Mommy vs. The First Cold

I came to the point in Sticks life that I dreaded since she was born, her first cold. I sure I was like most new Moms and never wanted her baby to suffer. The thought that she would have to suffer through a stuffy nose or fever, or worse was not exciting to me. Plus, how do you determine what is going on with an infant who cannot talk?

This little cold came on out of nowhere. One day she was a little cranky and the next snot was pouring out of her nose. Which, on a side note, I was completely shocked how much came come out of something so small. It all started the day after Christmas. Her nose was stuffy and leaking. At night it had become so bad that I could hear her breathing from my room. I was freaking out. I was going in and out of her room to check on her. Finally after she awoke gasping for air, I picked her up and was determined to not sleep the entire night and just hold her. I grabbed the Nose Freda (which is a strange device, that sucks out the snot via a tube powered by your ability to suck with your mouth.) Daddy said she could lay next to us for a while. Little did he know I was going to sleep on the floor next to the crib had he not spoken up. Sticks wound up kicking Daddy out of bed because she was snoring and snorting so bad.

We all survived the first night and we determined to get her better. Daddy and I tried all the techniques we could think of to relieve this issue. However, after 10 days she was getting worse and to me this was getting a little out of control. I really try to not be a Mom who over reacts, but something was not sitting right with this cold. She seemed fine during the day. She had no fever and she wasn't pulling on her ears, but waking up 4 times a night was not working out for us. We called the doctor and got an appointment for the next day. I was shocked to find out that she had a double ear infection. Yikes, I felt awful. Here my little baby was suffering and I was basically like, "walk it off baby." Although I do have to say the doctor was very impressed by all our methods for healing her and said we did everything right.

Mommy is now armed with an arsenal of antibiotics, a Nose Freda and Baby Simply Saline. Watch out cold this Mommy is no joke and is out to kick some booty!