I didn't have many expectations for today. My (to)day's plans actually started early in the morning hours of Sunday when Patrick started throwing up and took little break from doing so until 7:30 am Sunday morning. Granted Chip handled half of the incidents, but I knew that if Patrick got sick again much past that 7:30 mark, I would be at home with him today.
His daycare has a 24-hour-rule that if they have to be free and clear of a fever or vomiting or such for 24 hours before they return to school. 7:30 would have been fine. He started drinking fluids and did okay.
Until 3:00 pm.
It happened again.
So my fate was sealed. I would be calling in today to tell my boss that I would be at home with my son today because he had a virus. Of course I wanted Patrick to get well fast and not be sick today, but I also feel like I'm somehow playing hooky when I at home with a child who is acting perfectly healthy because he can't be at school. Of course with as sick as he was yesterday, I might have kept him at home at least 1/2 a day regardless of a rule to make sure that it didn't start up again after he ate today.
He made it through the night and this morning did well with breakfast.
I decided that taking him to Target for 30 minutes would be fine with as well as he was feeling. So we went and get some bins that I have been longing for to complete a project that would restore my personal sanity.
This was the source of my uneasiness:
And after a yummy grilled cheese and saltines lunch (which he is doing well with), here is what we did about it:
So I made labels with the names of a category of toys and a corresponding picture so Patrick had specific homes for each of his toys in the evenings. He knows exactly where to look for things as well. He and I spent about 1-1/2 hours compiling his toys into these bins (it took that long mostly because I wanted him to do a lot of the work). Thankfully he is a great little helper. So we spent $22 (plus tax) on the bin drawers at Target (on sale for $11 a piece). We already had the bookshelf/bin set up. And with a little bit of time and a little printer ink, my world is now much more at peace.
The Thomas set actually has a home too in one of those bins, but I didn't want to break it down only to reassemble it tonight. Yeah, Mommy was lazy.
He is currently napping and I think I'll go do the same. =)
By the way...for my readers in multiple locations, I'm duplicating this post at
Riding Bicycles due to its mommy-ness. =)
Detail view looking down the illusional hallway in the previous mural.
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