Nov 14 2008
My baby is sick
I think my little baby has a cold, and it breaks my heart. I just want to be able to fix it and make him all better, but there doesn’t seem to be too much of a solution beyond waiting it out.
He woke up yesterday wheezing, and had a lot of extra mucous. He’s been cranky for the past couple of days, can hardly breathe, and I have to use that snot sucker thing (what’s the official term for that?!) several times a day. And he cries every single time.
His doctor suggested saline nasal spray and a humidifier, which we plan to do. But that doesn’t really stop him from feeling rather miserable. I don’t know where he caught this cold from, but it makes me want to not take him out any more. I want my boy to be healthy!
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Tawny, thanks for the response! I totally understand about being in such pain from breastfeeding. At a few weeks into it (maybe a month), we were just starting to get the hang of it, and I thought he had a decent latch. I was sure things were going to take off and work out wonderfully. That’s when my nipple cracked and started bleeding.
Anyway, I’m just thankful for the fact that we’ve breastfed for 3.5 months so far. I am proud, even though it didn’t work out at ALL the way I envisioned it.
And thanks for the advice to make my own saline solution! Love it. We’ll have to try it - his cold seems to have moved to his chest now.