sweet avery has been a wheezy mess since sunday night :( it started as a small cough but by the time we went to put her down, you could hear it more clearly than i could ever hear evan’s wheezing. thing was, she was perfectly happy, never ran a fever, etc. she refused to sleep by herself sunday night so we had a slumber party in her room and she spent the entire night fidgeting around – not a great night’s sleep for this mama!
the next day we took her to the dr to make sure it wasn’t anything serious and sure enough, it wasn’t. just a cold with some wheezing. a little liquid albuterol later and we were set. the baby was still happy and acting like nothing was wrong. she just sounded like a chain smoker but whatever:) that night, she did better sleeping but i still slept in her room with her for the short time she would actually stay in her crib. the rest of the night was spent on mummy.
she went to school on tuesday and did fine {except for the wheezing} and then refused to sleep in her crib again. one more restless night down.
when i picked her up from school on wednesday, i noticed that she wasn’t wheezing anymore – hallelujah! we got through playing, dinner, bath, and her night time sippy with still no wheezing. we put her down and besides one time of waking up and needing her daddy to settle her, she did great. she even woke up once a little later, whimpered a bit {probably couldn’t find a paci:)}, and then put herself back to sleep!! go girl! she slept ALL night long in her bed!!
i am so thankful for a few things…
first is that the wheezing is gone! while she didn’t act like anything was wrong, that couldn’t have been fun to deal with on her end and it scares her mummy and daddy to no end!
second is that i got to sleep in my bed for the first time in 3 nights last night without a leach :) and it was amazing!! i feel refreshed!
last is that she did so well sleeping all night. a lot of times sickness completely screws up the great sleeping habits we work so hard to develop so we have to let her cry it out, etc which breaks our heart. besides about 10 minutes last night, she did great!! here’s hoping it sticks!!
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