Ta Da! Finally! A little over 8lbs! It only took her 2 months and 2 weeks to get there! Everything was looking great, she is long and has a 'larger' head, but thats just because the rest of her has to catch up!
This week flew by, but by Wed I was feeling pretty crappy. It started with a sore throat from drainage so I figured it was just the weather change or something. It progressed with a stuffy nose, aches and tiredness. I caught a cold. Like I said, it is probably because its this time of year. I thought I would be in the clear! I felt so lucky not to get sick during pregnancy (cold/flu wise) and imagined a clean bill of health for a while. As the night came to a close June started to get the sniffles. Uh oh. She had already experienced a small cold within her first couple of weeks when my mother was here (she had a cold) and we lost some sleep over it. This time seemed worse, and I am thinking it is because my mom wasn't here to take her at 5 in the morning to give us a break! She woke me up with coughs and noises and I knew she was just plain uncomfortable. The next day at work (which was just as fun) I called the doc to squeeze her in. I read up on medicines but I felt since she was smaller, I needed an professional opinion for sure! I didn't want to lose any more sleep! I picked her up from Emily's, got Baca and we headed to the doc. We actually had her 2 month check up the next Monday so I was hoping the doctor would show us mercy and hit out that while we were there. I will later find that was my mistake. We got there and everything looked good. After I pretty pleased our doctor, a young and very sweet woman, said she could do the shots today. It was a painful few minutes of crying due to shots and nose cleaning but we left with a sleeping child! We got some infants Mapap and went home to all lay in bed for some rest.
Around bedtime for her we gave her the medicine and was hoping for a couple of hours, maybe even 4 hour blocks. Every 2-3 hours was her wake up time. She was still stuffed up and had a small fever. In my tireless effort to hit out her shots, we spaced that they can get fevers after. So, not only the poor child can't breath, she can't sleep! I felt bad and just plain stupid for not thinking about it!! Another day at work filled with calls to Baca seeing how she is (she was mainly grumpy and tired the whole time). She had a small fever through the day and I was struggling to be at work. I would have called off but I didn't go in last Friday due to migraines. Wish I knew I would have had a cold and a sick kid, I would have saved that day lol! To make a long story short, last night was a bit better. After 9 she went to bed till 1 and then woke up around 5:30. I was grateful, and I am sure she was too. I have gotten better and cleaning out her nose faster so we both can get some sleep! Her fever was gone by the 1 am feeding so it made it worth the wake up. I am sitting on our bed with June propped up on Baca (who is still sleeping) and she is kicking and coo'ing. Jeeze, I am so happy for our health. I can't even think about people who have sick kids with serious problems. I already have enough nightmares about losing her or leaving her somewhere. She is one of the best things that has ever happened to us! Now is the time for me to try to hit our colds and enjoy our sleep in time! <3
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