It came upon us suddenly. One minute, my baby was smiling, babbling, and intently grasping at objects. The next, he was a leaky, cranky, miserable mess. He's been a decent sleeper until now, but last night was our first challenging one. He was exhausted. I nursed him to sleep repeatedly. Each time he passed out, then woke himself up just a few minutes later by coughing. Then the crying, the labored breathing, and finally nursing again. This went on for hours.
The next day we were both exhausted and miserable. He napped from time to time, but only for brief periods before congestion or coughing would wake him up. I spent all day trying to suck snot out of his nose with the bulb aspirator. We also watched 30 minutes of Sesame Street, because we were just too tired for typical play.
That night he slept better, luckily. He woke up more frequently than usual but the intervals were at least two hours apart. The following morning, he was still coughing, sneezing, and dripping fluids but he was in a better mood, and we were both more rested. Over the next few days his symptoms slowly subsided. But then my husband and I both picked them up - we had no defenses against a baby repeatedly coughing directly into our open mouths.
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