Disease has been running rampant in our house for days now. Not fun. It’s been a blur of sleepy kids during the day, grumpy kids at night, and one half-witted mom all of the time. I ache for my sick kiddos. I ache to sleep.
My husband and I have been taking turns staying awake with sick babes in the evening and sleeping whenever possible. We have both been medicating the kids, and we were finding it a challenge to manage who gets what, why, and when.
I came up the with dry-erase-marker-on-the-mirror system to help us manage the process. We keep the thermometer and medicines in their bathroom, so this is an easy place for us to keep track of what medicine each kid is getting and what their temperature is throughout the day. Both Jon and I can now know what the last medicine given was, what his previous temperature was, and we know which kid got what.
I don’t wish sick kids on anybody, but if you are unfortunate enough to enter my world, I hope this system helps. The dry erase marker wipes easily from mirrors and even gave my kid something to entertain himself with during our days stuck at home.
Here’s hoping we’ll rejoin the world soon,
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing! Hope everyone is feeling better soon!
Thanks. We got a prescription today, so hopefully that will do the trick! I need to re-enter the world again soon. Hanging out with sick kids at the house can get OLD!