Maya is still unwell and I still haven't finished my essay.
The last few days have been an endurance battle... for us both, really. May's fevers have subsided but she's been super cranky, clingy and out of sorts, and off her food as well - all very unlike her. So she must really be feeling crap. When she opened her mouth for a particularly loud scream the other day I saw a tooth peeking out at the back. One of the dreaded molars.
We drove out to Valparaiso yesterday to drop off Mum and Bill for a few days, and Maya slept there and back and was a lot cheerier. We had a lovely lunch of pasta with fresh seafood though the name of the place escapes me. And I thought she was really on the mend.
But last night was a shocker. An endless cycle of crying and calming her down, rocking her in my arms and putting her down to sleep. She was so tired but as soon as her head hit the bed, she was up again, screaming and hysterical. I tried everything I could think of. She had at least five cups of warm milk plus bonjella, tapsin (baby panadol) and melatonina. I tried putting her in our bed, lying down next to her bed, letting her play, reading stories... blah blah. She'd calm right down, rub her eyes, yawn... then start crying again. Around midnight, I just gave up and started watching a movie on my laptop in her room. She sat on my lap and we watched it together for an hour. The 2010 version of Robin Hood, not exactly one for the kiddies. But then I put her into bed and she went straight to sleep. Evidently seven hours fighting sleep + 5 cups of warm milk + Russell Crowe = sleep.
I'm saving the second half for tonight.
The doctor has since confirmed that Maya has both top molars coming through at the same time (they usually travel solo) and that she has roseola, a common virus that describes all the above symptoms and ends in a non-irritable rash all over the body. She broke out in the rash today. Fingers and toes crossed that this is the end of it; if the fever returns I have to put her on antibiotics tomorrow and I really want to avoid that if at all possible.
The trials of parenting, eh? I'm home alone and not looking forward to another long night. Az left for Colombia today and is gone all week. Mum and Bill are in Valparaiso for a few days. Jenny is in tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile my essay limps on. Were I sans child, I could have spent 2-3 days and have sent it off last week. Instead it's an hour here, 20 minutes there... I just get into the head space and I hear her crying again. Aargh, it's a pain. Even if I could get an extension, I don't want one, I'm so over this essay. I'm sending it tomorrow and it sucks that if I just had the time and energy to focus a bit more, it would be quite good.
Ah, she's crying again. Wish me luck.
4 comments:
oh, i feel for you. I remember one of my kids was inexplicably irritable and inconsolable until we worked out she had roseola too. For a "mild, common virus" it certainly made for a few long days and nights, and I was not trying to write an essay. Hope you get some rest soon!
Poor Maya! My little Maia has also been sick but I'm putting that down to her starting at the jardin infantil, since she started just 2 weeks ago she's caught two bugs which of course she passed on to my 3 month old = weekend from hell. Maia also had roseola when we were in the UK last year, it lasted for about 4 days, she had a fever and a rash..but it doesn't last long - they just need a lot of cuddles and warm milk!! xx
Cheers Steph... I'd never heard of roseola but hopefully they only get it once! Maya is much better now, I think the molars probably affected her more or perhaps both things together made her feel super crap.
Thanks Tamsin... I am just dreading all the illnesses that will inevitably befall us once my Maya starts jardin!! Hope your Maia is back to health soon :)
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