It's been a while since I've posted. I've been busy, as this post will detail.
We can't seem to win the healthy battle. Otter is CONSTANTLY sick. Seriously. We made it 6 days with out a cold this time. I should buy stock in my pediatrician's office. I've had mini meltdowns in their office about how I feel like this is all my fault and how can I can I fix this. Truth is, Otter is a "daycare kid" and is going to get sick. Sure, he seems to catch everything. But, we'll get there. But there are days where I feel like he's a petri dish and all the germs are testing out their skills on his immune system.
However, when the cutie is sick, I get a lot of snuggles. Sometimes they are whiny snuggles, but snuggles all the same. Some of my favorite things to do when he's not feeling amazing are to throw a fresh towel and his most comfortable pair of jammies in the dryer. Then we hit the bath. Once bath time is over, which ever parent that isn't chaperoning bath time brings in the warm snuggly towel and jammies and we dry off and get in the jammies immediately and then head to mommy and daddy's bed with snack and a sippy. We don't leave the bed unless he wants to. I love it.
Anyways, in my attempt to keep Otter healthy I've added yet another type of wipe to our house (Huggies for the bottom, Boogie Wipes for the nose): Johnson's hand and face wipes. Washing our hands, currently, is more like a splash fest and exploration of everything he can reach- soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, medicine cabinet. So, I'm hoping these alcohol free wipes will help out a bit. Wish us luck.
Oh, I think I hear Otter up for his nap. That's all for now. I hope you are making memories!
Brady has had a cough since September. We've brought him in and he's since had two double ear infections. Everytime we bring up the cough (the two double ear infections, another visit, AND his 15 month well-visit), they say his lungs are clear and it's just something he'll have to get over. It's really irritating...even though it doesn't seem to bother him TOO much and he's STTN...it's still frustrating.
ReplyDeleteNow, we're both sick. He's snotty. I'm snotty. He's congested. I'm congested. I just don't want to pass it back & forth and hope that we can both get over it.
And my kid isn't a daycare kid...yet he seems sick all the time. *sigh* And I don't even get snuggles out of it! If he's in our bed, he just jumps around.