It has now been just over a week since daddy and I got sick from the flu. If there was one thing we ever did right as parents it was taking turns being sick-haha just kidding I'm sure there are many other things we do right. I was very happy that you didn't end up getting what we had too. Although, you didn't get off completely scott free. I was lucky that your Daddy is so hands on with you. It allowed me to be by myself when I couldn't move from the bed/bathroom for about 18 hours. Trust me it was a sight you wouldn't have wanted to smell see. The only problem was I did not have near enough pumped breast milk so you were brought to me when you needed to eat. I nursed you through my sickness because I had read that by that point you had already been exposed to the illness and the antibodies in the milk would further protect you, plus I was so afraid of my supply going down.
It was another full day before I could keep down any food or water and so you could imagine just how dry I felt after a couple of days. Nursing alone makes me feel pretty dry on the best of days. The only thing you suffered from through all this was a week's worth of constipation. The first few days I wasn't so worried but as we approached the one week mark and you still hadn't pooped I really started to feel for you. Especially when you would cry so hard only to have released the nastiest smelling farts.
So since we have introduced a few solid foods to you I crossed my fingers and I gave you some pureed prunes. All I can say is I'm so glad the diapers that you are in right now fit really, really well. I'm sorry that you weren't feeling great but I am so glad that the prunes worked and that I was able to freeze most of the jar to use if we ever need them again in the future.
Love & Hugs,
Mom
It was another full day before I could keep down any food or water and so you could imagine just how dry I felt after a couple of days. Nursing alone makes me feel pretty dry on the best of days. The only thing you suffered from through all this was a week's worth of constipation. The first few days I wasn't so worried but as we approached the one week mark and you still hadn't pooped I really started to feel for you. Especially when you would cry so hard only to have released the nastiest smelling farts.
So since we have introduced a few solid foods to you I crossed my fingers and I gave you some pureed prunes. All I can say is I'm so glad the diapers that you are in right now fit really, really well. I'm sorry that you weren't feeling great but I am so glad that the prunes worked and that I was able to freeze most of the jar to use if we ever need them again in the future.
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| Don't worry, we did manage to get some actually inside your mouth too |
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| Who could resist this face? |
Love & Hugs,
Mom
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