Not so Merry Christmas

This Christmas was jinxed from 10pm last night. You can say that it doesnt rank up there with the best Christmas's. That is hard for me to say too cause I LOVE Christmas and anytime with my family I usually enjoy.

It all started with Emelyn waking up at 10pm and not going back to sleep till 3am. She has had a cough and congestion. Steve went to the store to get her some meds and the pharmacist recommended that he give her a cough med. As you may know there are not any cold meds for children under 4 as the American Assoc of Pediatrics doesnt feel they are necessary. Well after she has been sick for a week and we dont have health insurance anymore, I didnt take her to the dr cause I was letting it run its course. The medicene was a non-drowsy one and she took it for most the day with no problems. I guess last night it made her wired.

She woke up crying and we got her up, gave her a sippie cup, changed her diaper, checked her temp and made sure that there wasnt anything wrong with her. This was after we laid her down 4 times and everytime she would scream. Something she doesnt ever do. We lay her down awake every night and she is a great sleeper. With it being Christmas Eve and Trevor's room being right across the hall I didnt want her to wake him with all her screaming so Steve and I sat up the pack and play and let her come to our room. We dont let our kids sleep in our bed. We put her in there, said goodnight and turned out the lights. Nope that didnt work either. This was midnight. We tried several different things. Turning on the closet light for it not to be so dark in the room and I laid beside the pack and play. None of that worked. In fact she stood and held onto the side of the pack and play and jumped up and down making noises like a monkey in a cage at the zoo. It would of been so funny if I wasnt exhausted. So Steve turned the Tv on to Little Einsteins and she stood with her head resting on the side of the pack and play sucking her binky and watching the show. She watched it 3 times and then we turned the tv off thinking she would go to sleep, but once the tv went off she sat in her pack in play babbling for about 30 minutes. We finally brought her into our bed and she just crawled all over me. Steve got up and changed her diaper in which she screamed the whole time. Still no fever. The only thing that I could think to do was to give her a warm bath and a baby massage with lavender bath and body bedtime lotion. I did her normal bedtime routine and she was out like a light. And finally I was able to go to sleep. Only to be awakened 4 hours later by Trevor wanting to open presents.

I was so tired that I didnt get pics of the kids in front of the tree with all their presents and had to take a little nap before we went to my inlaws. I was snappy and moody with Steve and he was just as tired as I was. I am hoping for a better day tomorrow one where I am rested and able to play with Trev and enjoy all the new toys he got.