Sick vs Teething

Which do you think is worse as a parent? Your child having a cold or gaining a new tooth? In this household there is no contest.

Teething is the worst! You have a inconsolable child who has a slight tendency to drool on everything and tries to bite you! And if he the drool is even slightly pink with blood during therapy or class, they insist on filling out an incident report.

When he's sick with a cold, he doesn't freaking care! Not at all. He snores and sniffles a lot more. But he almost actually seems to verbally respond and smile more than on a regular day! He definitely is slower - he doesn't move around as much, is slower to respond, and takes longer naps, but he almost seems to enjoy it! He didn't used to - when he was more of a baby than he is now, he had to cuddle, but now he's happy! Maybe its the slower pace? Or that he doesn't feel as urgently hungry or doesn't have to go to therapy? I don't know! He is strange in this way.

Commiserating on being sick with dad

Practicing vowels with mom

When I am sick I'm much more cranky and irritable, and I certainly don't smile as much as Cyrus does. I guess I'm just too busy being miserable. Perhaps, I should follow his example. He accepts the illness far more easily than I do!

Fevers are a different story of course - mostly because they lower the seizure threshold, and vomiting is scary for medicinal reasons as I have previously discussed. But by themselves, colds are not bad. At least not when Cyrus gets them. When mommy and daddy catch it from him, that's a different story.

I bring this up because Cyrus has spent the last few days with a cold and we have enjoyed the time and slower pace, but yesterday our calm experience was rudely punctuated with a molar deciding to break through, which was far less fun...

In other news, after five months of fighting with changing insurance companies, getting on medic-cal and getting them to talk to the seating company, Cyrus's wheelchair has finally arrived! He looks so good in it! He has better positioning, been eating better, has had less issues with chorea when in it, and even managed to take a nap in it once. I'm so excited to take him out! Now we just need to get some kind of shade/umbrella attached to it!