My poor baby! I feel so bad for the little guy. 
Does anyone want a baby? We would love to "loan out" Evan to one lucky couple for one week. Why? Because his nasty flu turned into a nasty cold, and Evan's mom hasn't gotten more than 3 hours of broken sleep a night since last Sunday. Last night was particularly awful. Instead of screaming (and yes, he screams, not cries.) from 10-midnight and crying from 1:30-2:30 and getting up stuffy and crying at 4 am or so (our routine) he cried and screamed almost the enitire night long. Dad was even home for this one so he helped out between 3:30 and 4:15am.
Since he can't breath out of his nose he is unable to suck on his pacifier to go to sleep - and since the screaming and crying makes his congestion worse, his first bout of screaming usually causes two or three more bouts of screaming. Anyway, its loads of fun but we would like it to be done now. Unfortunately, I think its getting worse instead of better.
For all of you out there who love to give parenting advice: YES - we elevate his head while sleeping, and YES - we have a humidifier running all night long, and YES - I try to use those worthless little nose-suction bulbs and, YES - I have tried sitting him up in the bathroom while I run a hot, steamy shower (this does help me, however) and finally, YES - we have saline nose drops but no, they aren't helping. If you have any other advice (other than using recalled over-the-counter cold medicine) please leave a comment. At this point we are almost willing to try centrifugal force if it will help him get the snot out of his nose so we can SLEEP!
So - any takers on some extended nighttime babysitting?
Does anyone want a baby? We would love to "loan out" Evan to one lucky couple for one week. Why? Because his nasty flu turned into a nasty cold, and Evan's mom hasn't gotten more than 3 hours of broken sleep a night since last Sunday. Last night was particularly awful. Instead of screaming (and yes, he screams, not cries.) from 10-midnight and crying from 1:30-2:30 and getting up stuffy and crying at 4 am or so (our routine) he cried and screamed almost the enitire night long. Dad was even home for this one so he helped out between 3:30 and 4:15am.
Since he can't breath out of his nose he is unable to suck on his pacifier to go to sleep - and since the screaming and crying makes his congestion worse, his first bout of screaming usually causes two or three more bouts of screaming. Anyway, its loads of fun but we would like it to be done now. Unfortunately, I think its getting worse instead of better.
For all of you out there who love to give parenting advice: YES - we elevate his head while sleeping, and YES - we have a humidifier running all night long, and YES - I try to use those worthless little nose-suction bulbs and, YES - I have tried sitting him up in the bathroom while I run a hot, steamy shower (this does help me, however) and finally, YES - we have saline nose drops but no, they aren't helping. If you have any other advice (other than using recalled over-the-counter cold medicine) please leave a comment. At this point we are almost willing to try centrifugal force if it will help him get the snot out of his nose so we can SLEEP!
So - any takers on some extended nighttime babysitting?
No? Are you sure?
P.S. Evan will be 6 months old tomorrow! Can you believe it?
1 comment:
Emily
I know that you are probably getting tons of advice but our daycare lady said to give Peyton a half dose of Tylenol and it would help dry up his cold. We did it, and it worked great. Now anytime he gets stuffed up we give him some so that he can sleep. Hope this helps. I understand and sympathize with your sleepless nights.
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