My poor babies!

1/5/08

I am feeling so much better, but now both kids are sick. Adeline had a horrible night since she couldn't breathe well. When she woke up to eat, she was so congested she was not able to breastfed. I suctioned out he nose with the bulb and that helped just a little bit. She was then able to latch on, suck about three times, and then pop off to breathe. It took forever for her to eat. I was up for two hours for one feeding! I couldn't see anything in her nose, so I didn't want to keep putting the bulb in there, causing inflammation and irritation to make the problem worse. She was getting so frustrated, and would then start crying, making the congestion worse. She has not been much better all day. Thankfully she still has not developed a fever! George went out today and purchased a new filter for our cool mist humidifier, so well will try that tonight. On a positive note, her umbilical cord finally came off today!

This evening Owen's cheeks were looking flushed, so I felt his head and it was very hot. I took his temperature at it was 103.4!! I gave him a dose of Tylenol, and he took a luke warm bath, so hopefully it will go down. Just by looking at his eyes you can tell he doesn't feel well. All day he just wanted to sit on me and be lovey, and I was thinking he was just wanting attention since Adeline was getting most of it. George went back to work at the high school today so I was on mommy duty by myself. I am sure tomorrow should be interesting taking care of two sick ones. So far, George is the only one to remain healthy.

We are a family that is normally never sick, and now all of a sudden we all need to be quarantined. Me being sick is one thing, but I don't like my babies being sick. : (