Zyrtec

Paul got some Zyrtec on Wednesday, but he got the wrong kind (for hives instead of for allergies and for 6 year olds not 2 year olds). So after school this morning I stopped and exchanged it for the kind Dr. M had suggested. She said to give Nadia 1/2 tsp a day for at least until the congestion clears up, and that we could consider giving it to her once a day for a year as some studies have shown doing that will prevent allergy problems later in childhood/adulthood. Nadia likes the taste of Zyrtec also (grape). I know some of you are nurses and some are married to doctors so I am looking for input on two issues. #1 should I really keep giving her antibiotics? She's been on Amoxicillan for 12 days now and I see no improvement. In fact Paul commented to me this morning that he thought her congestion was worse, and I agree that it is. We've been aspirating her little nose many times a day for 23 days. The saline definitely helps her breathing. Anyhow I am not a big fan of being on antibiotics unless they are really needed due to this leading to things like yeast infections and/or her becoming immune to this antibiotic. I feel like taking her off the antibiotic. So that's my first question. #2 I am definitely going to try the Zyrtec for a few days to see if it helps clear her congestion. My question though is about this theory of giving her 1/2 tsp every day for a year. Does this seem like a good idea? If it would work I would definitely be in favor. I just am not sure how well established this theory is and what possible negative effects there might be to giving her this drug every day at such a young age.

Thankfully she has been CALM this morning. She's almost back to how she was on Wed. I guess she's exhuasted due to the fact she was awake almost all day yesterday. I probably could have worn her in the sling while teaching, but of course I had no way of knowing that. I felt badly as the babysitter showed up bright and early at my office. I had sent her an email and posted on her wall in Facebook, but she didn't get the messages. We have now exchanged phone numbers. I paid her $50 today for M/W so today was my first time paying a babysitter. Having Grandma watch Nadia saved us a little $$ today although that was definitely not the reason I asked for her help. So hopefully I can get a nap this afternoon as I am still very, very, very tired. I had a hard time not yawning while teaching today. Nadia slept 3 hours last night and then was up for about 75 minutes and then slept 3 hours. So I got 6 hours of sleep. The second feeding was from 4:30-5:30am so I wasn't able to go back to sleep but Nadia did sleep while I was showering and eating breakfast. She woke up before I had put in my contacts etc so I put her in the sling. She likes me to bounce around or walk around while she's first in the sling or she'll cry. Let me say that although it's not too hard to bounce while blowdrying, it's rather challenging to bounce while putting in contact lenses, LOL.

Well I feel so much more relaxed today now that Nadia is calm again. I could tell early this morning that she had calmed down but figured it was too late to change gears as far as calling Paul's mom. I think she really enjoyed spending time with Nadia anyhow. She hadn't seen her in 10 days. I will say I have great sympathy for those with colicky babies. Yikes. Just one afternoon of nonstop crying was very hard for me!!! Nadia is generally a happy baby aside from in the evenings when we're trying to get her to bed. She seems to fight sleep like I've never seen another baby do - especially if it means sleeping in her crib. Last night she went to sleep in our bed and then at 11pm I woke up and transferred her to her crib. She definitely prefers sleeping with Mommy. I am sooooo glad we have a three day weekend in store. I don't go back to work until Tuesday afternoon. Hopefully I'll get lots of sleep this weekend and also get some packing done, and hopefully Nadia's congestion will clear up soon. She won't go back to school until Wednesday morning.