So Cooper started getting his two bottom front teeth on Saturday. I was really excited for him. But naturally with teething, he got a runny nose. Which most likely led to today...
Cooper woke up at 6am (2 hours earlier than usual) fussing out of the ordinary. So I gave him a bottle hoping it would help him go back to sleep. It didn't. After being really fussy for a few minutes, Steve finally got him to go back to sleep in our bed. When it was 8:20 and time for me to leave for work, he was still sleeping. (shocker) So I had to wake him up so I could take him to my aunt's so she could babysit him. Well, he of course wasn't happy about waking up and usually he calms down after he's had his diaper changed and I start feeding him breakfast. But he wouldn't calm down and he wouldn't eat anything. I tried rocking him and holding him which usually calms him down and it didn't work. He just kept screaming and screaming. By this point I decided it was time to take him to the doctor. So I called and made a doctor's appointment for 9:15. Then I had to figure out what to do about work. I figured my aide, Lana, could just cover the class while I took Cooper to the doctor. I called the school to tell them and come to find out, Lana called in and said she's not coming in today because her daughter had to go to the hospital so she's going to help watch her kids. When I received this news, I started to get emotional. I was aching for my baby who was so sick and stressing over the fact that I didn't want someone else to have to take care of him, then having to worry about getting a sub just added to it. I even broke down over the phone with and in front of my boss. Embarrassing. (I should let you know that Steve was at school all day taking finals so he couldn't help.) I ended up having to take Cooper with me into work for the first half hour so I could let the sub know what to do. The kindergarten aide helped out with the morning class until a sub was found, then thankfully a sub picked up the afternoon class. Much thanks to JoLynne for covering for me!
To sum up the morning... After many tears, several phone calls, an understanding boss, helpful co-workers, last minute sub plans, my mom to the rescue, a few snotty shirts, a doctor's visit, and another trip to Walgreen's, Cooper has another ear infection. And I was thankfully able to stay home and take care of my miserably sick and adorable baby. Whom by the way, has slept most of the day, he's very snugly, has no energy, and won't eat much. He's definitely not himself. He took about a 5 hour nap when we came home from the doctors then another hour nap just an hour after his first nap. We'll see how much he sleeps tonight. Hopefully I won't lose too much sleep. And hopefully our poor little guy gets better soon.
Here's some pictures of our tired little boy...
