Her First Little Cold

January 5th, 2009

It hasn’t affected her much during the day, just some cute runny-nose wiping stuff. But at night? You parents know. You non-parents don’t WANT to know. Round I of getting her to sleep involved a warm bath and some Baby Vicks Vapo-Rub. Not too bad. Round II required more strategic maneuvers—half an hour in the bathroom with the hot shower running to steam it up, and a hog-tied session with the nasal suction thingie. Still, all of this was surrounded by two hours solid of desperate, loud crying on her part. She just wants to breathe. Is that so much to ask? Now it’s 2:30 a.m. and I can’t sleep. Mind you, I haven’t really slept since two nights ago, but some artificial stimulus of a parental nature has me unable to fall asleep.

I had to send Steve to the other room to sleep—he has to return to work tomorrow. Boo. We’ll miss having him around all day. That’s been super nice.

More later from the other side of this cold. Not looking forward to Round III, Round IV, etc., but glad I can help her get through it.

5 Responses to “Her First Little Cold”

  1. Abigail Says:

    Baby colds suck. No two ways about it.

    I hope she can breathe soon, so you can sleep!

  2. ma Says:

    Awww, poor little girl – keep using the Vapo-rub – slather it on real thick. A couple of times, I just slept sitting up in bed with pillows on either side of me and held you upright on my lap, because you seemed to be able to breath better when you were sitting up and you didn’t feel good and didn’t understand why and just wanted to be glued to me.

  3. jer Says:

    Sad… it is Melissa’s fault!!!

  4. The Infector Says:

    I feel terrible. I sure hope she gets better soon. For everyone’s sake. If it makes her feel any better, I also could not sleep last night due to the inability to breathe.

  5. lavietes Says:

    As I told Melissa earlier, we’re not pointing any fingers. This kid hung out with two sick friends and an Aquarium full of drippy kids last week. I’m not about to send snot samples to the lab to figure out where she picked it up.

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