Mom Of The Year

Last night Charlie slept terribly -- he was up from 12am to 3am straight. He has a cough that woke him up, and once awake he was shrieking, playing, and generally carrying on noisily in his crib. I had given him Childrens Dimetapp before bed and it hadnt done anything at all, so I resorted to Vicks Vapo Rub. Two seconds after I rubbed it on his chest, Charlie started yelling:
CHARLIE: "Take it off! Take it off! Hurting my chest! Too hot! Too cold!"
ME: "Do you want more?"
CHARLIE: "No!!"
ME: "Then go to sleep!!"

Not exactly one of my finer moments as a mother.