Rachel appears to have a touch of croup. I was changing her diaper last night before feeding her and she started crying. It sounded different from her usual crying -- much deeper and more as if she was heaving from her lungs. Visions of having to rush her to the hospital flew through my head, until I realized that a humidifier may do the trick. So when Drew got back from Seattle, he set up our portable humidifier in her room. Result: She woke up once, at 3 a.m., to eat and Drew was able to get her back down by 4. Whereupon she slept until around 8.
I, of course, was so convinced that she'd wake up that I barely got any sleep the entire night.
I've decided that parenting is a lot like the stages of grief we always hear about: 1) Denial (how can she be waking up screaming in the middle of the night? She's such a good baby!)Anger (why does this have to happen to ME?) and Resignation/Acceptance (I guess I'll just be tired all the time until she's about 3).
That sounds about right.
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I love my travel humidifier, its small, uses a water bottle, and is cool mist ultrasonic technology. I got it here: Portable Travel Humidifier
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