Today is the third day of Sonny's chest cold. He's been croupy and he's very congested. For two days, I used baby rub on him, gave him cold medicine, and used humidifiers.
Last night was bad so I called my older sister up for advice. She recommended blue vervain which I'm having issues finding in store. It's available on line but by the time I received it Sonny would be better.
My sister also recommended placing a wet washcloth on his chest (inside his shirt) and rubbing his back and feet with the baby rub (it has wintergreen and peppermint essential oil in it).
So last night, I followed her advice and he was breathing better and he was sleeping well. He awoke several times during the night with a fever but the cold medicine took care of that.
This morning I went and bought a bottle of Pedialyte so that he doesn't get dehydrated. He sipped on it. Finally my husband got him to drink about four ounces. Afterwards, he promptly threw up all sorts of nasty gunk.
He is finally starting to feel and sound a bit better. Hopefully I can get him 100% before his first birthday party on Sunday.
Mommy's heart hurts for her lil man. The hardest thing a mother faces is seeing her baby sick and not being able to make him better.
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