Colds suck.

Colds suck.  Colds suck even more when your 5-week old gets one.  Motherhood causes you to worry...especially when you wake up in the middle of the night to hear your sweet baby struggling to breathe through the mucus.  I was so concerned about her this morning that I called the pediatrician.   Thankfully my best friend, Emily, works at Juliette's pediatrician's office.  I was able to get the doctor to check her out within an hour of calling!  Gotta love that!  After getting checked out and being given a test for RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), the doctor determined Juliette just has a nasty cold.  She was not a fan of the test for RSV.  They swabbed the inside of her nostrils and the poor thing screamed as loud as she could.  I felt like an awful Mommy for letting my baby catch a cold.  And Daddy keeps reminding me that it was I that passed the cold on to her.  What a mean Daddy!  It's a good thing he is cute!  

On a good note...Juliette got weighed today.  She is now 8 lbs. 1 oz.!  She is almost TWO pounds heavier than when she was born!  As much as I would love to keep her little forever, I am looking forward to her becoming a big girl too.  Now if only we could keep the colds away!