'Tis the Season...

...to be sick. I don't think that anyone is more cognisant of the cold and flu season than a parent with young children. Especially many young children. One bad cold is enough to deal with; but one bad cold making its way through five young children is a lot. Thankfully this head cold has moved through our youngest quite quickly (yay for breastmilk). The two oldest are done with it (except the remains of a cough which hits in the quiet of the night). Joseph seems to attack sickness with the same gusto that he approaches most situations (born to survive). But Ben is asleep again and as grumpy as a just-woken-from-hibernation bear. Actually, picture Eeyore with a sinus infection. I think that he might actually need something more than Mommy and Tylenol. I am keeping a close eye on little Benjo as Dave's mother has developed bacterial pneumonia and Ben's lungs have aways been more susceptible than those of the other children. We're all on multi-vitamins, cod liver oil and very little sugar but I think that children get most ills and, as the saying goes, what doesn't kill you, can only strengthen you. Or, you can just superdose it with Vitamin D (says the mommy whose daily Vitamin D intake rivals Isaac's diaper changes). I would post pictures but the twins are in a different building that is private property during school hours and the rest are asleep ... well, with the exception of Joseph who requires sunset to do any snoozing.