My little Lady Baby (ie, Erin) has a really bad cold, poor thing!

She’s had a couple of colds already, but they were mostly drainage/congestion types that didn’t really impact her activity levels or anything.

This one, though, is a whole new ball game.  She was just a wet little monster yesterday: runny nose, drooly mouth, watery eyes.  And of course she hates to have her face wiped off.  And she hates when I use the saline spray.  And she hates the aspirator (don’t all kids?). 

Also, by the afternoon, she was also running a low-grade fever and was content to just hang out on my lap and lean on me (she’s usually too busy for that during the day).  She was better after some medicine and the afternoon nursing.  But still wanted to be near us.  And she was about half an inch from a meltdown all day.  The littlest things would set her into a full red-faced crying fit.  And that is totally not like her at all. 

And I think Alex was responding to Erin’s unusual neediness by being needier than usual, too.  That meant pretty much staying close to them, trying to avoid germ-sharing (as much as possible) and managing the neediness.

Anyway, today, Erin’s nose isn’t running so much and no fever, but she has a bit more of a cough.  Hopefully, it’s not a virus thing that will get worse as the day goes on.  And hopefully, we aren’t dealing with our first ear infection.  But I am keeping a pretty close eye on her and getting done whatever else I can do. 

Sick babies = not much fun!