Jaxon is finally getting better after his visit from the "Sicky Bug". The "Sicky Bug" showed up unexpectedly (when does he ever announce his arrival?) a week ago today and most definitely over stayed his welcome. I will spare you most of the details but poor Jaxon's tummy got the worst of it. Not that this is new news, but having a sick toddler can be very unpredictable.
First, Jax doesn't understand "how" to be sick meaning that when he first started throwing up he must not have felt sick because he still demanded to roam freely around the house and play. Which meant I was left chasing him around cleaning up his puke trail. Then we he finally gave in and accepted the fact that he was sick he didn't understand that he should vomit in a bucket or at the very least in ONE direction. The only thing that he was sure of was that he needed to be held, resulting in me getting showered in puke more than once. The only good thing about that was I got lots of cuddle time. The down side was that I too got a visit from the "Sicky Bug".
The second part of unpredictable toddler sickness is not being able to predict if Jaxon is actually better or not. Sometimes his behavior and actions are not telling the whole story, so if he is feeling great, good, so-so, or just a smidge better I can't tell. I can only guess. So when I thought that if he WANTED to eat pizza after being sick all day that he could- I thought wrong. Or when I thought he was active enough to go out to visit friends or public places- I thought wrong. In fact, during my trial and error I think I was wrong more times than I was right. He seemed perfectly fine and he would go all day being fine until that one opportune moment of the day. These moments happened when you least expected, like the time when we were literally walking through the front door after being out, or the time when we were driving down the road or best of all, when we were at Olive Garden in the middle of lunch. I hate that I couldn't tell if Jaxon was feeling good or not and I was dragging him around town and offering him food that his tummy wasn't ready for. If nothing else, I learned a lot about being a Mommy from this "Sicky Bug" visit.
All in all, I have to say that even though I do not like it when my little guy is sick it was nice to just be able to spend all those days caring for him and loving him. Together we watched a Sesame Street marathon, sang songs and cuddled under the covers. I don't like the "Sicky Bug" but his visit can't be ignored and he does make you slow down and sit awhile.
