J&M got Maui'd!

Elsy passed her nine month milestone last week and immediately got sick. She had a runny nose and the occasional sneeze and cough. She spat up a couple of times as well, which she has not done in months. The runny nose is most annoying though. She hates to have her nose sucked, and wiping can only clear out so much mucus. It also makes for a hard time to drink from a bottle as she is unable to breathe and must gasp for air every few seconds or so. Not to be left out, the two of us soon got sick as well, with Maggie really going down on Saturday. We all have gotten our flu shots, and Elsy even got a booster this past Friday which was Maggie's day off. I was only marginally better, as I did not have the chills and aches, but weakness, the occasional head ache and general lethargy makes managing an infant that much harder. Oh, and it did not help that Elsy had a runny poop bomb that I had to clean up and after the bath she peed on me. I did discover that Elsy likes drinking water.

We were on high alert this past week because Elsy was exposed to HFMD . She was exposed to it when Maggie took her to visit her cousin. They didn't realize that their baby had a fever until after Elsy had already put copious numbers of items into her mouth at their house so we decided to play it safe and refrained from going out to too many places while we waited for any symptoms to show up. So far so good. Apparently the incubation time is 3-6 days so I think we are in the clear. We also replaced our mattress. It was definitely not as comfortable as we needed it to be. We got a couple of twins to tide us over and figure out which model we liked better. So far I think the thicker one is the winner. (Personally I didn't notice too much of a difference but it has only been a few days on the thicker mattress.) Oh, also Elsy can kind of crawl backwards now. Gotta start clearing the floors..