Knock on Wood

I should have knocked on wood. Last week I was just bragging to myself that my baby is almost 6 months old and has NEVER been sick. No cold, no ear infection, no diarrhea, NOTHING. Then Sunday night, as we were putting her to bed, we noticed that she was really congested. When we tried to put her pacifier in, she would have to spit it out to breath, she couldn't do both at the same time. She slept in our bed all night because I was scared to death that she wouldn't spit out the pacifier and would suffocate. Monday morning she was even worse and so sad looking. We took her temperature: 100.4. I called the doctor but they said there were no appointments available and her temperature should be over 101.9 before they would do anything. So the nurse just gave me some suggestions. We spent the rest of the day giving her Infant Tylenol Cold every four hours and squirting saline in her nose so we could suction out the snot. Oh course she screamed during this process but was immediately okay when the snot sucker was put away. Today she is 100 times better: no fever and little snot. So, I guess she wasn't technically SICK (the nurse said it was just due to the change in weather). So, maybe I can still brag a little!