Still puny and the result of colic....

Still trying to get over the plagues here. I am feeling MUCH better now that our wonderful pediatrician gave me an antibiotic that actually will get rid of strep throat! My throat is still sore, but I doing so much better than I was. I thought Julia was doing better, hardly any fever at all on Monday, was happy and playing. But then around 10pm last night, I heard her crying. I go check on her and her fever had spiked back up to 103! So I gave her more Motrin and just rocked her for awhile.

This morning she just acted so puny. No temp, but she was actually shivering!! Her feet and hands were cold and slightly blue!! She had on pj's with long sleeves and pants, and it was not that chilly in her room, so I am not sure where that came from. She just wanted held, with her head buried in my chest/shoulder. I gave her another dose of Motrin, even though she did not have a fever, I thought it would help her feel better. Luckily, my mom was able to watch her today, so I could go to work. By the time we got to my parent's house (a 45 minute drive), the Motrin had kicked in and she was perking up. The pedi said that it could take 5 days for the virus to completely work through her system.

Poor little girl. Makes me so sad to see her like this.



I think this is an example of JUST how much Julia cried when she was going through colic......

The speaker in the baby monitor stopped working. Since Julia sleeps on a separate floor and there are 2 closed doors between us at night, I don't feel comfortable going without a monitor yet. I told DH I will get rid of the monitor when Julia is big enough to get out of bed (she is still in a crib) and come get us if something is wrong. But until that time, we need to have a monitor.

Luckily, the monitor I have has too receivers, but since one speaker already went out (and the fact I really like two receivers), I think it is time to replace the whole monitor system. Our current one was fairly cheap and was given to us as a gift. The main problem with our current monitor is that when the receivers are plugged in to an outlet (and they always are, otherwise it would eat through batteries), you hear a LOT of static coming through. It is REALLY annoying and I want to avoid it in our next monitor.