Abby's First Cold

This past Thursday Abby came down with her first cold. Thank goodness it's just been a runny nose and occasional fussiness. I can't stand kids with runny, snotty, green goo running down their faces (give me a poopy diaper any day!) so I've been sucking snot right and left it seems. So much so that Abby now cries when I put her in her changing table (where I've mostly been putting her to suck out the snot) even if it's just for a normal diaper change. It's kind of cute in a way as she's definitely letting me know that she's NOT happy with what I'm doing. Thankfully her nose hasn't become too chapped and red looking from all the sucking and snot wiping. Another thing to be thankful for is that she hasn't spiked a fever yet! The downside is that Nate and I are learning how quickly baby germs spread as we both have sore throats and are feeling a little under the weather.

This first cold has also made me wonder if she would have gotten sicker sooner had she not been breastfed or had been in daycare instead of at home. Then I think of all the people who say their sickest kid was their breastfed kid or that their daycare baby was their healthy one. So who knows. Since Nate and I believe that me breastfeeding and staying at home are what's best for our family I'll say that it's due to these things that Abby hasn't gotten sick before now! :-) Feel free to agree or disagree!

Another plus of this cold is that she's napping like a champ. She went down for a 3 hour nap yesterday which was mommy heaven! I got so much done, it was almost like before I had her. Of course her afternoon was filled with a bunch of 20 minute naps, but I choose to focus on the one long one. Abby's currently down for another morning nap and we're almost 40 minutes into it so I'm hoping that this is another long nap. Go cold! (Er, maybe go long nap that was created by cold... but go away cold and stay long nap!)

Here are some pictures I took trying to show her yucky nose. If you click on the pictures to open them up in a bigger view you'll see what I'm referring to. Hopefully.

Runny Nose

Abby's wiped boogers on her eyebrow

Dry snot residue

Yes, I took pictures of my kid's snot. Her first cold. It's a scrapbook moment!