At Least Everything Doesn't Hit At Once
My pink eye is getting better. My eye actually itches today. Knock on wood, no one else in the house has gotten pink eye or a cold.
Bad news: I pulled my back yesterday.
Yup, and just by pulling a cushion out of the couch to help my 2 1/2 year old make a fort. He loves making forts, and I indulge. This time I shouldn't have. Strange that something that simple has created this much pain. Can't move my left arm too much, only could sleep on my back last night, and actually woke up around 5am crying in pain. My husband sleeps like he's in a coma, so it took several minutes of me calling his name and kicking him hard to get his attention. He helped me sit up and I stayed that way awake for most of the rest of the night. I'm in a fair amount of pain, can barely hold my 3 month old, and am letting my 2 1/2 year old run the house. I just keep yelling at him, "don't lean on Mommy." He's got a knack of just hanging on me...like all children. And of course, the side that hurts.
I've called in reinforcements. My poor husband has more work than his practice can handle, and given the economy, that's not a bad thing. I feel awful calling him away from his meetings today, so I called my parents and they'll be over in a few hours to help me in the afternoon. I'm going to try and call a chiropractor this morning and see if I can get an appointment this afternoon. Just can't go too long this way.
Good news: my 3 month old slept over 9 hours straight last night and is the happiest little camper on his bear rug right now. Picked the right night not to nurse every 2 hours, that's for sure. Don't think I really could have too easily.
Here's hoping my back recovers quickly and the little guy continues to sleep well! I'm actually hoping for a nice nap today so I can lay down. Might just go up in a little while and put the little guy to sleep and let the big guy watch PBS in bed with me.