The cooler weather moved in yesterday. I tried to get the kids out before it got too cold, but the weather beat me to it. I bundled up the little guys for just a bit of play-time in the yard, I think we only made it about 10 minutes 😉

Thade had a lot of fun playing in all of the leaves, he loves crunching them with his feet. Dylan was grumpy from teething, but the change of scenery helped a bit. My kitties stayed nice and warm inside, and looked out to see what we were doing in the chilly weather.

Last night was another long night, James was up rocking a screaming Dylan until midnight, and I continued well past 1:00 a.m. Finally Dylan fell asleep for just a little bit, but woke up at 3:00 a.m. to eat. He wasn’t the only one, I could hear Thade yelling “hey mom I’m up”. Once Dylan was all finished nursing, I went in to check on Thade, and I got him back to sleep too.

Thade was up and ready to go at 7:00 a.m., but mommy wasn’t. I woke up sneezing, coughing, and with two very swollen tonsils. I finally caught the cold that I was trying to avoid. Great 🙁  I decided to check my symptoms online, and home remedies too. I love the first remedy: rest as much as possible, I don’t think that one is going to happen any time soon 😉

I’ve put a call in to the Doctor on call, as our family Physician is off today. I’m waiting to see if I should bring the kiddos in, or not. I know that most of the children’s cold medicines have been pulled from the shelves, and with me nursing I don’t know what is safe to take. It sounds like it is going to be chicken and noodle soup for me, but rest I don’t think so.

Any advice to get me and the kiddos back to normal? Do you have a homemade remedy that helps out during the cold and flu season?

My goodness last night was a very long night, with one grumpy baby. Dylan wasn’t feeling well at all, and no matter what I tried, he would not go to sleep. He fought sleep until well past 3:00 a.m., even after I nursed him on the hour. Thade was also up at midnight, he said that his nose was stuffy.

I finally caught about 2 hours of sleep from 5:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. Both Thade and Dylan were up by 7:30 a.m. I’m one tired Mommy today. This morning Thade still wasn’t feeling too well, and Dylan too had the stuffy nose. Around 1:00 p.m., while I was prepping the kitchen to do a giant stock the freezer day, Thade announced that he wasn’t feeling well at all, and threw up all over the kitchen floor. Luckily he missed Dylan, who was playing in one of his bouncy chairs. I got Thade cleaned up, and then cleaned the kitchen. I had a feeling that today was going to be one of those days.

I hope that Dylan doesn’t get the upset stomach like Thade. I had better try and get some energy back, just in case 😉 Thade is feeling better this afternoon, thank goodness.