Sorry we've been a bit MIA around here the past week. Lucas caught another virus last week (he already had RSV/bronchiolitis earlier in the month) and we've been battling illness and the sleep deprivation that inevitably follows for the past week and a half.
I noticed Lucas was a bit "off" last Wednesday, and overnight he developed a nasty croup-y sounding cough, stridor (that gasping sound when they breathe in), and a low fever (101.5). A trip to the doctor confirmed that it was not the flu, thank goodness, but just a run-of-the-mill cold and flu season virus that we would need to wait out. The doctor said his fever might last for 4-5 days, but my adorable little tank fought it off by Friday afternoon. Luckily, the croup-y cough never came back after that first night, either.
The regular cough that followed the fever has been another story. It's been keeping him awake for over a week now, although he rarely coughs during his waking hours. We tried a humidifier in his room and putting his crib mattress at an incline, but neither seemed to help much so it's mostly just been a waiting game. As the stay-at-home parent, I handle all the night wake-ups unless I'm completely burnt out and too frustrated. So I've been spending a lot of hours either sleeping with a baby in my arms, running back and forth across the hall to soothe a coughing baby back to sleep, or simply sitting in the nursery holding him while he coughs in his sleep. It's been a rough week! We finally seem to be coming out of it, though.
Between the RSV, three new teeth, and this new cold, it's been a difficult month or so for our baby and us, too. Brandon and I both caught Lucas's cold so we've been dealing with that as well. It's a lot harder to recover from illness when you're only being allowed 4-5 hours of broken sleep per night!
For the moment, we all appear to be back to health. Let's hope it lasts for a few weeks!
In more exciting news, Lucas turns 9 months old this weekend! I'll save his 9-month update for a couple weeks, after we see his doctor to get his official stats. My guess is that this is the month my Biggest Boy falls back onto the growth charts, even if he is wearing 18-month size clothes now.
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