The twilight zone of Christmas vacation

I have hardly had time to post anything since Christmas, I've been so exhausted.

After Liberty lost his tooth, I never thought to expect another tooth to be pushing its way in. Well, of course, that is what they do. I guess I thought I was done with teething. Liberty developed this strange high-pitched howl about a week or so ago and now I guess it was probably this tooth pushing through, although I don't remember having pain when my permanent teeth came in. That was a million years ago, so maybe I did, I don't know. My mom is not here to ask.

I have not had much sleep in the past few weeks. I finally realized it was probably his tooth that was causing his inability to sleep. I have also started his anti-fungal and he doesn't seem to be having much trouble stomach-wise, but who knows? He won't point to a body part. All I can do is ask "What's wrong?" over and over again to no avail, then he gets frustrated and the crying turns into a tantrum. Poor kid. He can't tell me what he needs. I wind up feeling completely helpless. And this is usually in the wee hours of the morning.

Another unusual behavior is for him to request a DVD to be played, sit and watch it once, then get to a part he doesn't like wherein he brings me the remote. I run it back for him but then he sits and cries. If I turn it off, that is worse. I have then committed the heinous crime. Then, he's just gone, screaming and crying and I'm at the end of my rope. About 20 minutes later, he's over it and onto the next thing.

He had a great Christmas and was very engagable. He has done pretend play with some of his toys. He acknowledged all of my family members, and he did seem to understand what we were saying. He enjoys having them all around.

BUT, two weeks is a long time to be off from school, that's all I'm saying. Seven more days and counting.

Last night I was up with him at 3:00 AM, then 5:00 AM, then 7:00 AM. I can barely get myself going and get things done around here, before he is pawing at the door to go. I have tried to find things for him to do, but we now have a week of continual rain and very cold weather coming our way. I can only afford to go to a bouncy place so much and play. At school, they really work the kids and when he comes home from school, he is asleep by 6 PM and sleeps through the night. This is what has really thrown me off. I want my good sleeping child back! I want MY sleep back.

And, you know how when you are tired, things don't look as good as they might be? I'm perceiving through tired eyes.

I wish I had more news to "report," or nice stories. We are back to just kind of hanging out and surviving until school starts again. I can say that Liberty is giving better eye contact and attending. This seems to be getting better with each day, and it seems his receptive language is increasing. One more week of the antifungal, then after liver function tests, we start the Valtrex.
So, I suppose we are moving forward, though I think I'm a couple of good night's sleep shy of seeing this clearly.