I expected and people told me that Dylan would catch a few more colds than usual now that he is in childcare but I didnt expect it to happen in the first week! Dylan has an awful cold which pretty much started the day after he went to childcare. I knew those snotty noses I saw when I went there were a bad sign.
We have had a few sleepless nights just looking after him as he seems to be much worse at night. Tonight he has been dry retching and choking on his phlegm and his blocked nose is keeping him for sleeping comfortably. I think we are in for another sleepless night tonight. I am also catching it now so I am not only feeling the exhaustion from lack of sleep but also the effects of this cold. We have cancelled Dylan’s first swimming lesson tomorrow and I probably wont take him to childcare on Tuesday either. Last Tuesday I picked him up at midday which was a little earlier than I was going to because I phoned and they said he was pretty much on and off all day with his crying. He also vomited all his food so I thought I better not push him too much just yet. When I went to pick him up he looked like he had been crying all day. When we got home he sobbed in my arms for a long while before going to sleep. My heart breaks that I am bringing him somewhere he obviously doesn’t want to be.
It’s after midnight so I’m going to go check on Dylan again before trying to get a couple of hours of sleep. I need all the energy I can get for him during the day. This cold hasn’t stopped his energy levels despite the fact that he has stopped eating. The small amount of food he has had he has thrown up so I don’t know where he still gets the energy. He is standing up on furniture now and seems to want to stand up at every opportunity he can get. For some reason he has also become very accident prone this last week. Just today he fell on his face when he tried to get up on his knees, hit is mouth on a toy making his lip bleed, he has scratches on his face which I am guessing he has done with his nails and yesterday he bit his tongue. All in all he is having a crappy week and has had plenty to cry about. Hopefully he will start to feel better in the next couple of days.
