It's No Fun Having a Sick Baby

So, the past two weeks have been particularly hard for me and Sarah. Sarah has been sick, and I totally feel for her because I know she hasn't felt really good in over 2 weeks. She is such a joy when she feels good and is happy, but unfortunately she has had fevers, a cold, and now an ear infection (again). Poor thing went to the doctor twice last week, and going to the doctor for her is an ORDEAL! For some reason, she completely freaks out when the nurse wants to put the monitor on her big toe to get her heartbeat. When I say freaks out, I mean that literally. Its like she becomes posessed- she begins to scream at the top of her lungs, she writhes in my arms or on the table, and she literally loses all control with crying and screaming and writhing. It's so sad, and I try to reassure her but it doesn't matter. This last time, the nurse couldn't even get the reading, and gave up after 15 minutes of her freaking out. So sad! I kept asking him, "are you sure you need to get this reading?"...because I just couldn't stand to have Sarah get so upset over something to small. But at any rate, she is now taking medicine for the ear infection, and has begun to sleep a little better and feel a little better. She even played some this weekend when the Blakey boys came over for a visit. That's another funny story--Sarah had her first meltdown this weekend over someone playing with her toys. One the one hand, I kept telling myself that she is too young yet developmentally to understand the concept of sharing. I know this, and I do not expect this of her. But its very hard when you see the kids playing, and everytime Will moves to one of her toys, she starts to freak and cries and screams and tries to take the toy away from him. Its not even toys she is playing with. So, we had to deal with multiple meltdowns from her as she learned that sometimes other kids get to play with her toys. In all, though, I think she handled it well and did eventually let things go and let Will play with some of her toys. They even played together at some points, which was surprising, too, since she isn't there yet developmentally either.
I can't wait until Sarah (and me both) start to feel better and can take advantage of these nice cool days to have some fun. We've been wanting to take Sarah to the park now that its cooler, so I'm hoping she feels back to herself soon!