Nicola's Baby Blog

Colds, again

I am in desperate need of a bit of sleep.  I definitely have a few night's worth to catch up on.  With Abby being up ALL night Saturday night... Oh, did I not tell you about that?  Ah yes, that was because I was waaaay too tired to write about anything.

Abby had a cold and it seemed to affect her pretty badly.  We've all had the cold but Abby had it the worst.  We put her to bed as usual at about 8:30pm and she was up again two hours later.  I gave her a drink and put her back to bed.  Not knowing what my night would be like, I jumped into bed immediately and was woken about an hour later by a screaming baby.

With a runny nose and a hacking cough, Abby was not a happy camper.  My headache was growing at this stage as I rocked back and forth and tried in vain to get her to just shut up.  But she was tired, very tired, and as moody as hell.

And do you know what?  It was 7am before she settled down again.  And that was only because she couldn't stay awake even if she tried.  Exhaustion had taken over, for both of us, and bed was inevitable.

I then slept from 7am to 9am, when I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep.  I tossed and turned and just couldn't switch off.  I could hear Stephen and Jake in the living room and I just hate not getting a morning cuddle from my boy!

So I got up, had a leisurely breakfast and shower and then worked from noon until 6pm.

Sunday night was better with Abby.  She only woke once.  That was a blessing!  Me?  I woke numerous times because my nose was stuffed up and I was too hot/ too cold/ too thirsty.

But we're on the upside of these colds now.  Abby has the color back in her baby cheeks and although my nose is completely stuffed as I type this, my limbs ache a lot less than they did.  Look at the positive, huh?

And poor Jakey lost his balance and trip while coming through the back door the other day.  His mouth was a bit bloody.  He'd bitten his tongue and now has a lovely crescent-shaped cut.  Poor thing.

4.9.07 19:07