The past few days it’s been all I can do to get up in the morning and keep going throughout the day. I’ve become host to a virus that infects the lungs called RSV. What’s worse is that my soon-to-be two year old son got it first. It’s not as bad as it was when he got the same infection last year, and we were worried about his ability to breathe, but it’s still pretty bad. He feels crummy pretty much all of the time, both awake and asleep, and has been very trying for us as parents to deal with. Coupled with the fact that I’m also sick, and moving through a fog at all times, yeah… family life is a little strained right now.

We’ve been doing all the usual things – drink lots of water, try to cut down on known allergens (dairy springs to mind), early bedtimes, all that. It’s just that the boy wakes up in the middle of the night, and he wakes up angry. This morning, he woke up at 3:00 AM, and wanted to get up and watch TV, eat food, drink water, read books, play with trains, and most of all – for mommy to hold him. He really wanted none of those things: he just wanted to do things that he likes, I assume in hope that it would make him feel better. (If you get him a glass of water, he throws it at you. If you get food, he throws it at you. If you turn on the TV, he screams at you until you turn it off. Etc.)

He’s also cutting his two year molars now. We’re on the edge of sanity these days. Advice?