Here’s a recording to listen to while you read this post. It’s a good example of some of the wacky noises Exie makes while getting rocked to sleep (yes, we still rock her to sleep, but hey, give her a break – she’s sick):
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As a family, we have been in better health. Exie was sick. Then Susan got sick. Then I got sick. Then Susan got sick again. And though Exie is definitely over the worst of it, she seems to have hung on to a constant low grade cold. All this has been going on for almost two months (we’ve been doing our best to clean her face before we take pictures, but it’s a losing battle). And teething only increases the flow. Perhaps we will rename her “Snot-faucet.”
The problem with having a baby in the picture is that your tiredness as a family is greater than the sum of your individual tirednesses (yes, I know that doesn’t make sense; I just wanted to use the word “tirednesses”). The baby wakes up a lot ’cause she’s uncomfortable. So one (or worse, both) of the parents wakes up to try and make the baby feel better. Which means that the parents don’t feel any better ’cause they don’t get enough sleep to fight their own illnesses.
And it really is quite frustrating that there’s no way to tell the baby that she’ll feel better soon, or that this medicine will make her feel not-quite-so-crummy in twenty minutes. I suppose it must be even more frustrating to be the baby and have no idea if this is just how life is, or if it is going to pass.
sick & tired
Here’s a recording to listen to while you read this post. It’s a good example of some of the wacky noises Exie makes while getting rocked to sleep (yes, we still rock her to sleep, but hey, give her a break – she’s sick):
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
As a family, we have been in better health. Exie was sick. Then Susan got sick. Then I got sick. Then Susan got sick again. And though Exie is definitely over the worst of it, she seems to have hung on to a constant low grade cold. All this has been going on for almost two months (we’ve been doing our best to clean her face before we take pictures, but it’s a losing battle). And teething only increases the flow. Perhaps we will rename her “Snot-faucet.”
The problem with having a baby in the picture is that your tiredness as a family is greater than the sum of your individual tirednesses (yes, I know that doesn’t make sense; I just wanted to use the word “tirednesses”). The baby wakes up a lot ’cause she’s uncomfortable. So one (or worse, both) of the parents wakes up to try and make the baby feel better. Which means that the parents don’t feel any better ’cause they don’t get enough sleep to fight their own illnesses.
And it really is quite frustrating that there’s no way to tell the baby that she’ll feel better soon, or that this medicine will make her feel not-quite-so-crummy in twenty minutes. I suppose it must be even more frustrating to be the baby and have no idea if this is just how life is, or if it is going to pass.
Okay, I’m done complaining now.