thankful#34: the ergo

dagny slept in this morning, which felt like a blessing at first -- within an hour, however,  she was acting anything but rested -- she was rubbing her fist on her gums, rubbing her eyes, and clinging to my neck -- she kept nodding off in my arms while we sat on the couch, but when i would lay her down in her crib she would immediately flip over, grab for me, and start crying - not like her at all

on and off throughout the day she would have a fever - anywhere from 100 degrees to just slightly above 103 degrees, which would then drop back down to normal followed by a small window of her acting with some semblance of herself - and by that i mean that she would smile when kinsley tried to make her laugh, she would take a few bites of a snack, or let me change her diaper -- throughout the entire day, though, all she wanted was to be held -- i couldn't put her down to so much as use the bathroom -- even changing her clothes was too much - it was a jammies day for miss dagny - and a hold-me-all-day day for her, too

thank god for the ergo! we rigged that thing up at about 10 in the morning, and it didn't come off until about 6 in the evening -- so nice to be able to hold her and keep her close and cuddle with her while still being able to use my hands to do other things -- obviously household things were put on hold, i was not worried about cleaning up the toys or doing the dishes -- but kinsley still needed some love - she obviously needed to eat and drink and she needed a little bit of help getting dressed and brushing her hair -- these are all things that i'm sure i could have handled one-handed while holding dagny, but it is much easier to accomplish them with the use of both hands -- it's also much more comfortable for dagny to be snug against me than to be jostled around and shifted here and there as i try to help kinsley or make her a sandwich -- we still managed to get outside for some fresh air and exercise, too -- we bundled up, put on our rainboots, got the umbrellas, and walked to the store -- with dagny close and warm in the ergo i was still able to hold the umbrella and kinsley's hand (the stroller was not an option for dagny today - while it's cozy in there, that's just not the same as being held) -- kinsley was a trooper all day and didn't complain at all when we had to miss swimming AND her playdate with her school friends to let dagny rest

thank you, ergo! not that it was the ergo, specifically - any carrier would have done the job -- hell, i'm sure i could have rigged up a sheet to hold her close for the day -- but we received the ergo as a hand-me-down from my cousins and that thing has maybe had the most use of any other hand-me-down -- thank you, matt and michele!!!

and dagny is feeling much better -- we all had our elderberry syrup, we put a little bit of thyme essential oil in the humidifier in the living room, and by the end of dinner both girls were doing laps around the apartment --- a typical evening in the cave cave