Tis the Season..... Of Sickness!

Well the good luck in the Feit Family has ran out. Landon has been sick since Friday night and let me tell you having a sick 2 year old might possibly be the most challenging thing I've been through in my ENTIRE life! Two is a stage in which you can tell they don't feel well, but they don't know how to tell you what is wrong-besides saying "Ouch" at random parts of the day when nothing they are doing seems to coincide with the last time they said ouch. They are just stubborn enough that if they don't want to take a medicine, they won't- and no amount of bribing, coaxing or tricking will change it. (I have also found out that a two year old has the ability to hold medicine in his mouth and spit it out on the living room floor ten minutes later!)

Last night Nick and I tried for almost two hours to get Landon to take his much needed medicine. We did everything. We mixed it with juice, tried to force it in him, bribed him, talked to him about it, etc, etc. I even pulled out a special suprise I had waiting for Christmas.... A Buzz Lightyear Pezz Dispenser! I can't even explain how awesome Landon thinks these things are. He gets a "nummy" from a baseball one when he goes potty on the potty. :) The Buzz Lightyear was the most amazing thing he had seen in quite some time. He kept shouting "Buzz nummy! Buzz nummy!", while jumping up and down. In my head I was thinking... this is it. We have found our way to get the medicine down.

So I held out the Pezz dispenser and told Landon that as soon as he took his medicine (which I had in the other hand) that he could have a Buzz nummy. He immediately looked at me... very seriously and said, "No tank too, Mommy" (no thank you, mommy) and walked out the door.

At least I have a stubborn two year old that has manners.... it could be worse, right! :)

Please let me know if you have any suggestions for two year olds and medicine!