Dancing on the Edge

"Mommy! Hep Me"

My evening and night sucked last night. This cold has really smacked both Kaylen and I (Kelton seems all but back to normal today). She was miserable last night and kept waking. I would go in, soothe her and get her back to sleep. Then I'd sneak out, sit back down at the computer and BAM! She was awake again. Crying out, struggling...it was really sad and frustrating. I was feeling pretty awful myself and really, I just wanted to have alone and quiet time.

I heard this through the monitor:
"Mommy! Hep Me! Mommy!"

I went racing down the hall to her room.
Me: "Mommy's here. What's wrong, honey?"
K: pointing to her nose said "No beath."
Me: "You can't breathe? I know honey, You're all stuffy from your cold."
K: "Hep me."

It was just so sad.

I was sitting on the couch holding her when Dakota walked in so she took her and rocked her for a bit but Kaylen was just too uncomfortable. She put her in our bed and turned on Barney. Now I know a lot of people don't enjoy the purple dino but I'm here to tell you, he is a hero in our house. Kaylen LOVES that guy and would happily watch episode after episode all day long. So she was quite content snuggled in our bed watching her friend while Dakota and I got ready for bed. It was a long while before Kaylen finally fell asleep. Poor girl.

Dakota went in late this morning so she could be here in case I needed her. It was so nice not to have to jump up and be "on" immediately. Kaylen and I are better today but still fighting it pretty hard. I haven't spent the day racing the Tylenol bottle at the 4 hour mark today so I guess that's a big improvement. :)

So that's life here today.