I have discovered something worse than being pregnant in the summer – a baby born just at the beginning of winter with older siblings which go to school. The joy of this particular mix is a sick baby at a very young age (not to mention cold boobs during night feeds!).
My poor little chubba has just had a really bad run of it lately. It started with a snotty nose which made him sound like snuffaluffagus and made sleeping at night difficult for him. There’s nothing worse than a sick bub, so I asked James to get me an aspirator to help him and his response was to research and order the ‘best selling Baby Product in the World’ which sounded awesome until he told me that I was going to have to actually, literally SUCK Felix’s snot out. Yup.
Once it was here I couldn’t avoid it (even though I put it straight under the sink in the hope that I would forget), he needed some help and so I got to sucking. And honestly? That first time, the sound alone left me dry heaving. Seriously so gross. But then a miracle happened and Felix was able to breathe better which led to a better sleep for him (and us), so the NoseFrida* (affiliate link) became an instant ‘must have’.
For awhile, Frida and I were basically inseparable to the point where the kids started teasing me saying I enjoyed sucking baby snot, but, nope – it’s still pretty gross, although, I will secretly admit it is also disgustingly intriguing also. It’s amazing how much a tiny nose can hold! Even Jasper asks to see what has been removed, followed by lots of gagging.
We got on top of the snot just in time for him to get a cough. It started a week ago and has become worse as the days pass. He will cough and cough until he vomits – generally all over me just after I’ve dressed. He’s seen two doctors who are happy with him given that he’s still feeding like a champ (seriously, you don’t get cheeks like these by messing about at feed time!) and is still happy (even if he’s reasonably grumpy for HIM not his normal happy self).
Those cheeks! That chin!
In the midst of all this he ended up with conjunctivitis as well. And even through gunky, crusty eyes and me wiping them out constantly with cotton balls, he still manages to be such a chill little dude. I don’t want to jinx it but maybe I have birthed a male without the man flu gene?
While I’m thankful that he’s not a complete misery or so sick he needs hospitalisation, I’m ready for him to be well again and back to his fully happy baby self.
Did you have a winter baby?
Did they end up sick much younger than you expected?Do you believe there could be a male who doesn’t suffer from man flu?
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