A Runny Nose

"My hand is the brush, snot is the paint, and my face is the canvas."






Laura's First Cold
We made it almost 8 months. Laura has already been injected with the H1N1 (Swine flu) and regular Flu vaccine for 2009. Despite utilizing those sick-fighting procedures, there isn't anything available to block the common cold. With that said, Laura has a runny nose. Oh no, sound the alarms! Just kidding. But she does look miserable, can't sleep through the night, and gets fussy often. How do you teach an infant to sniff or blow her nose? It's irritating and rather painful listening to her breathe out of her nose. Sounds like a drowning ox. Imagine grunts and hums along with popping snot bubbles. The timing of this couldn't be worse... a runny nose, constipation, and teething all at the same time. Argh!

Teething
Laura has a couple of teeth coming in on her bottoms. Hasn't broken through the gums yet, but if you put your finger in her mouth, you wouldn't know the difference. She bit my nose and I swear she broke skin. She didn't but man did it hurt! All we can do is coat a layer of Oragel on her gums and have her suck on cold teething rings.