Since my last post, our sweet girl has had:
a cold, a sinus infection, a cold, the croup, a nasty right ear infection and now, January 8, another bad head cold.
we have been through a million tissues with lotion, humidifier running constantly, saline drops, 3 rounds of antibiotics, disposable diapers because said antibiotics have caused severe diarreha (not to mention vomitting, lathergic, dehydrated and non-eating baby), sleepless nights, clingy, miserable baby and parents, our first baby trip to the ER, steroids, rectal thermometer taking, a large hospital copay and a doctor to who I've paid more in copays than I care to think about.

my sweet girl is on her third antibiotics in 1.5 months, the second in 1 week. Her nose is so incredibly red, I can only imagine how much it hurts when we wipe it (hence the screaming). Last night was the first night in literally 2 months that she slept through the night. The previous 2 nights, we got a combined total of 5 hours of sleep.
she is now sleeping. with the help of some tylenol (to take care of the low-grade fever), children's zyrtec (at the advice of the doctor - she's on a very small dose and it's helping to dry her head up).
we're literally sitting here, praying aloud that she doesn't wake up.

she's going to be a year old in 2 weeks and we're having a party and she's probably going to be sick then, too.

ugh.