Ugh! Just when I thought Baby Girl's bronchitis cough was going away, we both caught Daddy's cold this past Friday night. In terms of colds, it wasn't a bad one for me but it sure did stir up Baby Girl's cough. She seemed so uncomfortable that I took her into the doctor's today. He was a little surprised we were still using the inhaler. He seemed to think her cough should have cleared up. So i guess it was good we went to see him. While we were there he checked her ears and alas she has a double ear infection. So the doctor ordered a 10-day course of antibiotics for the ears and the cough. He also told me to give her children's Nyquil at night so she could sleep. Poor girl was up all night this past weekend because of that cough. He also said to use the inhaler 3 times a day. It's 16 days before her 15 month check up so I hope all this medicine clears everything up because Baby Girl has been sick in one form or another since the beginning of December! It doesn't help that the weather constantly changes from heat to cold. I think Baby Girl is scared of me now because I am always bulbing her, insert saline in her nose, forcing the inhaler on her or injecting into her mouth some kind of medicine. Not to mention wiping her nose and washing her hands all the time. I ruly feel sorry for her and just want her to have some peace.
Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of ...