Poor Alex has been sick for a solid week. I had no idea that someone so little could produce so much mucus. Between his nose constantly running, the phlegm he is coughing up, and what I can only imagine is teething pain thanks to all of the biting, he is an unhappy camper.
There are no more wonderful cuddling moments, either. He doesn’t want to be held, but he doesn’t want to play by himself. He wont really nap, because he can’t breathe very well, but he doesn’t want to stay awake. He hasn’t eaten a real meal in a week, but he reaches for any food I am eating or try to give him, and when he puts it in his mouth he chews it and then promptly spits it out.
Hopefully he feels better soon. Or if he doesn’t, I hope he will resume his enjoyment of the cuddling.
At least he is napping now. If he follows his recent trend, he’ll wake up in five minutes. Exactly fifteen minutes after he finally fell asleep.
Poor Alex, and poor mom – hope things are on the upside soon.
I just hate seeing the little ones so helpless and miserable.
By: Melissa from Pittsburgh on September 22, 2008
at 3:20 pm
aawww – I’ve so been there! A humidifier really helped Sophia sleep better when she was sick. We just bought a regular cold water one.
By: Erica on September 23, 2008
at 12:23 am
Poor thing! I remember those times. We also used a humidifier and plenty of saline drops with suction. Hope he feels better soon!
By: Sandy (Momisodes) on September 23, 2008
at 11:11 am
This too shall pass.
By: Randall on September 24, 2008
at 1:52 am
Poor little dude. Pufferfish was that sick too for a while. She ended up with RSV and needed a nebulizer and everything, but she turned out okay. Poor babies! Its so sad to see their little bodies get that sick!
By: Nicki on September 24, 2008
at 9:43 pm
hope he clears up soon!
ciao,
rpm
By: red pen mama on September 26, 2008
at 1:56 pm