Earlier last week Leah developed a croupy cough from having a runny nose. We were worried about her breathing so we had to take her to the doctor and have her use an inhaler with a face mask. She didn't like to be held down for that. But her breathing has improved, and now the cough is getting better too. But let's just say that her sleeping has been interrupted at night because of it. She has a habit now of waking at least once a night and wanting to go out of her room usually to get a cracker or some bread for a snack. Now that she knows some words she'll say "owww, oww" (for out) or "cra, cra" (for cracker). She'll also just call out for me, and it's hard to just let her cry when she's saying "ma, ma, ma, ma."
While she was sick we would just take her out and get her a little snack so she would go back to bed, but now it's get annoying. I've been trying to just make her go back to sleep. It's usually around four in the morning, and I can usually go back to sleep easily. But this morning when she woke up at four a.m., I got her right back to sleep but I couldn't go back to sleep myself. I was so frustrated just laying there knowing that in a few hours I would have to get up for good.
We're just hoping to get her back to sleeping through the night again. What a great day that will be.
5 comments:
Oh the need of a full nights sleep, I hear you about the wake up at 4:30, so hard to sleep when you know the day is about to start. I hope she is feeling better soon.
So sad that leah was sick. Having an undisturbed night seems like a rarity among mothers. Hope it gets better soon. Owen was doing well, sleeping through the night, but then we had Will and he's decided to join us in bed around 4 am, so I don't know if it gets any better until they're older and you're done having kids.
Eli just got the croupy cough... I'm taking him in to the doctor this afternoon to see if there is anything we can do to help him. It's so sad to hear a baby/toddler cough like that!!
You've just got to ignore her until morning. That's the only thing I've ever heard that works. And I can say whatever I want because I've never been through it. :-) Good luck! I hope she's feeling better soon!
Love the new background, good work.
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