Watching your kid struggle with cold is a torture, especially, when cold is accompanied by its buddy, fever. Loss of appetite is understandable, but what do you do when these little ones refuse to have the medicine? It doesn't matter what flavor you give them or what flavor they like. They just refuse to. Even if they used to like it earlier and lick its last drop off the dispenser. It's the toughest test of patience!
This time, for San's cold, we tried all ways, all medicine dispensers, all kinds of bribes, to make her have the medicine, but nothing worked. :-( She spits most of it out and half of it is soaked by her clothes. Everything smells of her medicine. She herself does.
Nights are harder. She is unable to sleep because of her blocked nose. The humidifier and the Vicks vapors don't seem to help. And still, she keeps singing her favorite rhymes in her croaky voice, wiping her cherry red nose every now and then. She plays with the same enthusiasm (less energy though) and watches Curious George with the same smile on her face. It seems like she doesn't know that she's unwell. She pretends to talk to her friends on phone cuz' she hasn't been able to see them since two days. She thinks she's going to meet Sophia tomorrow, but she's gonna be stuck at home.
Common cold in kids is quite common, but then the experience with it always raises your patience level and teaches you a lesson.
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On a different note, guess what San wants from Santa this Christmas? A Lollipop! :-) We've kept her away from candies, chocolates, and lollipops so far, but then, Santa will surely gift her one I guess! ;-)
This time, for San's cold, we tried all ways, all medicine dispensers, all kinds of bribes, to make her have the medicine, but nothing worked. :-( She spits most of it out and half of it is soaked by her clothes. Everything smells of her medicine. She herself does.
Nights are harder. She is unable to sleep because of her blocked nose. The humidifier and the Vicks vapors don't seem to help. And still, she keeps singing her favorite rhymes in her croaky voice, wiping her cherry red nose every now and then. She plays with the same enthusiasm (less energy though) and watches Curious George with the same smile on her face. It seems like she doesn't know that she's unwell. She pretends to talk to her friends on phone cuz' she hasn't been able to see them since two days. She thinks she's going to meet Sophia tomorrow, but she's gonna be stuck at home.
Common cold in kids is quite common, but then the experience with it always raises your patience level and teaches you a lesson.
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On a different note, guess what San wants from Santa this Christmas? A Lollipop! :-) We've kept her away from candies, chocolates, and lollipops so far, but then, Santa will surely gift her one I guess! ;-)
