Sick Baby

Monday was a two star day
I had the monster home with me all day since he hadn’t been feeling well. Sunday he was whiny and feverish, and still has diarrhea after ten days. The doc doesn’t know what it is, but it has happened before. They just pass it off as a “bug” and send us home. If it were just the diarrhea, we could narrow it down to lactose or something, but he must have something a little more serious (in my opinion).

I called Auntie to cancel for the day, and arranged to have her make the day up on Thursday. This is when I plan on going to the state fair with Daughter and my mom. Monster would just be one more thing to keep track of and add a stroller to push. Walking around as much as we plan to will be enough hard enough. Thursday is opening day, and I am excited, this time I actually get to go see the things Husband groans at or just flat refuses to do. These are the things I grew up doing each year, and it just doesn’t feel as fulfilling when I go to just eat. I will go again with Husband and the kids another time, probably Labor Day weekend since Daughter will have started school already. I don’t want her to miss a day in the very first week. My goal is perfect attendance and being on-time each day. This is probably too much to expect, but I can always dream.

I was depressed again, for most of the late afternoon and evening. It may have been the stress of taking care of the Monster, but he slept a long, long time for his nap (almost four hours) and I was even able to sleep a bit during that time too. My psychiatrist thinks the Lexapro isn’t up to its full strength since I started it just two-three weeks ago. It should help with my anxiety as well at depression, and it was the anxiety he thought would improve as I continued with Lexapro.