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Still sick

First time mom moment.....
Having a sick kid stinks. It is possibly worse than being sick yourself. Yes it is worse than being sick yourself. With a sick child, you are dealing with the grossness of the sickness (snot, coughs, mucus, watery eyes), yet you are not the sick one so you can't stay in bed all day. Cause let's be real, after four months of sleep deprivation that is all that I want to do, stay in bed all day.
But you can't stay in bed, you have to obsessively check on your child when they are sleeping. And how can you sleep when there is so much to google. I have googled every symptom Nathan has. And I have tried almost everything to make his cough stop.
Like last night at 2am when he couldn't stop coughing, Dr.Internet told me to try to steam up a bathroom. So we went in the bathroom and turned the shower on hot. Only Nathan heard the shower and remembered that he loves showers and baths. So instead of getting relaxed and sleepy he just kept looking at my like, "Am I going to get wet soon?" And then he would flail around with excitement..cough, cough, cough.

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  1. ValMarch 9, 2010 at 6:38 PM

    Hahaa... I have also been tempted to try the 2am steamy shower method, but never could get myself motivated to actually do it. Now I know not to try. :)

    Auggie is old enough to have Benedryl, which helps a ton, but before then the ped nurse recommended a little bit of honey in warm water. I'm positive it helped. And if Nathan has a runny nose, or congestion of any kind, you can stuff some towels under one end his crib mattress to elevate his head while he sleeps. It definitely helps Auggie when he has colds.

    Hope this passes quickly. (But then if you have our luck another cold will be just around the corner.)

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