OMG SO BORED

[marydell]

Charlie has hand, foot & mouth disease, or one of its near relatives*, and is also cutting a molar, so we have a house full o' woe, poor eating, fever, and crankiness.  And BOREDOM.  We can't take him to the usual places that distract him when he is woeful, because he might be contagious, so no grocery store, Grandma's house, or local kiddie museum; also it has rained an unreasonable amount, so even walks are Right Out.

Also, when he doesn't feel good, Mommy is his favorite blankie, so saying something like "play with Daddy while Mommy goes downstairs and takes a shower" produces wailing and gnashing of teeth.  And while he requires an unreasonable amount of coaxing to ingest anything, probably because of mouth pain, he is also hungry.  Offering him something to eat or drink has a 50-50 chance of producing a smile coupled with an attempt to eat/drink, or a scowl coupled with a beatdown of whoever dares to offer the food. 

So we've been cooped up here since THURSDAY, OMG, and I'm taking a new BP medicine that's making me sleepy so even during his naps I  have no initiative to do anything except cruise the internet.  We have watched SO much TV--Little Bear and a lot of House Hunters International, and also this annoying thing called Chuggington which Charlie just loooooves.  ("Choo choo! Choo choo!") Why are trains on kids shows always such fucking conformists? 

Anyway. He's napping now, and so is Mike, who had trouble sleeping after Charlie's 2AM festival of woe and slapping (I went right back to sleep after; fuck it).  Soon Charlie will get up and I will attempt to give him lunch and he will attempt to punish me for same....or will give me hugs and pat my hair.

I am SO looking forward to going to the grocery store this afternoon while Mike wrangles him (Mike was working Thurs and Fri while I wrangled)! Freedom, sweet freedom!

*8 kids in his room had to go home with fever; 9 counting him. One of them tested positive for HFM, and another tested positive for another virus in the same family. So, seems likely that he's in the same boat. Day care, our own little CDC, except without the "control" part.

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Poor family! I hope he feels better soon. How long before your BP med settles into your system?

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Hopefully just about a week, according to friends who have taken it. Partly it's a matter of learning what makes a person tired when the BP is borderline low instead of high, because it works really well. Big meals suddenly seem to make me exhausted, instead of giving me energy. Which is probably just as well, but I am not usually a person who has to lie down after brunch!

[txanne.livejournal.com]

I've had low blood pressure all my life. Big meals make you *energetic*? Wow. Okay, in that case, you may find that aspirin now makes you sleepy.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Because of the blood sugar boost, maybe? or iron? When I still had periods, I had a fatigue problem, and a big pile of protein (steak & eggs, typically) would help a lot. So when I felt really tired the day after starting the new drug, I was like "a plate of steak and eggs will fix me right up!" And of course then I was twice as tired.

I don't take asprin but advil probably has a similar effect--I don't need it often nowadays but I'll have to remember about it being a blood thinner.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Advil doesn't make me go to sleep, just aspirin. ::hands of confusion:: Raw fruit and veggies tend to perk me up.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Trains are conformists because they can't run if they don't stay on their tracks! Did you ever read the Little Golden Book called "Tootle"? I LOVED that when I was little, but when I got older I was highly annoyed that Tootle's important lesson was Stay On The Tracks.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

This is...exactly right, I'm certain.

I forgot about Tootle, but I looked it up and now I do remember it. Everyone waves red flags at Tootle to keep him/her/it on the tracks, AUGH.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

GO PLAY WITH THE DAISIES AND RACE THE HORSE, TOOTLE

WE LOVE YOU HAVING FUN

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

I was just scanning through my flist and this line caught my eye: "Why are trains on kids shows always such fucking conformists?" I'm sorry for your pain. I work in the children's section of a public library, and the train I hate is Thomas. Blech, uck. The phrase "really useful engine" just makes my skin crawl. And for more glorious fun, we have a fucking Thomas board book which I like to call "Baby's First Train Derailment", in which James gets pushed off the tracks (by some mean cows, I believe) and Thomas has to come rescue him.

I hope Charlie is better soon - or at least not potentially contagious - so you can get out of the house.

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

Poor little boy! And poor Mommy too. I hope everyone feels better and is released from quarantine soon.