just the women taking a nap (please note the sparkly heart sound on her finger)
At the pediatrician’s office last week, Connor’s doc stated what were perhaps the most precise words I’ve heard about toddler-hood so far. She stated that all preschoolers are either 1) currently sick, 2) recuperating from being ill or 3) about to get ill again.

Oh, my goodness! It’s like a viral triathlon… Why doesn’t anybody tell you about this at the infant shower? (Also, why doesn’t anybody mention the weird underclothing they provide you at the hospital after providing birth? — since *that* was one more surprise.)

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Cocobaby’s in the thick of the regular illness phase. She’s already caught a cold, or a cold-like virus, a few times in the past month, ’cause obviously three-year-olds are Petri dishes.

She’s just getting over the last virus, on top of which she likewise had a sinus infection, so the last few weeks have been extremely challenging, first, for her small virus-fighting body, however likewise for the rest of us.

It’s been rather frightening at times. There was a night a couple weeks back when we’d gotten dressed as well as prepared to rush her to the emergency space after her fever spiked. Luckily, it quickly started to fall. I’m extremely thankful for the noise advice as well as steady guidance of the kind Kaiser advice nurse who assisted us that night since my nerves were frayed.

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Somebody needs a cuddle.
Nobody in our home has been getting much sleep. (This, of course, to Rosie’s delight. She must believe she stepped into a household of night people!) It’s been like living the newborn way of life around again, with me as well as El Hub sleeping next to Connor in shifts. My body feels that exact same familiar boring ache of exhaustion… Weirdly enough, it was surprisingly simple to get utilized to again… like riding a bike.

It’s frightening watching a kid who can’t truly interact the method they feel yet, as well as understanding you have extremely bit manage over any type of of it. All you can do is care for them the very best you can, take them to the doctor, as well as try to make informed decisions. You do what you have to, ignoring your throbbing knees as well as aching back to hold them in your arms as they cry at the witching hour in a dark bathroom full of heavy steam up until they feel a bit much better as well as lastly autumn asleep. You run to Target at obscene times of night in pajamas crusted with snot to pick up more Pedialyte, saltines as well as small Disney Princess toys since you understand they make her smile.

Basically, you do what you have to.

All the small princesses

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Anyway, this is what I’ve been as much as for the past few weeks. just doing the very best I can.

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen