MAY

Wednesday May 30, 2001

I spent a horrible night last night because Dare ran a fever from the shots. He was so hot that I couldn't stand to be near him. All he wanted was to cuddle up next to me and eat. He was really restless too and he kept kicking me and whimpering. I held off for a while on the tylenol because I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to get up. That seems really unforgivable to me now that I'm awake, but last night it made a whole lot of sense. Once I finally broke down and got the medicine for him, the fever broke in like 10 minutes and he went right to sleep. I don't suppose they'll be nominating me for mother of the year any time soon after that incident.

I don't know if I've ever mentioned the fact that Elijah runs laps around the house or not. He's got all this boundless energy that he expends by running full speed around the couch. He does around 20 laps and then sits down and watches cartoons for a bit. Then without a single word or sign that he's about to do it, he gets up and runs another 20 laps or so. It's the strangest thing I've ever saw. I'd say in general that Elijah is just strange. I don't have too many 3 years olds to draw comparison with, but I find it hard to believe that they are all as crazy as him.