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<\/p>\nLucy officially has her first cold. Luckily, it seems pretty mild, but Mama still finds herself obsessing about fevers and brain damage all the same. <\/p>\n
Friday morning, Lucy’s nose was exuding some extra fluid, but I was hoping that it was just due to the chilly weather. She had her first globbery sneeze, and I suspected something might be up. But she seemed quite happy, so we packed up and headed off on our trip to the Marion farmette.<\/p>\n
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p{color:gray}. Photo: Lucy about to contribute to the atmosphere (“ah… ah…”:\/news\/2006\/bless-you\/).<\/p>\n
Besides Lucy being a little extra-ready for naps and extra-willing to share her mucous with others, she’s been fine. However, things sometimes seem much bleaker in the wee hours. Sunday night, Lucy awoke at 3:30 am with very warm cheeks. Mama was convinced that she suddenly had a terrible fever and tried to brainstorm about where to find some infant Tylenol at that hour in the middle of rural Wisconsin. Lucky for me, I married a clear-headed, rational man who knew that Lucy had simply exceeded her limit for warm bedclothes. After a few minutes out of the covers, Lucy’s “fever” magically disappeared and we slept peacefully.<\/p>\n
Probably the thing that makes Lucy most uncomfortable in her sniffly state is my constant obsession with wiping off her runny nose. I haven’t mentioned this before, but I derive inordinate satisfaction from picking Lucy’s nose during even her healthiest moments. (I’m getting professional help.) But I can hardly restrain myself from tackling the extra nasal goo that escapes from her nostrils these days, though she continues to say “Mo-o-o-m! Quit it!” in her baby language. We finally tried a nasal aspirator (which Jon calls the “booger vacuum”) last night, to which I thought she would object. But surprisingly, Lucy thought it was a laugh riot, so we had a good five-minutes of snot-sucking fun together, Lucy giggling away.<\/p>\n
I have now come down with Lucy’s cold, and frankly it makes me feel better — partially because I can feel that Lucy’s was just a mild case — but also because if my baby is sick, then I should be sick too! Plus, we keep the tissues all the more handy when *two* girls need them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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