tiny little coughs

It's been a rough week... Jared is experiencing his first bout of illness-- sniffling, sneezing, coughing, fever, runny nose... poor lil guy. It's probably harder on us than it is him, -- but it's definitely KILLING us. So difficult to see that tiny little body wracked with coughing and sneezing. I just think it's unfair that babies get runny noses.... if you are physically incapable of blowing your nose, it should NOT be able to run!

We have spent the last week doing crazy things to try to relieve the poor child's symptoms. Squirting saline drops into his nose, after which he scrunches up his face and swallows with a comical, sweet look of uncertainty in his eyes (one that said he knew it wasn't his usual meal of breastmilk). Giving him multiple steam bath/showers a day which leave both of us drained and soggy. Putting mentholated vapor patches on the front of his onesies which leave the left side of my neck feeling cool and refreshed from holding his sick lil body close....

Life sure has changed in the last year!