10 months and 4 days...

WHEW it's been one hell of a week! And I am READY for it to be OVER!!!

It started Saturday Gracie was running a fever most of the day and was more fussy than usual. She kept pulling at her ears so I just assumed it was a ear infection. Sunday was BAD! She was miserable and would not eat at all! She slept most of the night but she would wake up crying several times probably because she was in pain. So Jack nor I got much sleep because she was in between us! ;)

I take her to the Dr's Monday morning (of course she no longer has the fever) I explain everything that was going on and she looks at the ears and then the throat- And right when I seen her throat I knew something was not right! She has white bumps! The Dr. looked up at me and said she has Coxsackievirus also known as Hand Foot and Mouth Disease I know I gave her the look of death- Because I have NEVER heard of this. She explained everything to me and then told me the best news ever! THERE IS NO Medicine to cure this! GEE Thanks lady! This is wonderful! I have a 10 month old baby who is miserable and you are telling me there is nothing I can give her but infant tylenol! Boy life is going to be fun in our house for the next few days! I wanted someone to shoot me right then and there!

And then the even better news came- Hannah will most likely get this as well since they share EVERYTHING! Hello - they are twins and of course they are going to share everything! She advised me to wash all their toys and not let them share toys, nuks, or bottles! OK the nuks and bottle part is easy! But have you tried to tell a 10 month old she can't play with a toy because it's her sisters? NOPE it's not going to work!!

So now we are waiting for Hannah to get the fever and blisters but so far there has been no sign. Gracie seems to be doing a lot better! Although she did make me have a nervous break down last night! She got up crying at 2:00 I tried rocking her, walking her, giving her a bottle (which I normally would not do) but nothing would work. So finally I gave up and just let her cry in the floor and went to get Jack. This was after 55 minutes of fighting with her! She was crying pretty much that whole time! I can only think that maybe she wanted to get up and play since she had went to bed fairly early that night. And of course when Jack went down to "save" her she took a bottle and went right to sleep! I cried when Jack left to go downstairs with her. Why? Because I felt like a failure I was so tired I couldn't fight her any longer and part of me felt like I failed to be a good Mommy to her.

The girls turned 10 months on Saturday! I still don't understand were the hell 10 months have gone! It seems like yesterday I was talking to them in the womb. I know the next 10 years will fly by. Why is that? I can remember being in school (middle) and thinking will I ever be a grown up? The days just ticked by one second at a time. I just have to say it SUCKS being OLD!

Our new bed arrived today! So now the 4 of us can sleep in the same bed without killing each other! ;) Yea my kids will be sleeping in bed with Mom and Dad until they are 20 :) LOL

Hugs to my girlies!