Hug Twice

CJ woke up on Saturday morning saying his head hurt. The very top of his head, in fact. He wasn’t very clear on if he’d bumped it or if he had a headache (more on that tomorrow) but he was very insistent that it hurt. A lot. We called the pediatrician on call, and basically she said as long as there was no high fever, lethargy, or constant vomiting, to just keep an eye on him and bring him in Monday if he was still in pain. And give him some tylenol. So tylenol him up we did and he seemed okay, but cranky. And he held onto his head at all costs.

The entire day, except when I took him out boot shopping, he held his hand on his head as if his little life depended on it. (The shopping distracted him from remembering it was vitally important to hold onto his head.) And hold onto it he did. By early evening, he had worked up to having *both* hands on his head at all times. And then, I had an idea. We’d elicited from him that what he liked about the hand on his head was feeling something pressing where it hurt. (Not in so many words, or any words really, but by experimenting with him a little bit.) So I got one of his sister’s headbands, and put it on his head over where he said it hurt. His head is much bigger than hers, so the headband fits rather snugly.

And CJ made a miraculous recovery, as far as holding onto his head. All night he wore a headband and acted completely normally, with no hands on his head. Well, until the vomiting started. It seems he was sick after all.  But that was technically Sunday. And still no hands on his head.

If only every problem was that easy. Although Matt wasn’t as thrilled with my solution as I was. But he admitted CJ magically became a lot easier to be around. ;)  Again, at least until the vomiting started.

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