all a blur to me honestly, but Jaggar loves "I wanna dance with somebody" by the great Whitney Houston. He likes it because it's on his smurfs dance game for the Wii, but when he heard it in the CAR, it was almost too much for him. Anyway, he can sing it and it's so cute. I had to prompt him (pardon my singing..I'm no Whitney), but a lot of times, he will sing this all on his own.