This is a shot of Braeden now... not sick... hahaSo it has been so long again... but I knew Keri would yell at me if i did not start writing... so what better than now...
Braeden is almost over his sickness... He became ill last week from his cousin, and has been tortured ever since. His eyes were swollen shut, couldn't breathe due to snot coming out of his nose constantly and dried snot clogging up the other half. He had little to no personality, wasn't eating out of the bottle well, but could still kinda handle his food.
The good Lord blessed me with a baby who doesn't fuss a whole lot, but at the same time that means that when he does fuss, i freak out. I have no idea what to do for him, besides love and hold him. The first few nights I was up constantly checking on him to make sure he is still breathing, and I even remembering us running in there because he was gasping for air soooo much that we were sure he stopped breathing... Poor little baby just wanted his nose to be unplugged. When Braeden wakes up on his non-sick days he wakes up happy and making those sweet little baby noises... well, when he is sick every now and then he will wake up crying... that is when I know something is wrong... Nate and I rush in there bottle, tylenol, plunger, tissues and clean blanket in hand, fighting over whos going to hold him...
Well, the worst is over, he is just left with a runny nose, but is his full self again. It is sooooo good to see that smile back full of laughter and joy... I thank all of my friends and family for your advice... it really helped... here is a list of the things we did that found the best result...
vicks on his chest, upper lip, and feet
clean sheets everyday (and blanket too)
changed his outfit twice a day
his bottle was extra warm
gave him bottles of extra warm water (to flush it out faster)
cuddled him until he couldn't stand it (then I cuddled him some more)
tylenol (oh how I love you)
We ran a extra hot bath and put the vicks on the fossett (putting it in water can burn skin and eyes) sat in there with him, naked, and breathed it in until the water cooled for his bath
I am confident he would be over it sooner if I hadnt gotten it, and still kissed him all the time, but hey i gotta love on him still...
