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One thing that kind of sucks about being a new mom is not knowing when or if something is seriously wrong with my child. Alice has a bad cold, probably caused by RSV (respiratory synocyctialthinggummy virus). She caught said virus probably from another baby her age who ended up in the hospital with pneumonia brought on by the RSV (in other babies’ mom’s defense, other baby was not showing symptoms yet when Alice was exposed). I was concerned, to say the least, when I found this out, both for the other baby and her mom, who is a friend of mine, and for Alice, who I really didn’t want to get pneumonia. So when on Wednesday afternoon, my daughter started sounding like she had tiny maracas rattling around in her chest, I assumed the worst. She obviously was getting pneumonia. Never mind that she was happier than she’d been all week, energetic, and in no way struggling to breathe. A quick trip to the after hours pediatrics place later, I had learned something. She was fine. Still sick of course, and with some junk in her chest (hence the maracas), but overall fine and likely to be all better in a week or two. I guess I can just consider it another brick in the wall of my mommy knowledge. Now if Hubby and I could just feel better…
obviously, I suck at blogging. The last time I posted anything was like what? December or January? Yep, January 7th, and here we are in October. And here I am with an almost four month baby girl. So what do you say I start over and see how it goes…
