Sick Kiddo

Last week on Wednesday I got the call from daycare that no mom ever wants to get, "Corgan has a fever. Can you come pick her up?"  However, we're pretty lucky, because Corgan never really acts sick.  She had a fever of 101.4 and looked terrible when I picked her up, and she even threw up for the first time on the way home (but I'll save you the details).  I gave her Tylenol as soon as I got home, and within 20 minutes, she was happy as a clam.

My Little One and me watching Blue's Clues while we were waiting for the meds to kick in.

The next morning was a joy. She had a tiny bit of a fever when she woke up, but more Tylenol nipped that in the bud.  Then we spent the morning outside (me weeding, her playing), and cleaning up the house.  It was all wonderful until 11:15.  That's right. I remember it to the minute.  We were in her bathroom, and she was picking things out of one of her drawers.  She found a bottle of rubbing alcohol, which I promptly took away from her.  That started a 75 minute scream fest!  She became hysterical, and no matter what, she wouldn't calm down! I almost feel bad sharing this video, because it makes me feel awful that I couldn't calm her down. I realize now that it wasn't me, and that she was just tired. But it wasn't fun at the time (except for right around the minute mark of this video):

After 60 minutes of this, without me being able to calm her down, I put her in her crib.  I remember my mom telling me, that if all else fails, put her down.  Let her cry it out.  She'll be fine.  It took 15 more minutes of screaming for her to cam down enough that she wasn't making the lights on the monitor go haywire.  She was just sitting up, staring into space, trying not to fall asleep. I caught this next video of awesomeness while she was trying not to go to sleep.  Watch closely and you'll see her continuously nodding off bit by bit. It's so cool:

She slept for 4 hours!!! She woke up starving, and in much better spirits. We finished the day off well, and she went down an hour later than normal without a peep. A few more days home with Tylenol and mommy-love made her all better.  She is back at daycare as of today, and all is well.