Matthew only has one medicine that he truly likes and one that he truly dislikes. In fact he would probably rather have us squeeze mustard into his mouth than take his Prevacid. Otherwise he just furrows his brow and chokes it down like you see in this video.
A night in the life of a sleep deprived Mom who also happens to be fighting a cold....
8:00 pm Bedtime for Taylor - Book reading, prayer and kisses
8:30 pm Matthew gets a bath, a shot, 3 medicines and a bottle
9:30 pm Matthew goes to bed
9:45 pm American Idol on DVR
10:30 pm Sanitize 15 medicine syringes used throughout the day, and clean up kitchen
11:00 pm Make sure all feedings, poops, pees, medicines, weight, oxygen saturation and heart rate monitors from the day are documented correctly. Make sure we have all medicines needed for next day.
11:30 pm Matthew takes a bottle
12:00 am Bed time
2:30 am Wake up to crying Matthew. Rock for 5 minutes. Put pacifier back in mouth. Put Matthew back to bed. Document in chart that Matthew ate 4 ounces (even though he didn't eat). Dad hears nothing.
2:40 am Back to bed
3:30 am Wake up to crying Matthew. Feed him 4 ounces. Put Matthew back to bed. Document nothing. Dad wakes up, thinks to himself that it must be Moms turn and falls back to sleep.
4:00 am Back to bed
5:30 am Wake up to crying Matthew. Rock for 5 minutes. Put pacifier back in mouth. Put Matthew back to bed. Document in chart that Matthew ate 4 ounces (even though he didn't eat). Dad hears nothing.
7:00 am Dad wakes up to crying Matthew. Tells Mom he'll take this one. Feeds Matthew a bottle. Pats himself on back for doing such a good job.
7:30 am Moms gets up to feed Taylor, gives Matthew shot and medicines and prays for opportunity to take a nap some time during the day.
8:00 am Discussion with Dad regarding how many times Matthew ate during the night. Chart says he ate at 2:30 and 5:30. Dad says he ate a 3:30. We laugh it off and go on with our day.
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