Everyone had COVID!

Having a sick baby is tough. It’s tough mentally for parents, as well as draining for parents. Obviously, it is worse for the baby! The baby is unable to tell you what is wrong, they are unable to blow their nose when it is stuffed, they can’t understand why they are feeling the way they are, and to cope with all that they NEED you as a parent to be there for them.

If you follow me on social media, then you know that a couple weeks ago my family was hit hard by COVID. That was the most draining week my husband and I have been through as parents. It was filled with high fevers, little to no sleep, throwing up, babies being hungry but not wanting to eat, and constantly having one or many kids on you at a time. I will say though, I have never felt more needed in my life than that week.

Kaison, our two-year-old, had RSV when he was around 4 months old and that was a very difficult time, but it was 2 against 1. Meaning my husband and I were able to relieve the other if needed or help each other out by giving medication/doing breathing treatments. We were also able to trade off who was sleeping next to the baby every night – so we could monitor his breathing. Doing this trade off meant that at least one of us would be fully rested and ready to conquer the day ahead.

The twins went 9 months without getting sick, and like I said, it was not just a little cold, it was COVID. These poor kids didn’t know what was going on and how to deal with it. Adults don’t even like being sick with COVID!

So, how did this all start? We went to a family event on that Saturday before we got sick. Monday, I got a call saying one of my family members who was at the party tested positive for covid that morning. When I got home from work Monday afternoon around 4:30pm our babysitter said that Koehn felt warm, but he did not have a temperature, and he was more “clingy” than usual. I had a bad feeling right away that this was not going to end well LOL.

6pm hit that evening and Koehn was NOT feeling well. He did not have a fever yet, but you could tell something was up. He only wanted to be held and he wanted nothing to do with baby food – which when it comes to eating Koehn will eat anything and everything that you put in front of him. I texted my husband who was still at work at that time to tell him Koehn was not feeling well, to which he then tells me he is also not feeling the best. GREAT! Just what I wanted to hear!

Koehn did not sleep well that night and since my husband also was not feeling well, he volunteered to sleep with Koehn in the living room, that way they wouldn’t wake anyone up and hopefully keep the sickness between them.

Around 3am Kinzley woke up screaming. She felt warm but again, no fever. I tried everything I could to get her to go back to bed but she only wanted to be held. So, I ended up holding her for the rest of the night.

Cody came into the room around 5am and told me he was taking Koehn to the emergency room. I instantly got up and went to check on Koehn. He had a fever of 102.2 so we gave him some infant Tylenol to see if that would help break the fever. I had Cody wait to take him into the doctors until 7am when the walk-in clinic opened. Come to find out Koehn not only tested positive for COVID, but he had an ear infection on top of that.

From there everyone just got worse. Kinzley and Koehn both had fevers now, and my husband was dealing with body aches, a sore throat, cough, and fever. However, Kaison and I were still healthy as could be!

Koehn’s fever reached 103.4 that evening and I called my mom to see if we should take him back to the doctors. She recommended calling the walk-in clinic before driving over there. I called the clinic and left a voicemail for them. By the time they returned my call Koehn’s fever had spiked to 103.8. Long story short they told us to give him infant ibuprofen and give it 30 minutes – if the fever did not drop in 30 minutes, they wanted us to go in. Once the 30 minutes were up, we rechecked his temperature and it had dropped down to 101.8. When I called them back, they said since he weighed as much as he did, they were okay with us giving him infant Tylenol every 6 hours (which we had been doing) along with infant ibuprofen every 6 hours (alternating between the two every 3 hours). This did help keep fevers below 103 but they were still over 100.

With both twins taking medications at different times, we decided to make a chart. We kept this chart by the medication, that way we could remember to write down when we gave a child medication. With the lack of sleep, this chart ended up keeping us in line big time!

The nights were awful. I would usually end up sleeping with Kinzley. She refused to sleep anywhere but on my chest. Since she was sleeping on me, I was not able to fully get into a deep sleep. I had to still be aware of what was happening since she was on me. My husband would sleep with Koehn in the living room using our twin bobby pillow. He would place Koehn on one side and then my husband would lay in the other side and place his hand on Koehn’s stomach to bring him comfort. As you could imagine, the twins woke up many times throughout the night. My husband and I were both EXHAUSTED.

The days were filled with sick baby snuggles. The twins only wanted to be held by me, which was fine but a lot of work. At one point I took both the twins to my bedroom while my husband was giving our toddler a bath. I was holding Kinzley on my chest; Koehn was laying right beside me and both of them ended up passing out. Due to lack of sleep, I also ended up falling asleep. My husband came into the room and took a photo of all of us. It was not the most appealing photo of myself, but it captured just how important a mother’s touch is for her sick kids.

Overall, the twins and my husband were sick for about three days. Kaison and I ended up getting sick on the 4th day, but it was not as bad as what the twins had. Kaison only ran a fever of 101.2, nothing higher. He had a sore throat, and his voice was very raspy but that was all. He was clingy, needing hugs for about a day and then he was off running and ready to be back to normal. I had body aches, sore throat, and a cough – nothing crazy.

Having one sick baby is hard enough but when your whole family gets sick within the same week, it really feels like a truck load of bricks has been dumped on you. We are SO GLAD that the sickness has passed and that we are all back to being healthy. If you are looking for infant medication, below are a few that we have used in the past and/or used while everyone had COVID.

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