On the mend

On a whim a few weeks ago, I bought the NoseFrida at Bellani Maternity, a great local baby store. The idea of it completely grossed me out the first time I'd heard of it (it's used by literally sucking the snot from baby's nose), but it had great reviews and I was curious. Now after having first hand experience using it on a very snotty nosed baby, I've learned it's not any more gross than dealing with baby snot any other way and it seriously works! (So much better than the bulb syringe) It's been a lifesaver over the past week and was a purchase I am so glad I made. It's amazing how much it helped to clear Wyatt's nose so he could breath and nurse with less struggling. (We even used it for Jack when his nose was at its worst.)

Even though we still have to use this for Wyatt's stuffy nose a couple times a day, the boys have finally turned the corner after more than a week of fevers, congestion, coughing, and horrible stuffy noses. I never imagined it was possible for two little boys to produce so much snot. We made two trips to the doctor's office for each of them. The first was a diagnosis of bad colds for the two of them. Two days later we brought Wyatt back, because he just didn't seem right and it turns out he had an ear infection. As we were leaving and getting into the car, Jack told us that his ear hurt, so an hour later (that's when the doctor could see us) he was also diagnosed with an ear infection, his first ever. They are both on antibiotics which Jack doesn't mind taking at all, but giving Wyatt his medicine twice a day is pure torture. He HATES it and just screams as we try to get him to swallow the teaspoon of pink medicine. It is no fun and we have 5 more days of the torture left to endure. Ugh.