Raq, it could be a growth spurt, or other random toddler phenomena. Is he falling asleep in your arms? (You mentioned "nestling in".) He can't climb out of the crib, right? I would suggest continuing the bedtime ritual as much as you can, and then depositing him in the crib with a firm "good night" and let him cry it out.
We went with the increasing increments thing when the kids did this: Go in the first time after five minutes of nonstop crying. Next time, ten minutes, etc. Don't pick him up, just pat him, lay him back down (if you can), and say good night again. After a night or two he should get the picture. It sucks, but it works. If you're committed to him going to sleep on his own, and getting the idea of bedtime, that is, which I adamantly was.
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Have flu. Well, have something that is causing me to shiver, sweat, & have chills, so I'm caling it the flu.
Also, plz to be adding me to Buffistas what need to be wrapped in bubble wrap. Last night, I stabbed myself so hard on a piece of ice (it was frozen to the freezer bottom, I was having a sickly cleaning fit) that the wound is a quarter-inch deep and a half-inch long. Ouch.
lays in supply of bubble wrap
Am also sick. Will make chicken soup with ginger and cellophane noodles for dinner tonight. yummy and easy.
Hivemind question: what's a classier word than "free"? I thought about "gratis", but thought that was pretentious. I need to say that we don't charge the normal fees if the student is part of a particular program, but want an easier, shorter way to say it.
I just got hair glitter on BigLibraryBossMan. YAY me.
Pro bono?
"usual fees are waived for students in Program?"
Oh, juliana, ouch! And yuck for flu.
AmyLiz, that's what we are doing. I'm hoping it's a growth or developmental spurt, but man is he pissed off. It's definitely an assertion of will thing. He's always been really good about getting to sleep on his own, and if he wakes up during the night he mutters himself back to sleep, but this is wow. As soon as he sees the PJs or the crib, he becomes a whirling mass of knees and feet and hands and head.
He actually kicked me so hard in the bladder it brought tears to my eyes. Which brings me to UTI Doctor Visit II: Electric Boogaloo.
Yesterday they didn't give me ABX or drugs because my white blood cell count wasn't elevated, right? Today, same deal. A lot more blood, elevated temp, but the dip strip didn't turn purple like it would for white cells. However, I ended up chatting with the doctor and nurse for a bit, because we are friends (and they showed me how to use the cauterizing pen), and after that the nurse looked at the dip strip again and it was WAY purple. Just took a while.
So I've had this untreated for a whole day. Grr argh.
OTOH, I got free anti-spasmodics out of it, and free Cipro. (Which, dude, do I have anthrax? Do I need something with that many side effects? But okay, whatever)
Oh, juliana! We're going to need a bigger boat a lot more bubble wrap, clearly.
It's definitely an assertion of will thing.
One of the less pleasant stages of toddlerhood. It will pass, though, I promise. In the meantime, dig your heels in. And feel better! Poor thing. UTIs sound really awful.
{{{Raq}}} Feel better and tell Mal the Empress orders him to be nice today and go to bed like a good boy.
Cipro does a bang-up job with UTIs, and the other antibiotic of choice (Bactrim) actually has a larger side-effect profile. So I'm always all "Go Team Cipro!" when I get a UTI.
