AHHHH! Why is he crying?

So yesterday was rough. First rough day in about 6 weeks I'd say? Baby boy was fine for most of the morning and then around 9-10am or so he just started screaming bloody murder.. I tried to feed him - he wasn't hungry. I changed his diaper - which was only a tiny bit wet. I tried to burp him for several minutes in several positions - nothing came out and he wasn't acting gassy. I needed to get away from it for a minute after a bit of not being able to do anything so I asked my sister in law if she'd watch him so I could take a shower.

I took a shower, got out, brushed my hair, sorta taking my time and all that.. meanwhile I could hear him still screaming out there in her lap. I went out and took him back, she told me that he hadn't been screaming the whole time, just the past couple minutes or so. I took him back into the bedroom and decided to check his diaper again.. still nothing.. I'm standing there looking at him scream on the changing table trying to run ideas through my mind why he might be so upset.

Sister in law came in to my room and helped me check him over. I picked him up and was talking to him really quietly, patting his back and bouncing softly while she tried to look in his ears. He shook his head and pulled away when she tried to look into his right ear so she suggested maybe he had an earache. I panicked a little.. we got denied for his medicaid because the place hubby works wouldn't give him the signed papers he needed until two days too late - how was I supposed to take him to the doctor with no medicaid?

Sis in law suggested I give him a wee little bit of baby tylenol and see what that did. Lucky for me I had some that my mom had bought me like right after I found out I was pregnant! We gave him half of the smallest suggested dose cause you're not supposed to give it to babies under 6 months.. After we gave it to him I put a cloth over my shoulder and took him to sit in the rocking chair and rocked him a bit. Not even TWO MINUTES LATER he was asleep. We took about an hour nap and then a couple hours later took a second hour nap. I don't know what the problem was - maybe he was just so sleepy and couldn't fall asleep.

Anyways he seems to be doing better so far today. I also decided I wanted to try and spend mre time with him rather than being on the computer. I'm quite a hypocrite.. I tell hubby that I don't want us to be a "computer family" where we IM each other to say that dinner is ready.. and here I am spending most of my day on the computer, rocking my son's chair with my foot.

And now that I just admitted all of that I REALLY hate myself. I can't believe I do that! I told myself that I'd stop doing that when he got a little older and wanted to play but if I don't stop now, I won't want to stop then. So... stopping..


:)