Getting Better

Emma was feeling much better today. She started off last night with us, I transferred her to her own bed when she was fast asleep and brought her back around 4am.

Toby tried the usual scream until I get into the big bed tactics, but since I had off today and Emma was the priority (sick kids get first dibs on the big bed!)I decided to resist. About half an hour of screaming and 3/4 trips to reassure him I loved him, but no, he is not getting out of the crib, he fell back asleep until 7am.

I myself have been feeling under the weather, so my 6am pilates sessions have been postponed! I was excited to have the first weekday off where we did not have an early therapy session and decided Toby could come in our bed at 7am, so we could all (excluding Scott, poor guy) sleep in. (Do you think I just undid all my hard work?!)

And sleep in we did - 8.45 we finally got up! I'm not sure who awoke first, but we did have to get moving - I was off work because Emma had a pulmonary check-up at noon.

Emma ate a waffle (plain, with no drink - weird!), so I knew she was feeling better. Toby ate a couple pancakes with syrup before flipping the rest onto the floor while I was out the room - nice.

Nanna came to watch Toby while Em and I headed downtown to the hospital. I gave him the choice of coming, he opted to stay home, but still freaked out when I left. Shouldn't he be able to make a rational decision and stick to it by now, at 22 months old?!! (I know!)

Anyway, the appointment went well and although Em was shy and focused on Monkey Math on my phone, she still showed them just how awesome she is. (I'd also emailed the doc her latest YouTube classics from church the other week, so he was well aware of the diva inside!)

We didn't need to schedule a follow-up at all, since she is doing so well, airway-wise, but I said we'd be back in a year. I'm not ready to cut the cord just yet!

Fast-forward to now. Emma went to bed at 8.30pm after a nice bath, no problem. And then it began. The little post-nasal drip cough that Toby had last week, but 20 times worse because Emma has thicker secretions and does not swallow as much.

Our bed seems to be magic because she sleeps so much better in there and I put her in a little while ago, and she is sleeping peacefully. I'm just not sure where I'm going to sleep...

Yes, that's my side of the bed!