Soar throats, fevers and H1N1 shots, oh my!

It's been one heck of a week. We all got our H1N1 shots. Cai, Christopher & Ellie need a second does in 3 weeks. Griffyn couldn't get one as he is under 6 months of age. Rhys and Liam haven't been well with fevers and soar throats, Ellie and I have head colds and the swine flu shot knocked the stuffing out of Christopher. So far Cai has been the best with one day of fever. He did have a few days off school, along with Rhys. I think they know how to get sympathy from Mom! Friday their arms hurt too much and they didn't feel well from their shots. I have been administering many doses of Tylenol and Motrin. This week I have been playing the role of nurse.

I have been on Christopher's case about not touching Griffyn's face or soother, explaining we have to try to keep Griffyn healthy. I told him Daddy and I wash our hands before we pick him up. I was downstairs yesterday looking after Liam, when I came upstairs he was holding Griffyn's soother in his mouth. I started to tell him off again, and he interrupted and said, but I washed my hands. My little 4 year old actually went into the bathroom, washed his hands and came back out to look after his baby brother, I was very impressed. He was actually listening to me!

But of course, there are two sides to this little boy, we have been looking for Ellie's bear for the past two days, we found it tonight under Christopher's pillow.