9 days to go ...

I am absolutely miserable.  I thought I would have this baby early, but I am afraid I'm going to be eating my words.  I've had a terrible hacking cough for a week now and I'm convinced that I've cracked a rib on my right side.  I can't sleep - everything feels smushed when I lay on either side and sleeping on the back is definitely impossible.  The other night I tried to sleep upright in our chair in the den and that didn't even work out.  I've been up the last two nights for hours, just watching tv in the den while Mungee and DH sleep peacefully.  I know I shouldn't complain, but it's hard not to when I'm feeling this bad.

Here are some cute pictures to compensate for my misery.

At the zoo

New Year's Eve

Gymnastics

 35 Week Belly

I'm linking up with Shell at Things I Can't Say to Pour My Heart Out

Blech. and Ugh.

I'm sick.

I woke up Wednesday morning with a runny nose and sneezed a few times.  Most might think this is no big deal but here's the thing.  I?  Don't get sick.

Seriously.  It's very rare for me to even get one cold a year.

The runny nose and sneezing got progressively worse yesterday.  By the end of the day, I was flushed and sweaty.  Today my head is filled with grotesque matter, of which I will spare you the details.

Oh.  And I am covered in hives.

Ever since I started taking the happy pills, my sleep has gone to sh*t.  And not sleeping well means my immune system defenses are down and have failed to keep me from catching the germs that most likely run amuck at MyGym, despite their claim that everything goes into a slime bucket and is thoroughly disinfected.

The thing that bothers me most about being sick is worrying that Mungee will catch it since we're in pretty close contact on the daily.  I like to think that I am tough, that I can will myself to get better.  But Mungee?  Well, she doesn't even know how to blow her nose yet, so if she gets a cold we're all going to be miserable.

Address provided upon request for chicken soup offerings.

All Backed Up

Poor Mungee has another ear infection - in only one ear this time, thank goodness.  She was exhibiting all the same behaviors as the last time she was sick - sneezing, runny nose, coughing, protruding tongue, irritability and pulling on her ears.  She's also teething, so I could attribute the symptoms to that, but I wanted to play it safe.  The doctor said it's a good thing that I brought her in since her left ear was pretty bad.  I hope Mungee wasn't suffering with it for too long before we caught it.

In addition to that, she's also, shall we say, all backed up.  Her little belly is not so little, it looks like she swallowed a fully inflated balloon.  The doctor said I should only give her cereal once a day and I said I do in the morning and I mix it with bananas.  She looked at me and said "Well there's the problem.  Banana is a constipating food".  *Smacks self on the forehead*  The doctor suggested prunes or peaches as an alternative to the bananas.  We got the go-ahead to mix the cereal with diluted juice instead of water.  Mungee can also have some diluted juice during the day.  I'm sure she'll enjoy the new taste - I got white grape juice and pear.  I would try it with the sippy cup, but she thinks that is a chew toy, so I'll probably introduce it with a bottle. 

Mungee weighed 19 lb, 1 oz.  That's up practically two pounds in a month.  Being that she is constipated and had her clothes on, I am not convinced the measurement was accurate, but my aching back thinks otherwise.

Poor Mungee

Mungee has her first nasty cold and a double ear infection :(  She started taking Amoxicillin 5 days ago and her eczema flared up so bad that it spread across her cheeks, ears and even her eyelids.  She was also very swollen underneath her eyes.  I called the doctor's office today in hopes that they could see her and determine if she was having an allergic reaction.  They were able to see her this afternoon and they could not be sure that she was having a reaction but they decided to switch her to a new antibiotic to be on the safe side (they thought maybe the rash was due to her nose running and then her burying her face on me while rubbing the snot around - nice, right?)

She is generally miserable at this point.  She's overtired but won't nap - another possible culprit for her eyes being swollen.  

Today was a rough day.