10 August 2010

Nathan’s sick (though here they would say "poorly" or "unwell"). I’m tired.

Nathan seemed to be getting on a more “normal” schedule last night and we were able to get him to bed at 9. On the other hand, Christopher was up until 1am last night and Jeff and I didn’t get to bed until 2. Having two kids is tiring. As is jet lag. I really hope we can get both of them on a similar schedule soon so that we can have a little bit of “free time.” Oh, free time, what’s that? (And I only have TWO to worry about!) Christopher was so smiley last night. I think he was trying to soak up all of the attention he can get once Nathan is in bed. He was adorable, but sleep would have been nice too!

We heard Nathan coughing last night and then he woke up around 11:00 while we were trying to put Christopher to sleep (of course, we were trying to put Christopher to sleep all night…). Nathan was fairly inconsolable, but I was finally able to calm him down. Jeff tried first with no luck and then decided that Nathan must want his mommy so we traded kids. Later, when I had gotten Nathan down, Jeff said he was very impressed and asked how I did it. I think mom’s have a special touch, simply because daddy’s sometimes THINK we do so the kiddos get handed off to us more often. The more practice we get, the better we do, right? ;)

Christopher woke up around 5am to eat. Just as I was finishing with him, I heard Nathan start to cry and cough from his room so I went to check on him. He was not sounding good – very congested and like he had a sore throat. I don’t know if he picked something up from all of our travels, or from nursery, or from the playground, or from his new toys, or where, but he definitely has something and I hope Christopher doesn’t get it. I also hope it isn’t too serious because I still have no clue how doctors work here. Anyway, I didn’t want him to think that 5:30am was an appropriate time to wake up, so I made him stay in his room while I got him some milk and then, after a diaper change, we both laid down in his new bed together. I told him it was still night time and we had to stay in bed. Surprisingly he did. We both kind of dozed off and on. Around 8, he ventured to the end of the bed and sat there until I told him he could play with his toys, but needed to stay in his room. I was feeling SOOOO tired.

After a little while we came out and ate breakfast and then I laid down on the couch while he started to play. He saw me laying down and said, “Science Kid! Science Kid!” It took me a while to realize what he was saying and that he wanted to watch Cid the Science Kid. I guess he associates a tired mommy with him getting to watch PBS kid shows. Of course we have no TV or Internet, so instead I put on The Lion King for him. That entertained him for about 20 minutes. Since then he’s been extremely fussy and whiny, so I tried to put him back down for a morning nap, with no luck. He’s still in there complaining and crying. Luckily I just got Christopher back to sleep after feeding him. We’ll see how long THAT lasts.

And it’s only 9:30. I better go get Nathan since he isn’t falling asleep. It’s going to be a long day…