Nora had a much better night last night. She went to bed at 8:30 and then was up at 9:15, which made us nervous that we were in for a long night again. But, Bryan had the idea to keep her in her room. Because when we got her out of her bed, she took control of our entire house & lives and made us stay up for forever. So....Bryan soothed her in her room.
After about 20 minutes, I got the idea to play baby lullabies on the iPad for her. I slunk in her room and passed the iPad to Bryan. And by slunk I mean crawled on the floor and scootched the iPad along the way and then crawled back out so Nora wouldn't see me. And then I left to go get food for us. I put on mismatched shoes (because I didn't want to turn any lights on) and used Bryan's dirty hoodie (because I didn't want to go to the coat closet near her room) and went out the back door. We weren't screwing around tonight. We were determined to get some sleep.
When I came back, Nora was quietly sleeping in her bed (with the iPad). Three cheers! She only woke up one more time at 11:45 which is when I gave her some medicine, sucked her nose (which she LOATHES) and gave her a drink. And then she slept until 8:45 in the morning! Praises!!
It was totally worth it because she was much, much happier today. Still pretty sick with a nasty cold (runny nose, cough, sore throat), but no barky, croupy cough or wheezing, so we'll take it!
We ditched church today to get some rest. And because all 3 kids have a pretty decent cold. We spent the day playing and just relaxing. Haze played cash register with me for a long time. He kept buying his Hotwheels cars. And Andlie & Daddy spent most of the afternoon playing Uno. It was a nice Sunday.
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