I've heard how terrible it is to have a sick baby...I never realized what an understatement that is..Ross started being a little bit more fussy, but little did we know what was in store. His nose got stuffier and his body got achier. My heart just broke watching him try to sleep and not be able to because he couldn't breathe lying down. That night was worse than any 7 nights grouped together when he was a newborn. I had gotten used to getting a full night's sleep - and Ross just physically could NOT sleep! Steve had exams all week which made me feel bad so I tried to stay up with Ross most of the night. Poor Ross would try to hard to go to sleep in my arms and then his stuffy nose would wake him up a few minutes later. We tried everything we could think of. Saline, warm bath, sitting in the bathroom with the shower going, tylenol, rocking, a Baby Einstein DVD, we even tried to put him to sleep in his stroller.
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| You can see how miserable he was...and how desperate we were. If it had worked Steve wanted to call it the Strolla-snoozer...unfortunately - it didn't work. |
I made it until about 4AM when Steve got up to tag team me. I got about 2 hours of sleep in before Steve had to get ready to go take his final. I had to take him to school since Ross's 6 month check up was that morning too. Ross fell asleep on the way driving so when I dropped Steve off I drove around for another 45 minutes to give the little guy some much needed sleep. We went to his doctor's appointment...and I was ready to pull my hair out. Ross was completely miserable by that point and was bawling his little eyes out. So sad! He didn't have an ear infection, but just a little fever and a terribly stuffy nose. We nixed the shots till next week and got him some ibuprofen. From there on out he started getting better. That night I drove him around for him to fall asleep. Steve came home sick too which made for chicken soup for dinner.
This recipe is super easy too - love it.
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients:
2 tsp vegetable oil
2 stalks celery thinly sliced
1 small onion, chopped
2 medium carrots, thinly sliced
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into ½ inch cubes
6 -8 cups of chicken broth
2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley (or I did 1 tbsp of dried parsley)
2 cups medium egg noodles
Salt and pepper
Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add celery, onion, and carrots and cook stirring for about 5 minutes until they soften. Add the chicken cubes and cook until they are no longer pink. Cook the noodles until almost tender but still firm as directed, drain and set aside.
Heat the chicken broth and parsley in the same pot the noodles were in (saves on dishes!) Add the vegetables and chicken and bring just to a boil, then reduce heat to low and let simmer, covered, for about 10 minutes. Add the noodles and cook for another 5 minutes until noodles are completely tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Then serve with your favorite crackers or grilled cheese sandwich! Yum!
The dinner that night soothed noses and bodies. That night he slept in his carseat next to his bed with the humidifier going right on him. I fell into a coma of sleep as soon as my head hit the pillow after a long night and a long day with no naps. Steve got up a few times to lull Ross back to sleep, but he slept which was an improvement!! He's been on the upswing since thank goodness. I was a walking zombie that whole time. That whole "running on no brain cells" thing definitely came into play.
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| We had Ross's 6 month mark! He's getting so big. |
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| He loves to play with his sounds all the time saying "ba ba ba ba" or "ya ya ya" or "da da da". He's also getting into that stranger danger phase which isn't so fun. I need to get out more so he can see and interact with other people aside from boring old mom. |
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| He reaches more for things and like to chew on his fingers and suck on his thumb. |
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| Dad can always get a smile out of him. |
We also were experimenting with his bag of tricks and this is what we found...
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| The boy can sit! With a little support and some wobbling...we just might get there... |
And here it is caught on video since sitting cannot be captured with merely a camera...
