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[rivka]

This is the cold that would not die. At this point, it's largely settled into my chest - I've got a horrible hacking cough, and my voice has dropped into the bass register. My throat is perpetually sore.

Alex, on the other hand, has recovered. She's still a little stuffy, but she's careening happily around the house getting into everything within crawling range. God help me, she discovered the stairs this morning and actually hauled herself up one of them. She's certainly not suffering the fatigue that Michael and I still both have.

I take back what I said before. Apparently it's a good thing I'm not breastfeeding, because then she'd be stuck with my crappy antibodies.

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

Poor darling. I hope you'll be better by Christmas.

[ailbhe]

Hahahahahahahahaha stairs! Life just gets better.

(It is also possible that Alex is fighting this cold from a position of adequate rest, minimal stress, and excellent nutrition, whereas her parents are tired and not getting bottles of Complete Food Solution.)

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

It is also possible that Alex is fighting this cold from a position of adequate rest, minimal stress, and excellent nutrition

This is kind of what I was thinking.

Feel better!

[kightp.livejournal.com]

*empathy* I've got the West Coast version of your cold, and although I managed to drag my sorry ass into work today, I doubt I'm going to be any more productive than I was at home Monday and Tuesday.

Glad to hear Alex is better; hope you and Michael are soon, too.

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

You'd be giving her a lot of useful antibodies, though, as well as the ones that aren't working for you at the moment. (Not that I'm harassing you; just clarifying.)

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Really? *eyeroll*

Trust me, Mike, no one comes second to me in the running for Breastfeeding Failure Guilt of the Year. Which I would've thought was obvious from the linked post, even if you hadn't been reading my journal back when I was trying to nurse. I feel EVERY BIT as bad about not nursing as any lactivist could possibly wish.

So you can stand easy, all right? There's no need to pile any further guilt on the heap.

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry if I came across as piling on here; forgive me, and feel welcome to delete the comments, if you so choose.

Then kiss the baby, a much more productive use of your time.

[tea-dragon.livejournal.com]

Look out with the stairs- my daughter went from one step to going all the way up in one minute flat with only three practice runs :) Now she's obsessed with climbing, and we have a guitar case blocking the bottom of the staircase.

I wish I could say something that would take away the breast-feeding guilt- your efforts really were heroic. Alex is at the age where many babies lose interest in nursing on their own (especially when their little noses are stuffy from a cold), so even if you had been breast feeding, you might not be still doing it by now. Also, even with nursing, colds still suck. My baby is still nursing and she's been coughing for two weeks, poor little one!

[lcohen]

i sure hope you are lots better now, sweetie.