My poor baby girl has her first cold. Yesterday she woke up with a stuffy nose on one side and runny on the other, a little cough and an low-grade fever (99.6). You could look at her little eyes and tell she didn't feel well. Thankfully, she lets me use the bulb on her to suck the mucus out of her little nostril. At times she fights me, but for the most part, she lets me get after it.
She managed to drink her bottle when she woke at 6 am (out of the norm for her), but drank very slowly. We cuddled on the couch and watched tv. Her little nose was still stopped up and runny so I made a quick run to Wal-Mart to get her some saline while B was still home before he had to go to work. She did not care for saline being dropped in her nose, but it did help. We repeated several times during the day.
I fed her another bottle but she did not want to drink it all. She only had about 3 ounces. That's a for sure sign she did not feel well. I got her to sleep and she napped for about 1.5. When she woke around 12:30, I gave her another bottle and yet again she didn't drink it all. I grabbed a few of her favorite little rattles and we curled up on the couch underneath a warm blanket and watched tv. She played with her rattles for a little bit before falling asleep.
She slept for about 2 hrs. It was so nice just laying with her. Putting everything else aside and just being with your sick baby. When she woke, she looked at me with the biggest smile. She still wasn't feeling well, but she did finally was able to finish her bottle which was a good sign. She still had a slight fever, 99.3 which was down from 99.6 when she woke up yesterday morning.
She got her warm bath at 6:30, bottle and was put down to sleep. I checked on her around 10 pm last night and when I opened the door she was awake. She saw me and smiled and starting kicking her legs. I closed the door quickly. I told B she saw me. Crap. I'm always afraid she's awake when I check on her and last night she was. I listened closely to see if she makes a sound and thank goodness she didn't. She did cough a little, but didn't cry any. She knows its night, night time.
At 4 am this morning I heard her on the monitor talking to herself. Again, I didn't go to her because it wasn't time for her to get up and she wasn't crying. Yes. I'm one of those Mom's that doesn't run to my child at every beckon call. If she's not crying our sound like she's in distress, I let her do her little thing and fall back to sleep.
Vivian woke a little after 7 am this morning seemed to be feeling a little better. He fever was gone, but her nose was still runny. She had her bottle and played a little. We did cuddle on the couch more.
You can tell by her little eyes she's not 100%.
She's napping now and I hope she'll sleep for a little while. We are going to take it easy and be completely lazy. Hoping she'll start feeling better very very soon.
I love you baby girl!
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