Cold vs Allergies - it was her first little cold! :( Over the past few days Ella has gotten through her first cold. It started Saturday night with her coughing quite a bit through the night...then Sunday came and that's when the sneezing began...she dealt with that all day Sunday with a little fever to go along with it. Sunday night I kept her in her swing for the night as I didn't want her to lay down as that's when her coughing begins. So I made up the bed in Ella's room (we have a double bed in her room as well...which serves as our "guest room/Ella's room")...and brought her swing in there for the night. Monday comes, and thankfully my mom was able to come and watch Ella...I really didn't feel comfortable bringing her to the sitter's as she was coughing and sneezing...I didn't want to share the love with the other kids there! So Ella got to spend the day with her Grandma! I came home Monday night and the poor little girl was looking a little rough :( Her cheeks were all pink, eyes were red, and she was so stuffy! I took her temperature and it was a little higher...so I gave in and gave her some baby Tylenol (the Doctor said she was allowed to have some after her shots a few weeks ago - but I hate to give medicine unless it's absolutely necessary) -so Ella got 3/4 of a dose of baby Tylenol....grape flavored...she was a BIG fan of that - she sucked it right down :) Then I had also read about bringing them into a steamy bathroom...so I ran the shower with the door closed...and after a few minutes I carried her into the bathroom...and we hung out in the steam for about 10 minutes...she liked that! She was holding her head up and looking all around and best of all - breathing a little easier. She slept again in her swing. Tuesday it was more of the same...Grandma stayed with her again...still a little cough, stuffy nose...but no fever. Again - slept in her swing. Now it's Wednesday - and she seems to be doing much better. Still has a cough whenever she is laying down - so I think I'll keep her in her swing for another night. We all survived her first cold! :) I got little sleep as I was always waking up to check on her and making sure that she was breathing ok...but with a couple cups of coffee I was good to go!
This is a picture of Ella after her bath Sunday night...she wasn't really happy about the bath, getting out of the bath, being wet....she just wasn't feeling good!
So I have to tell you of my amazing deal on diapers/wipes! My friend Erin told me that she bought her diapers from Amazon...and I was like really?? I happen to LOVE Amazon and always do about 75% of my Christmas shopping from there - it's just one of my favorite sites! So I check it out...do a little research...and found that they have some good deals! I signed up a while back for Amazon Mom or something like that - so it makes you an Amazon Prime customer - free 1 day shipping, etc. So with these diapers I found that you get 15% for being an Amazon Mom, AND if you sign up for subscribe and save - you get another 15% off! YAY! Subscribe and save is you put yourself on an automatic order (1 month, 2 months, 3 months or 6 months) and they send you what you have on your "subscribe and save" order for whichever duration you pick. So my bargain - Josh only likes the Pampers Swaddlers with little color changing line that shows when they have messy pants :) If the color has changed and its really bright...he knows he's going to be calling me to help :) So they had those - 234 diapers for $51.44 - BUT after my Amazon Mom/Subscribe and Save deal - I got them for $30! I was quite excited...same goes for wipes - I like the Huggies Natural Care wipes - $15 for 648 wipes! So $45 and I know that will last for at least 6 weeks - not too bad! Whoever thought I would be price checking for diapers and wipes - not me! :)
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