"I was gonna go to sleep, but then I got high"

I do believe Bug had a scary dream. 10:15pm she woke up with a scream. Literally, an ear-piercing, holy-shit-somethin's-coming-to-get-me scream. One of those long ones that only break when she's taking a breath.

I ran in and she was sitting in the corner of her crib and you could tell she was freaked out. I comforted her and she was ready to fall back asleep but all that trauma and screeching must have knocked loose some snot because her nose was plugged. There was no amount of aspirating that was gonna help. So I decided to give her some Benadryl (hey, doctor's orders!).

Josh came home as I was giving it to her so he got to see the effects. That chick went crazy the first ten minutes! I think they put Speed in Children's Benadryl just to screw with the parents.

Last time I gave it to her she was tired to begin with so she went to sleep right away and was very lethargic when she woke up. I'm hoping she tires out soon. I know I'm tired!

No Jinx-Backs!

I woke up this morning feeling great. Not perfect but good enough. Bug slept through so I was able to get 8 full hours of sleep (except for the four times I woke up cause she made a noise and I was positive she would wake up) and felt so much better for it. I took one look at my filthy, pigsty house and got the insane urge to clean. After an hour I realized I was going to wear myself out and end up back at square one. I took it slow, got the upstairs clean and am saving the downstairs for tomorrow...hopefully. I can't stand a dirty kitchen.

Bug's doing better. The saline solution is doing wonders. She hardly coughs anymore so it's just the nose we have to take care of. It's quite disgusting. Still, no matter how sick she's still in good spirits.

Last night Josh wasn't feeling too well but luckily he felt fine when he woke up today. So maybe we'll all be better soon after all. ahh crap I just jinxed myself again didn't I?

Still sick :(

I was hoping to be able to write a nice "we're all healthy" update today but alas, that's not the case. Our family has had five doctor's visits in two weeks. Sheesh. Bug alone has had three in one week.

Saturday I was running a bit of a high temp so I went down to Urgent Care so they could put me on antiobiotics. They checked me out and gave me a scrip for a Z-Pac. Whatever that is. I'm taking it and we'll see how well it works. I still feel like crap.

Josh took yesterday off so I could try to relax which was nice but Bug didn't have the same thing in mind. She went to bed at 10pm and woke up at 1am. Wouldn't go back to sleep until 4am and was in our bed which means she was on me and I got no sleep. Great. Then she decided to wake up at 6am for the day. Me so tired :(

I had to take Bug back to the doctor today because she's not getting any better. The doctor we saw on Thursday was out so we saw a different doctor that we liked in the past. She said she doesn't think Bug has Bronchiolitis. She thinks it's just a bad respiratory illness. Her orders are saline solution three times a day or take her to the beach and dunk her in the ocean. I think I'll take option #1 :) She also said it was ok to give her cold medicine and recommended Children's Benadryl. Benadryl usually makes people sleepy so I figure I can use that to my advantage, she agreed. Mommy's sneaky :)

So the update is two-thirds of our family is sick. Josh is back at work for another six days so I have to muddle through on my own. At times like this I wish we lived closer to family. Wish us luck!

Nope, wouldn't have made it in the '30s

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Wonder, wonder, wonder...

I feel like crap. Josh came home early last night to put the baby to bed for me. Since he didn't have to work until noon today I took some NyQuil to help me sleep. NyQuil knocks my ass out. To the point where I don't remember much the next day.

Apparently, Bug woke up some time around 1am. I don't really remember what happened I just know the basics from Josh. He spent an hour or two in her room trying to get her back to sleep. After giving up he brought her into our room. Which I'd expressed to him was a big no-no since I wouldn't wake up if I rolled on her or something. Luckily (in my opinion anyway) she wouldn't sleep with us either. So around 4am he took her back into her room and apparently she went to sleep on her own. I don't know. All I remember is waking up around 4:30 and freaking out about the baby, she was sound asleep in her crib so I went back to bed. That's all I know.

I woke up this morning feeling so much worse than yesterday. I was hoping to be able to get some good sleep last night but with Bug being awake for three hours that didn't happen. Oh well. Maybe tonight. For now I need to figure out how to make it through the day. I'm taking DayQuil but I don't think it's working. I'm thinking about going to the doctor so I can get some antibiotics to clear me up quicker. Wonder if they'll prescribe anything for a cold...wonder if there's a doctor's office open on a Saturday....wonder if I'll work up the energy to find one and make a call....wonder if I'll ever end this post....wonder....

Good thing I don't fill prescriptions

I got an email from my mom today that had a bit of information about Bug's meds in it.

Pediatrics: Use only in children whose visual acuity can accurately be determined and monitored (not recommended for use in children under 13 years of age unless the benefit outweighs the risk).

Ummm, nobody told me this. So I went online to see what I could find out for myself. I was confused with what I read so I got the bottle to make sure I was spelling it right and yeaaaaaaa.
I wasn't. It's not Arbutol. It's Albuterol. Nice.

So anyway. I don't know whether it's the medicine, the crib elevation or what the deal is but Bug slept for over 13 hours last night. In fact the only reason she woke up this morning when she did is because Daddy went in to check on her and he had just sprayed that damn body spray on himself and she smelled him. I think this because when she wakes up in the mornings she's always happy, even when sick. This time she was crying. My opinion is "I know daddy was here now where the hell did he go?!!?"

She does seem to be feeling a bit better this morning but we'll see how the day goes. I decided to strap her into her highchair for the Godzilla portion of our morning. I have to give her this stuff three times a day.

Oh, and if this post doesn't make sense it's because I'm sick. Full blown sick. Nose, throat, cough, head, brain. Blech.

Bronchiosaurus

*I started writing this at 2pm but the power went out for over an hour due to the storm so I'm continuing it now at 6pm

**Apparently at 6pm I forgot I had a sick child to tend to so I will be finishing this post now, at 8:30

Bug's cough is so bad today that I decided to call the Pediatrician's Office to see if I could give her some sort of OTC decongestant (based on a suggestion by a friend). Answer was no but after describing her condition they told me I need to bring her back in. If she has an ear infection I worry for them because I'm sure they'll have a nasty visit from that same friend (whose picture I'm never allowed to post online).

Anyway, I told the nurse which doctors I was OK with and, more importantly, which doctors I did not want seeing my child. I also told her I wanted a time that would allow us to be in and out quicker without all the wait (also suggested by the aforementioned, picture-shy friend). She ended up giving us a 4pm appointment with a doctor we'd never seen before. We'll see how it goes. It's a good thing I didn't take the 2pm appointment she'd offered me or I'd have to take Bug out in this:

This was a light moment!

In case you were wondering,

the backwards alphabet in the lower right corner is Sesame Street

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Ok, so we've been to the doctor, who I love. Bug liked her a lot too, she liked her paper/pen even more.

Even though Bug hasn't been eating even half her regular foods and what she has been eating has been mostly juice for the past three days she still managed to gain weight since Monday. She's 20.3lbs. Of course she hasn't pooped today either. Believe me, those bowel movements account for a lot of weight!

Moving past the feces talk.....

Here's what the doctor told me:

• When she got her finger pricked it was to make sure the infection was viral and not bacterial. (I asked for clarification due to, you guessed it! A suggestion from that wonderful friend who has been through it all!)
• Her ears both look perfectly fine.
• The Amoxicillin is working well for the initial infection but she has developed Bronchiolitis.
• We're lucky that we caught it this early because a couple more days and it may have worsened to the point where she would need to be on a Nebulizer. As it is, if her cough doesn't get better within the next two days or if it gets any worse, we have to bring her back in and she would need to use a Nebulizer

She is now on Amoxicillin, Arbutol and Motrin. Good thing she doesn't mind taking meds!

An interesting thing happened this evening. We were upstairs in Bug's room and I was elevating one side of her crib while she played. All of a sudden she became a terrorizing monster. Crawling at warp speed, pulling books off shelves by the dozen, ripping heads of stuffed animals (ok not really that last one), the whole time panting heavily. The whole scene made me think of a rabbit on speed for some reason. Anyway, as I'm starting to freak out thinking I accidentally gave my kid steroids and she's now on a Roid Rage I hear the doctor's voice in my head, "There is a big side effect that I need to tell you about. Arbutol will make her very hyper for a short bit." Ahhh crap. That kid has more energy than she can use in a day and we just multiplied it.

So after spending twenty minutes going Godzilla on her room all of a sudden she crashed. I think she overloaded. She started freaking out crying over the littlest thing and wanted to be held. So I held her, we went downstairs and watched Sesame Street. Then I think she had withdrawals, kept picking imaginary bugs off her arms..... (I jest, don't worry)

So point is, my poor baby is sick, I can hear her coughing in her sleep through the baby monitor as we speak. And I'm sick...just not as sick....and hopefully it'll stay that way.

BedBug again...

Sometimes I think I jinx myself. Bug went to bed around 8pm last night and at 11:30 I said to Josh "I'm so happy she's sleeping so well, we can finally get some sleep." Then I fell asleep. Thirty minutes later she woke up. Why do I do these things to myself?

Josh went in to try and get her back to sleep. Here's how it went for an hour; rock baby to sleep, lay baby down, walk out of room, get in bed, hear baby cry, repeat. For an hour. Then he got frustrated and it became my turn. She wanted nothing to do with me. So we got her a bottle and she'd take a few drinks, cry, take a few drinks, cry, etc.

Finally we took her into our room because I figured if I wasn't going to get any sleep I may as well be comfortable. She'd lay down in our bed, close her eyes and go "aaaaaa - aaaaaaa - aaaaaa" over and over and eventually it would die down and she'd be just about asleep and then she'd start crying again. Poor baby was trying so hard to get to sleep but was having a terrible time of it. Eventually after one of her fits Josh pulled her to him to cuddle and she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

My diagnosis: sinuses. It makes sense when you think about it.

• Couldn't eat bottle because she couldn't breathe through her nose


• Couldn't fall asleep because she was laying flat


• Finally fell asleep after being elevated on the pillow


• Breathed through mouth while sleeping

So Bug and I are going out today to get a cold water humidifier and maybe some Vick's Vapor Patches or something. Something. Anything!

Aren't they adorable together?

And as a plus, Josh got to see how uncomfortable it is when she sleeps on you :)

This morning around 7:30 she crawled down between our knees with her head facing our feet and fell asleep with her tush in the air, that was pretty cute but I was too sleepy to get a picture so I had her reenact it for you :)

Well, something like that :)

Finally some sleep!!!

I think Bug's well on her way to better. Her fever broke and she's sleeping more (and in her own bed!). She slept 9 hours last night which means mommy slept 9 hours! She still won't eat as much as she used to but she'll eat about half her milk and solids and she drinks a lot of juice during the day so we're ok with it.

I went out late last night and bought Infant Motrin since so many people have recommended it. We don't know if that's what helped her sleep but she wasn't as fussy so I think it helped with the pain, which is, of course, it's purpose.

She's still got a bad cough but I'm hoping the Amoxicillin takes care of that. Now we just have to break her of her bedtime habits. She goes to bed at her normal time but wakes up within an hour and stays up for 2-3 hours before finally going back to sleep. Hopefully it's just a sick thing and will go away when her cold does. We'll see.

So that's where we stand on the Bug front. On her way to health, mommy on the other hand isn't feeling so hot today. I have a bit of a cough too. Ruh-Roh!!!!

Three's Company

We had a full bed again last night. Bug went to sleep on her own at 8:15 but woke up at 9 and wouldn't go back to sleep for three hours. We tried EVERYTHING. I almost lost my mind. She finally fell asleep after a quick bath and me rocking her (I think it was exhaustion that did the trick). I didn't want to risk laying her down just to have her wake up and start all over so I layed down with her and she stayed asleep. Thankfully she slept for 7 hours. Over the course of those 7 hours she woke me up 10 or 15 times with her squirming. Each time I was wide awake because I was afraid she was going to wake up so you can guess how I feel this morning....tired! She even managed to leave me with less bed room than last night. My body aches for a night of uninterrupted sleep in a big bed all to myself!

She seems to be doing a lot better though. Her temps down to 98 and she chugged her morning milk. She even ate a little solids! She's down for a nap now so we'll see how long she sleeps. Hopefully a while because she needs it!

I'll keep the updates coming

The results are in...........

We spent two and a half hours of our lives (and our only day with all three of us) at the doctor's office. What were we doing there? Why we were sitting on our asses. For two and a half hours. Waiting. Sitting. Accomplishing nothing but pissing off the Bug.

Finally the doctor comes in, looks her over for all of a minute and sends us down the hall for blood work where they prick my poor child's finger. Then it's back to the room where the doctor tells us the results. From the minute the doctor walked in to the minute we walked out the door totals 22 minutes. Seriously. Two and a half hours of waiting for 22 minutes. This is the second time this has happened with this doctor. I'm going to pull a Dexter on him.

Anywho, here's what we learned today;

1. Bug weighs 19.14lbs
2. She has a steady temp of 101 - 102
3. She has a cold
4. The infection has spread to her ear but is not an ear infection
5. She will be on Amoxicillin for the next ten days
6. She does not like tongue depressors or things pricking her finger
7. It is possible to stand in the doorway of a hallway, make eye contact and still have every single nurse ignore you
8. No matter how sick or what kind of sick you are, taking a large, nasty poop will make you feel immensely better
9. Laughing at the person who has to clean up the poop tops # 8

Great Baby of Fire!

When Bug took a 2 hour nap yesterday morning I figured she was catching up from the previous week when Nana and Grandpa were here. Then when she was acting tired again not two hours after she'd woken up I wrote it off to teething crankiness. Normally I love learning things from my mistakes, I think it helps you to understand the lesson more. Not this time. When it comes to my kid, the hard way is not the way I want to go and yet most likely is going to be the way it is.

She went to sleep at 7:30 last night, woke up and put herself back to sleep at 8, 8:45 and 9:15. Again I wrote it off to teething. Josh got home around 10 so when she woke up at 10:45 we decided to get her up for a little bit to see daddy and then put her back to bed. When we went in to get her she was burning up, you could feel heat radiating from her head from a couple inches away. She had a fever of 101.1. We gave her some baby Tylenol and comforted her and she fell asleep on daddy's chest.

Josh's work insurance has a 24 hour number you can call to speak to a registered nurse so we figured to play it safe and called. The gist of the conversation was that she was most likely fine, keep up with Tylenol, lots of fluids and checking temps, if she got above 104 take her to ER.

So we got her a bottle of juice and she slept with us. She'd wake up every twenty minutes with the exception of a two hour snooze. We'd give her some juice and her lovey and just comforted her until she fell back asleep. All in all I got about three hours of interrupted sleep, Josh on the other hand was out like a log at 12:45 and didn't wake (even though I practically shoved him off the bed at one point, but we all know how well he can sleep) for four hours. I was jealous but he was kind enough to get up with her at 7am and I was able to sleep for two more hours.



This morning she doesn't feel good but her temp went down to 99.9 and she's happier then the night before. She isn't eating much but I can't blame her, no one really has an appetite when they're hot enough to cook an egg on their forehead.



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Through the night Bug would sleep right next to me like a little portable heater. At one point I had less than a foot to sleep on. See how much room she has next to daddy? She just kept squirming closer to mommy.

This is adorable, she drank her juice leaning on daddy and then fell asleep like this. (and yes his hand is in his pants)

There's something extremely cute about a baby in a grown-up bed sleeping like a grown up :)

I finally got more of the bed....but sacrificed my arm!

One of her happy moments this morning. You can still tell she's sick though :(

We need an exorciser to get the demon out of my child

Josh's mom and step-dad are in town this week. Josh was able to take the entire week off for their vacation. It's been a really good week so far. We were all afraid it would take a while for Bug to warm up to them since she's going through stranger anxiety and everything. But apparently she knows her Nana real well. She was eating her bottle Sunday morning when Nana walked up and said hi to her. Bug cracked the biggest smile and does everytime she sees her, it's adorable. Grandpa Ronnie she was a bit unsure of at first. She's a friendly baby though, now she loves crawling on him and trying to steal his hat/sunglasses.

We had a good first couple of days until the inevitable happened. Everytime a grandparent comes to visit that kid starts sprouting teeth. She's got her two uppers coming in now and yesterday afternoon they must have made quite an effort because we could see the outline in her gums where we couldn't a day prior and if we weren't sure her attitude made it quite clear. Hopefully she'll cut those babies before Nana and Grandpa leave so I don't have to deal with Damionetta.

Well we're going to try to make it to the beach today. It's been pouring the past few days, no matter where we live it seems to rain everytime they're in town. I think they bring it with them. Hopefully today we'll be able to make it.

I'll try to post again later on in the week.

P.S. new Bug DVD coming soon!!!

Control Freak Much?!?!?!

Holy Crap what a jackass

http://view.break.com/527579

Much Needed Update

I do believe it's high time for an update.





Bug is now 7 months old! She's learned all sorts of new tricks too!





In addition to crawling, clapping and pulling herself up she can do new things!





She can stand on her own for a few seconds at a time.
{Don't have a good video or picture of this yet}




She can crawl up the stairs.












At bath time she eagerly crawls to the tub.


{I was going to post a video but she doesn't have a diaper on and it shows a bit more than just baby butt!}





She loves taking showers with mommy and/or daddy.
Everytime the shower turns on she races to the bathroom and bangs on the door until we let her in. At least I'm able to get a shower whenever I want!

She's also learned how to blow raspberries on people...

All in all she's a very happy baby. Now if we can just get her to sleep past 6:30am.....