Colin is 5 Months

Colin's 5 month mark brought us something new that we would rather not have to experience...Colin's first cold. Our baby boy is sick for the first time, and I've discovered that life with a coughing, sneezing, stuffy nose baby is no fun. In fact, if you walk through our front door, you enter the "hot zone." David and I are both sick too. This presents a whole lot of new challenges.

If you think you got little sleep with a well baby, try getting up every hour with a sick one. In this case, I can't be frustrated or grumpy. After all, I know what it feels like. I just wish I could teach him to blow his nose. A cold so much worse for babies! The "bugger sucker" or nasal aspirator (as they call it at the doc's office) is absolutely worthless. Can someone please invent a nasal vacuum please? I need max power for some of those things.

The next contraption that I would like to revamp is the baby thermometer. I've been told that if the temperature is taken under their arm you have to add one degree. I've also been told that the only place it's accurate is...down where? I simply can not stick a thermometer there!

I would like to fast forward through this week please. Please let it strengthen our immune systems and give us a whole new appreciation for our health.

Here's a picture of the little snot nose before he starting coughing on us...