24 Hour Flu Bug??

If there is a bug to be caught somewhere… one of my kids will catch it. Undoubtedly. Poor little Matt seemed to have caught a 24 hour fever. I’m guessing he picked it up at the zoo. He seemed a little off on Sunday… and then he had a 102 fever by Sunday evening. That night he was waking up constantly and fought his fever the entire night. Thankfully, I have an unbelievable husband who took on 100% of the night duty and then got up with sick/fussy Matt at 5:20am. Don’t worry… Mr. Martino was rewarded with a five hour nap on Monday morning. Yes F-I-V-E hours. No lie.

Since Matteo was still feeling yucky on Monday, he was having a difficult time trying to go down for his morning nap. So, I would rock him and he’d fall asleep. I’d put him down in his crib asleep… he’d wake up… I’d rub his back… he’d fall asleep… I’d try to sneak out… and he’d sit up and cry harder. Repeat x3. It was so sad… my poor little guy! All the while, Rocco was napping soundly in the same bedroom. Finally, Rocco was woken up by the drama. I tried to handoff Matteo to Dan, so Dan could nap with him. But, Matt was in full-on mommy-velcro-mode. And, it upset Matt so much that he was handed off to Dan that he decided to cry harder, which ended up making him throw up all over himself.

So, I bathed him… calmed him down… gave him water... rocked him. Somehow his lethargic little arm had serious lockdown on my arm, and he would not let go. I eventually got him to lie down in Gabby’s bed so I could lay with him. I was able to unlock my arm from his… I ran out of the room… grabbed Dan and had him run in there (Matt had already realized I was gone and started crying again).

But, the little guy… and big guy… finally napped. For FIVE LONG HOURS. I knew Matt needed rest to get better. And, if I wanted any good-wife points for the weekend, I knew Daddy had earned a nap too.

When they woke up at 2pm, Matt was acting so much more himself and by 4pm, his fever was gone. The bummer was that by 2pm, little Miss Gabby had also developed the fever.
Thankfully, Rocco was not hit by this little fever bug! YAY!