Sick baby
I have to say, traveling with Kate has been exhausting. Travel day itself was rough simply because of the lack of naps and then being thrust into an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people. But after a good night’s sleep she was doing tremendously well – napping well by herself, sleeping 12 hours at night, and being her usual, happy, outgoing self.
And then it all went to hell.
I started feeling sick on the plane. There is something about flying that inevitably gets me sick – usually I pick something up on the plane, but this time I obviously had it beforehand and the stress and dry air made me more susceptible to it. I can deal with me sick, though – it wasn’t bad, just clogged sinuses. I’ve been doing sinus rinses and taking naps with Kate.
Then Christmas Day Kate utterly melted down. She is not a whiny, crying baby, she’s just not. So for her to melt down crying every half an hour is highly unusual and very frustrating. We thought at first she must be teething, since there was nothing else wrong with her and she seemed to be chewing on everything in sight, amidst big crocodile tears. But then Boxing Day brought a runny, stuffed up nose.
She now refuses to lay down with me at all, even when she’s tired. Two days ago when she was tired I’d take her into the bedroom, lay down with her, give her her paci, and she’d roll over and fall asleep for an hour. It was awesome. Now as soon as I lay down she is thrashing around crying, spitting out the paci and snorting through clogged nostrils. We have to jiggle her to sleep standing up, then gently lay her down. And don’t even talk to me about sleeping at night. She wakes roughly every 30-60 minutes, crying, fights me, rolls around flailing, falls back asleep. Rinse and repeat until 7 or 8 in the morning when I blearily hand her over to Denis and crash for 3 hours.
She was adjusting to all these new people. But being sick and not being at home? She’s cranky. I can’t walk more than 2 feet away without her putting her arms up and crying for me. She will barely sit with Den for a while, and she definitely will not sit with anyone else. Grandma’s upset. We were going to go out to see a movie, maybe eat out… that won’t be happening at all unless she’s feeling better.
This sucks. This sucks great big monkey balls. I just want my happy baby back. :(
Are you clearing her congestion with a bulb every hour? Sounds like she cannot breath.
Sounds like she may have an ear infection…the classic sign is not wantind to lay horizontal. Even if she doesn’t have a fever…that could be the culprit…you may want to get her ears checked. Hope she is on the mend soon.
kd
Oh that does suck. And it does sound like ears. Angus had four ear infections over winter, and this was him all over.
Hang in there, I know this is tough. This time of year doesn’t help.
xo
Don’t give her a pacifier if her nostrils are plugged. She won’t be able to breath, plus each time she’d put it in her mouth she wold leave germs on. And most likely you will just have to ride this one out. Remember, there are way worse things than a cold. Good luck and hope it wont take too long !
I agree,a paci when baby has a blocked nose just wont work,because the moment its in her mouth,she wont be able to breathe.
When she gets very clogged up,you´ll just have to try and keep her inclined to sleep (it helps ALOT) and to keep her happy without the pacifier.
Also,cant you get baby nasal drops there? (the kind that de-congests the nostrils instantly).
We were given (by prescription) some drops when Noelia was 8 weeks old,and now,I wuld NOT be without them when she has a cold.Its the only way to get her to sleep at night,and its way easier than the flushing and the suction,which she absolutely HATES.
With the drops,you just flush and suction before she falls asleep,then once she doses off,you put a couple of drops in each nostril and no more congestion for 12 hours…no screaming and no fuss.
Its so worth it beleive me.I always have a couple of bottles just in case.