Sick kidlet
The kidlet awoke this morning with an owie tummy and a 100 degree fever, so she pretty much laid on the couch in the fetal position all day long, moaning and groaning and whining. Needless to say, we didn't go to gymnastics. She drank a lot but she wasn't too interested in eating much. All day long she complained about her tummy but it seemed to come and go in waves so I'm assuming it was probably gas related to some kind of virus she's picked up. Dean had a fever last night and he was feeling rather crampy all day too (yet he still went into work - crazy, I tell you). I didn't panic, I played it by ear and will continue to do so.
Advil seemed to help with the fever but nothing helped with the tummy except her warmed-up bedbug and lots and lots and LOTS of cuddles. We did try to play with her train set for a bit at her request but she wasn't keen on sitting up for long and got tired again rather quickly. And once the morning's dose of Advil wore off, her fever was back and at 102. I gave her a cool bath to try and get it down but ended up giving her more Advil, after which she promptly fell asleep at 6:30. And she's still asleep.
We had plans to go for dinner tonight with family but we ended up cancelling mid-day (obviously - Dean is still a bit feverish and I didn't like the idea of leaving the kidlet as sick as she was).
In non-illness related news, I've got the kidlet a spot in a neighbourhood daycare for three days a week come Fall, if not sooner in the summer. I was initially going to put her in the daycare at work for three days a week, but thought I'd check out the local one as well. The lady lives two blocks down and has been doing the daycare thing so long that she's now looking after kids of kids she used to babysit way back when. She has another lady that works with her and they take the kids to and from preschool (and Kindergarten) so I can keep the kidlet in her current preschool. It's going to end up costing me a little more than taking her to the downtown one because I'm paying for daycare AND the preschool, but at least I won't have to schlep her downtown with me (I'd have to drive so I'd have to factor in parking costs too); she'll be socializing with local kids; and three of the kids in her morning class next Fall will be at the daycare in September as well so at least she'll have familiar faces. And three days a week will be perfect for me. Thursdays when she's in school, I can have those three hours ALL TO MYSELF (because I'll be doing most of my hours in the office), then Fridays will be our activity day (gymnastics, swimming, whatever). I'll probably still do a couple hours work on Thursdays and Fridays but it will be on an as-needed basis. So I am stoked! And trying not to second-guess my decision!
The daycare itself is great - it's the woman's entire basement filled with toys and activities, plus there's a little garden out back. Not quite the playground they have at the daycare downtown but here, there's a playground two blocks away that I'm sure they take them to in the summer.
At any rate, Boss Man is excited about seeing my face more often and I'm excited about not trying to juggle work and the kidlet (my hours are getting so long here that she's been watching a lot of movies), and the kidlet seems excited about playing with all the toys. So we'll see how it goes!
Hopefully the kidlet feels better tomorrow as we have plans to visit my brother for dinner tomorrow night. Poor kidlet....
Aw, poor nugget! Hope she feels better soon! Ginger Ale and the hot water bottle were my fave things when I was that age and sick!
Yay on the daycare! You won't regret it.
Posted by: Heather | April 12, 2008 at 08:15 AM
I hope she feels better soon. Congrats on finding a 'local' and long-standing daycare for the kidlet. It'll be MUCH easier on you and her having the daycare in the neighborhood.
Posted by: Grace | April 12, 2008 at 02:45 PM