Runny Nose

Nadia's streak of perfect health came to an end yesterday morning when she woke up with a really runny nose. I found the timing rather ironic given that she was scheduled to have her well baby visit yesterday afternoon. Of course you don't go to the doctor for just a runny nose and naturally the doctor didn't say anything about it. Since Nadia (like most babies) doesn't like to have her nose wiped, she's cried more yesterday and today than usual. However when I'm not coming at her with a dreaded Kleenex, she's been in her usual good mood. It seems to have interfered some with her sleep though as Paul had a hard time putting her down last night when I was at choir rehearsal. He said she fell asleep in his arms at 6:50 but then kept crying everytime he put her in her crib and nothing helped (rocking, singing, milk, etc.) so eventually he had to just let her cry herself to sleep (7:40pm). A few times during the night she woke up and cried for about 30 seconds so it seems she wasn't getting as good a night of sleep as she normally does. She woke up for good about 6:10am so she only got about 10.5 hours of sleep compared to the about 12 hours she had been getting a night lately. So far she doesn't have any other symptoms aside from a very runny nose. Hopefully it will stay that way and hopefully the "leaky faucet" will clear up soon. She has gotten a lot better about having her face washed after eating. That also used to produce tears, but it doesn't any more. Maybe in time a tissue wiping gunk off her upper lip also won't be so traumatic. :-)