Another Cold

Noah has another cold. The bad news is that this is cold number five since he started at daycare. The good news is that he's building his immune system and he should be a healthy child when he goes to school. Even though we know it's good for Noah to build immunity, we hate to see him sick again. Yesterday his nose started running all over the place and it hasn't stopped since. He also has one ear that is waxier than the other so we're watching for signs of an ear infection. But, he doesn't have a fever and he isn't acting like he doesn't feel well. Well, he wasn't acting like he wasn't feeling well until last night when he decided he could not sleep in his own bed. We could get him to sleep, lay him in his bed and carefully sneak away while making sure that he was still asleep. But in only about 10 to 15 minutes, he would be screaming and need the comfort of Mom or Dad in order to calm down. Calming himself was not an option. Typically, Noah can self-soothe. He just sticks his thumb in his mouth and goes to town. But not last night. Last night, Noah needed his parents. So there we were thinking to ourselves again... "eventually he'll sleep better. Everyone tells us that it gets better. We just have to wait a little longer." We see the doctor on Tuesday next week and we're looking forward to it. Maybe rice cereal will be the solution to all of our sleeping problems. (And kicking this cold, of course).