We are so ready to kick this stupid cold! Today is day 4 and seems to have remained the same. Congested, runny nose, coughing, watery eyes and not sleeping all that great.
We went to the pediatrician yesterday. Wanted little one looked at before the weekend. Thankfully, her lungs and ears were clear. No wheezing, ears were perfect. Just a nasty cold. He told me nothing new that I wasn't already doing. Saline, bulb syringe, warm humidifier, warm bath. He did mention having her sleeping at an incline to help with drainage.
Before going to our appointment yesterday, baby girl was coughing like crazy and so congested. She ate a little and then she started coughing and milk came up. Both Vivian and I were covered. Her nose was pouring mucous and her little eyes watering like crazy. Child couldn't breathe. Heartbreaking I tell you.
By the time we got home from the Dr, she was exhausted. She had been up since 6 am with no nap. We were at the pediatrician office for 2 hrs and we were with the Dr for no more than 15 minutes. Ridiculous. Sweet baby slept for a couple of hours after we got home, but stayed up the rest of the afternoon. I gave her a nice warm bath and rubbed her chest and the bottom of her feet with Matys All Natural Chest Rub. Her pediatrician said she was too young for Vics Vapor Rub, but Brian found this at the store that is safe for infants 3 months and up. Thought it couldn't hurt. Seemed to help a little. She only ate 2 ounces of milk before she was out cold. I let her sleep in her napper and thought maybe she was going to only sleep for a couple of hours thinking it was nap time instead of bedtime. I heard her coughing and sneezing on the monitor during the night, but just let her do her thing. She woke again at 4 am this morning coughing so I went ahead to check on her. She let me use the bulb syringe and she ate 2 more ounces of her bottle from bedtime. I ran a hot shower and we sat in steam for about 10 minutes which helped a little. I rocked her to sleep and put her down at 5 am.
Baby girl woke around 7 am this morning and only had an ounce of milk. She wanted nothing to do with it. She just wanted to cuddle...not complaining on that part. She wanted to go back to sleep but was fighting so hard. I got her to eat 2 more ounces of milk. Stupid congestion. I hate using the bulb syringe. She now fights me so hard. Arms everywhere and head moving all around. I finally pulled out the snot sucker. Man, I should have using that all along! Even though she fights me, I can suck out the mucous a whole lot easier. Highly recommend this aspirator. After sucking out all that junk, I attempted another bottle and she FINALLY drank an entire bottle and has now been napping for almost 3 hours. I hope this is a sign of improvement.
Side note, BK feels like he's coming down with something. He's actually has felt this way since Tuesday as well. Like father like daughter I suppose. Crossing fingers Vivian will have my immune system. I have not been sick in 4.5 years. That's pretty good for someone who worked with the public.
