It's official
Henry's sick. This morning he woke up with a slightly runny nose and now he looks like death warmed over, not that he needs a nap or anything, at least according to him. I just gave him some Tylenol and wrangled him into bed; I'm hoping against hope that he'll fall asleep quickly and easily and without a lot of coughing.
When Henry gets sick like this our rules about tv watching get pretty lax. When I'm sick I tend to watch a lot of tv because it helps take my mind off of my nose/sinuses/cough/whatever and it keeps my having to talk to people at a minimum because no one should have to put up with me when I'm sick and therefore crabby. I figure it's only fair for the same rules to apply to the kid. Henry's latest and greatest favorite thing on television is "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse". This saddens me greatly because I'm more of a Bugs Bunny kind of girl, but maybe Henry will come around with time. A few weeks ago we went to playgroup at a little girl's house and she had a pink Mickey Mouse ears hat that Henry immediately fell in love with and wore for the most glorious five minutes of playgroup time there ever was. If only I'd had my camera.
Anyway, this afternoon while Dave was home for lunch I ran to the grocery store and bought things to help us get through a toddler cold: chicken noodle soup, cereal bars, sweet potato puffs, and orange juice. Oh yeah, and Kleenex. Lots and lots of Kleenex.
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Oh no! Here's hoping this entry isn't going to be copied and pasted in my blog in a couple days . . .
Posted by: Karen | March 4, 2008 04:23 PM
When I told Thomas that Henry is sick, his solution was that Henry should go to the store to get a shot. Apparently shots make you feel better - go figure. Here's hoping he's feeling a bit better (sans shot!)
Posted by: Karen | March 4, 2008 08:24 PM
I'll pass Thomas's recommendation on to Henry. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to hear it. Or he'll choose to interpret it as, say, "Go to the store for a shot of pudding."
I really hope Thomas doesn't get whatever this is!
Posted by: Jenn | March 4, 2008 09:51 PM
I'd' never heard of sweet potato puffs so I googled them. They sound really good. Here's how you make them:
http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/researchnews/92f/potato.html
I'm having trouble picturing a "fluidized-bed".
Posted by: Mel | March 5, 2008 02:48 PM
Even though they come in Gerber packaging, I definitely eat my fair share of them...they're really good.
Posted by: Jenn | March 5, 2008 03:05 PM