We called Nanny Delaney and tried to paint both an honest picture of Jack's condition (not well, yet) and a positive one. I think it came across as, "Please. Please. Please let Jack go to your house today. Please. Neither of us can afford to miss work today. Remember how cute Jack is? We'll pay double. Oh wait. We are, since we are paying for the days he's missing.. But please."
And she said, "OK."
And we were all like, "Really? Because we don't want to get the other babies sick.." I'm not sure how loudly we said it. But we said it.
So Jack went to Nanny's today for the first time in two weeks. And even though he did have dirty, dirty diapers, and even though he was "a challenge" since the last two weeks involved Jack having our FULL attention which meant he screamed everytime Nanny put him down to tend to the other kids, he made it through the day!
What a relief. Nanny said she'd take him again tomorrow. So back to work for two days in a row, we go. Whew.
We still need to get Jack well. Speaking of which, thank you for all of the emails, comments, calls, and suggestions. They are all very helpful and supportive. You are an awesome community!! You keep me sane, even if it's just to say, "Damn, this sucks." I'm going to try a combination of things to help Jack feel better or at least be more comfortable. Also, I should mention that Jack's first tooth is peeking through his gums. That could have something to do with the diarrhea.
Maybe there's hope.
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2 comments:
Glad you all call a break from tending to Jack. Hooray for Nanny! Hoping he gets better SOON! And yes, it could all be related to teething, or some small bug, or a cold, or a million other things because that's the joy of pediatrics (which our Dr always says with a smirk)! Ugh.
OH MY GOSH.
I am so glad that there is some relief and am hoping that it ends soon! The illness, not the relief. :)
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