Daddy may be a big guy, but his heart goes soft for sick or injured kiddos. He has more patience than me (that's sort of a rare statement) for calming them down and taking care of them when they don't feel well or get hurt....particularly in the middle of the night when Mama Bear gets grumpy if she gets woken up. He can also tolerate vomit more than me, which luckily hasn't been an issue for quite some time....knock on wood!
Last night was a great example of how much he loves taking care of his kids. Wyatt came into our room shortly after James had put him to bed. He brought his pillow with him and layed down quietly on our floor. Around 3am he woke up with a stuffed nose and cough. James, who had just spent 4 hours in the ER yesterday (don't worry, it was minor), got up with Wyatt. He calmly talked Wyatt into taking medicine (that's tough to do in our house!) and got him to blow his nose. Then James grabbed his own pillow and went to sleep with Wyatt for the rest of the night. I could have helped Wyatt, but I wouldn't have been near as calm. I was very impressed that Daddy put his own pain aside to take care of his little man.
We are a bit of a train wreck in this house right now -- darn winter!! I had sinus infection during Christmas and now I have a cold. Wyatt has pretty much had cold symptoms since middle of December or earlier. Rylee has a runny nose and also had strep middle of December. James is on his second round of meds since Christmastime for something unrelated to what the rest of us keep getting. I'm glad we are more than half way done with January, but I have a feeling someone will always be sick in this house until spring.
Rylee and I HATE taking medicine!! Like, it's really bad!! We both cry. Okay, I only cry on the inside. I have never been able to take pills very well. I'm pretty sure it's just a psychological thing, but I just can't do it. I have to crush them and put them in my drink....which means drinking something pretty horrible tasting. It's just such a process for me and I try to avoid it as much as possible! I didn't finish my last prescription for the sinus infection (day 8/10 was my birthday and I didn't want to take them, so I stopped), which is probably why I'm sick again. But, this time I'm going to try to get over it on my own. I have been doing sinus rinses twice a day....it's such a weird feeling, but man does it work!!
Hope your house is healthier than ours!!
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