First Cold

One week at daycare and Braxton already had his first cold! This past weekend Dave and I pulled double duty caring for Braxton during the night as he battled his first cold. It all began at 11:40 pm Friday at night. Braxton woke, which never happens at this time, so we knew something was wrong. Little man was so stopped up that he couldn't breathe. We went in and cleaned out his nose and he fell right back to sleep. Two hours later we heard the coughing again and the congestion in his nose. Braxton would be up the rest of the night every two hours needing his nose cleaned out and patted back to sleep. Dave and I took turns getting up with little man and caring for him. This was the first time since Braxton was a few weeks old that we had been up every two hours. Talk about exhausting! We didn't think about it then, but the next day we elevated his mattress so that he wasn't laying flat on his back. It was such a life saver! The next night he was only up once, intead of 5 or 6 times! Thank you to all of our friends and family that gave us so many suggestions...humidifier, nap or sleep in swing or bouncer, vapor rub, nose drops, elevating crib...I know that at some time they will all be put to good use! I'm just happy that we have our little boy back to his usual self!