Update on one day at a time and sleepless nights

It has been a while since I have blogged. Life is a little crazy around here. I don't even have recent pictures of the kids. It has been probably 3 weeks since I have taken a picture! I need to work on that LG is getting so big so fast! She is now 17 lbs and 4 months old. She is so much fun!
I had posted how I was going to clean my house one room at a time. That lasted about 3 days. I started with our bedroom changed sheets, mopped the hardwoods, cleaned the blinds, put away all the clothes...a good cleaning. It did feel really good when I walked around the house looking at all the other mess, I could go in my room and know that I DID accomplish something today. Day 2 I did our bathroom and LG's room. Her room was pretty clean already. Day 3 I had all the kids change their sheets and pick up their rooms, but that was as far as it got. My days got away from me and then my room was a mess again and I was thoroughly disappointed. I think after Thanksgiving I will give it another shot. I just like everything clean at one time. So anyways, that worked for all of 3 days.
On the sleepless nights, it didn't last that long. She did fairly well. I just did my homecare treatments with her...saline and suction, elevate the head of the bed, and cool mist humidifier. She was over it in about a week. Had a well baby check up last week and chest and ears were all clear! Made it through cold #1 with no infections. All my other kids had ear infections with the first cold. She has not had a very good day today. She has been rather fussy and only catnapped about 3 times all day for 15 min. each. We put her down at 9:30 and she just woke up crying a few minutes ago. She seems to have a tummy ache.
Please pray for my friend, Jill and her little girl, Sydney. I worked with her in L&D and she also worked with me doing Triage last year. Her little girl has been having stomach problems and I spoke with her on Sunday night and she was very concerned. I saw on facebook today that she was admitted to the PICU at Children's last night. Just pray that they can find out what is causing her to be so sick and that it is nothing serious.

Homeschoolers "attacked"

I was just reading some blogs as I have been doing regularly. It has become my new "t.v." I would rather read how to save money and about other homeschooling families and get ideas and so forth. I just came across a blog http://www.agardenofblessings.blogspot.com/ and she was telling how the View on ABC was discussing the Obama kids and where they should go to school. Joy made a comment on how homeschoolers are "demented and afraid of other children!" I went to ABC.com and left them a comment on how I felt about it. You can view it here http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6271001 pretty disappointing. I don't have time to watch the View anyways, but if I did, I would stop.

Sleepless nights

Oh how I have forgotten so much about having a baby around. It has been 5 years since I have done this....but it all comes back so quickly! LG has been sleeping so well since she was born. In fact, at the hospital she was sleeping through the night and the nurses were upset that I would not wake her to feed her. After 3 babies, I know you NEVER wake a sleeping baby during the night!! Anyways she has slept great--totally through the night since about 3 weeks old. The last 2 nights have been awful! The night before last she woke at midnight then was awake a while then I saw the clock again at 3:40 and again at 4:30 and 5:30 you get my drift. She was not needing to eat, she was just figity. Well, I understand why now. Last night at midnight she woke and she is so congested she can't breathe through her nose very well. We have our first cold.:( She was up several more times during the night. I had to turn on the lights and saline and suction her at about 4 am so she could breathe. This morning she has been coughing and sneezing and runny nose. It is so sad!! I guess going through all this again helps me to be a better nurse. Now I can relate fairly well with the mom who calls and her baby has been up all night and can't breathe through her nose. The FDA has recommended that no cough and cold meds be given to any child under the age of 4 now, so not much is recommended but home care. She is sleeping now. Hopefully she will get over it soon and sleep through the night again!!