34 Weeks...have mercy

At my last ob apptmt (a week ago), the doc estimated that Moo is already weighing in at 6.5 lbs. O..M...G...and still a month left to go. I really don't think my body can handle getting any bigger...I have long since lost sight of my Flintstone sized feet, I no longer turn around in front of the mirror to get a glimpse of my derriere, there's no point, I already know the answer to the question does this make my butt look big...yes, indeedy. I have a waddle that could easily fool a passel of Emperor Penguins into thinking that I'm one of them. I am currently sporting a lovely skin tone that could only be described as fishbelly white and so I laughed long and hard when K suggested that don one of my old bikinis and join himself and Pig during her Saturday morning baby swim class. AND, because I wasn't beautiful enough, I've also caught bacterial conjunctivitis (aka pinkeye) from Pig and am now walking around with swollen, bloodshot eyes, oozing yellow and green discharge from the tearducts.

Oh yeah, I know you want a piece of this now.

Pig's pinkeye is doing much better thank goodness, she's on antibiotics and responding well. I will hopefully get treatment tomorrow from my GP. In the meantime, we're hoping that K stays pinkeye free, we've got separate towels and several bottles of hand sanitizer around, so fingers crossed.

Update

It was the croup after all. Pig's ped prescribed steroids and told K that that night (Friday) would be the worst but would slowly get better. The likely viral host was a little boy at Pig's daycare who ended up hospitalized so I stayed worried. So we had another sleepless night but at least we knew what we were up against and had a plan. K took Pig into our shower and created a steam sauna, the two of them emerging with matching hairdos and drowsy expressions. The medication was administered and humidifier filled to the brim and the night began...

Saturday was a mucous-y, cranky day. Pig was over-tired and unhappy with the world. She was still to sick to really do anything other than play around the house so we skipped her first swim lesson that morning and hung out, fighting a mountain of mucuous that was pouring out of her nose. She got another steam shower and then we decided to forego the steroids since the nose was bothering her more and try a small dose of baby Benadryl and a little baby vapo-rub.

Sunday was a bit better. She slept a bit more Saturday night so not as cranky. K took Anoki to the vet, got a refill on the pain meds, more about this later.

And other news, K has to watch his cholesterol. I'd been nagging and nagging him about eating more and better and after getting a printout from our GP and a little lecture, he finally believes.

I hate this weather.

Sick again

Poor Pig was up all night coughing, groaning, whimpering, and crying...and we have no freaking idea why. It wasn't at all like her usual colds....she managed to sleep through most of the night when she had her sinus infection last year....but this time, she'd wake up every 30-45 minutes or so. I'd walk into her room and find her poor sleepy little self sitting up, holding her stuffed animal and crying.

She was having trouble breathing so we made sure her humidifier had plenty of water and turned down the heat to 69. Usually that would help her get through the night. Nope. So we gave her a large drink of water thinking her throat was dry from mouth breathing. Nope. So around 3 am, we changed her diaper, gave her a dose of baby tylenol, administered saline nasal drops, suctioned out her nostrils, and some more water. Not really. She slept for maybe a few hours and then woke up again fretful.

I'm afraid it's croup. K is taking Pig to her pediatrician today so fingers crossed that it's only a teeny cold.