first cold

There's never a good time to get sick. And its always especially heartbreaking to be unable to help your child feel better.

Butterfly was four days old and spending only her second night at home when she was so congested that she could hardly breathe. We had brought the cold home with us from the hospital and her tiny little body was struggling with it. I remembering sitting in the middle of the living room floor, holding her and crying because I was so worried about her, so tired and still such a hormonal mess.

Ladybug never really got sick as a new baby. It wasn't until later, after her first birthday that she began a string of colds, ear infections and sinus infections that resulted in tubes and an adenoidectomy.

Baby girl is two and a half weeks old and caught her first cold. She's horribly congested, especially at night. I have a little extra reassurance from her respiratory monitor. We joked about it being the way to "idiot proof" a baby, or there has been countless jokes about needing to "plug in the baby", but last night, i was grateful to remember that in the worst case scenario, if she became too stuffy to breathe properly that the alarm would go off.

hang in there baby girl, life gets so much better.