Up All Night – And It Wasn’t Fun Like The Old Days

So CootieBoy is sick with a really bad cough. A cough so bad that last night he threw up in his bed. Poor little guy, he came to the door crying with puke-covered pillow in hand. I took it from him and he ran back to his bed, but when I went to put him down I realized that just about everything in his bed was soaked – the only thing not touched was his big Nemo blanket. For reference – by everything I mean his Nemo pillow, his red pillow, his kibby (kitty), his duck, his Nemo doll, his blue bear, and his sheet – all covered in vomit. Amazingly, his PAJAMAS were bone-dry. Weird.

So I stripped his bed and remade it with clean sheets and a new pillow. But for the next hour or so he laid in his bed coughing every 10-15 seconds. He finally asked for Daddy, so Denis went up and let CootieBoy get into the big bed where they proceeded to lay awake due to CootieBoy’s continual cough.

CootieBoy (and therefore Denis) finally passed out around 11:30 p.m., I think, but then woke up a few minutes later when CootieBoy’s very full diaper sprung a leak and had to be changed. Then again with the coughing for a few minutes before he passed out again. But it was a restless night since CootieBoy kept coughing alternately in Denis’ face, then my face.

So knowing that daycare will not accept him today, I’ve called my office to let them know I’ll be in this afternoon. This way Denis can do his real estate stuff this morning and then at 1 p.m. I’ll head into work and let Denis continue taking care of The Boy.