giggling boy

It was a bit strange, being that it was about 9pm, to hear giggling coming from the children's room. Not giggling between the two children, just one, laughing out loud, when he should have been fast asleep. I thought perhaps he was having a fabulous dream or something, but when we tiptoed into the bedroom to check up on what mischief was occurring, it was just our Josh, still perfectly under his covers, laughing out loud at nothing in particular. Ben even shone the little torch on his mobile phone at Josh to check if he was asleep or awake: eyes wide open and laughing. What was even more disconcerting was that he continued to giggle as we walked out! Wha'? Ben returned back a little while later to check on Josh, to kiss him on the forehead and to encourage him to fall asleep... "Mummy ting?" was Joshka's request (mummy sing?) but it was way past singing time so no 'tinging' for our little man. Perplexed and bemused parents went to bed a while later, but were awoken in the early hours by crying. I went to fetch him and found him at the base of his bed (odd place to be) standing there crying...poor thing. Was he disoriented what with the new sleeping arrangements? I picked him up and was immediately aware of how hot he was. Ben confirmed my suspicions and we dosed him up with some medication and water, and tried to settle him to going back to sleep. In our bed. He was very restless and full of wriggles and kicks. Ben was working the next morning so I put Josh on the outside to shield Ben from the pummeling. It was a grumpy few hours for me and by 5am I was truly shattered! Ben got up early (good man) and saw Mia get up too. He decided to set her up with a bit of early morning tv to allow Josh and myself to catch up on a bit of sleep. He said he would phone (placed the phone beside her) to let know when it was time to wake mummy up.

I was blissfully asleep (at last) and completely unaware any of this was going on. I was sort of starting to wake up when Mia marched into the room saying, "MUM! I talked to Daddy on the phone and..." i propped myself up and had a conversation with her, feeling strangely not too bad considering it was early - ah - it was already an hour past when I would normally get up! SHIT! How-? And then I heard Ben coming inside...But-? He was beaming at the fact that Mia had managed to answer the phone and have a decent conversation with him, even though he realised he'd forgotten to show her which button to press to answer. Added to that, she'd turned off the tv 'cause her "eyes were getting sore" and had informed him of it over the phone. What was she doing then? She was quietly playing with her dolls and their pram in the lounge...

Ben had come in to help me get them ready to take to school. Nominations for husband-of-the-year goes to....BEN! What a brilliant help. Getting the breakfast, teeth, hair and clothes done, making the lunch and washing some dishes...all so much easier when there are 2 adults available. Never mind that he was still on call (his work partner was parked out front doing a vehicle check...) but I was just so impressed that he'd thought of a) keeping Mia from waking us after our restless night b) called to wake us up (even though I never heard the phone!) c) come IN to help! Fabulous.

Josh seems to be ok, but we'll see after tonight. The fever was gone with the medication, but came back this afternoon. It's under control again, but I'll most probably take him to the doctor tomorrow (get in before the weekend!) if there's no improvement.

And well done to Mia who answered the phone by pressing the correct button, turned the tv off and played so well by herself. Soon she'll be making her own breakfast and lunch and walking herself to school!