And we are suppose to teach him, "Just Say No".

Well, Andrew seems to be feeling better and so far (it’s only 10pm), he is sleeping soundly.  Of course, this is how last night started as well…but that was before the coughing came.  The horrible, endless, coughing that kept us all awake a good portion of the night.   It kept waking him up, which I think would remind him that his ears hurt.  So sleeping alone in his crib was out of the question as far as he was concerned and he worked himself into a little tizzy until only when we let him come downstairs and watch Elmo, did he relax a bit.   Then I decided to let him sleep in our bed with me for a while until Marc came to bed.  However, Sir. Wiggles-A-Lot didn’t sleep and just made me frustrated, so he got to come back downstairs with daddy until about 1 am. When…. somehow, he ended up BACK in our bed…. and coughing now more than ever right into our ears.     After much debate (felt like hours worth), I made an executive mommy decision that said it was ok to have Tylenol, Amoxicillin and cough medicine in the system all at once and went running to find the syrup.  After the drugs and some more rocking, I finally got him to stay in his crib for the rest of the night, which was much too short.   On a side note, I did call the pediatrician this morning, to find out if, in fact, those three drugs could mix and got the thumbs up.  Poor little man…. add the antibiotic ointment that we are using on his surgical site and you have a 19mo. walking pharmacy.