Alice still had a fever last night, so I filled her antibiotic prescription at 9:30pm (the pediatrician gave the Rx to me, saying not to fill it if the eyedrops took care of everything, but they didn’t. They did get rid of the eye infection and calm down the runny nose, but they didn’t tap the fever, obviously). At our bedtime, I got Alice up and gave her amoxicillin. She took it without complaint, which is unusual for her — usually I end up wearing it.
This morning, her fever was at 101.x, and she was MISERABLE. So I gave her more Tylenol, more antibiotics, and filled her up with juice. We’ll be pushing fluids all day today.
And now Helen’s all stuffy-sounding, coughing, and complaining that she doesn’t feel good.
And we have photos with their three cousins today at 11am. In the matching dresses I have been slaving over. Hopefully I’ll catch both girls in an upswing so the photos will turn out okay. Can’t postpone the photos, because the cousins don’t live here, and one of the three of them goes back home after this weekend (the other two are staying for another week).
*sigh*
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Dope ’em up.
Take the photo.
Let them feel like crap the rest of the day.
Welcome back to school, btw.
I agree with Nancy. Maybe a little caffeine to liven them up and make their little eyes sparkle for the picture??
And ice cream! Will help their throats..
E says the photoshoot was miserable: heat, humidity, bugs, fever, messed up naps, tantrums and so on.
So, basically, there’s nowhere to go but up!
E needs a very strong drink.
Or 5.
One for each cousin.
I know you got some sick babies, E, but Delle and I will be drinking at my house tonight if you wanna wander by..