It's been a long week

Tiny Tot came down with the nasty cold Dh brought home, as you know.  Man was it a doozy of a first cold.  She still isn't all well but she hasn't needed the albuterol at all today and was finally able to sleep in her crib last night and not the car seat.  Unfortunately this week of illness has totally screwed up her good night-time sleep habits.  I miss them.

I miss sleep.

She wakes up about every 1.5-2 hours; at least last night she only needed me for two of those wake-ups, but I still wake up and listen intently to her for about 5 minutes every time she calls out to make sure she falls back to sleep.  This is not what I call restful sleep, and did I mention that I have come down with the cold-from-hell too?  Oof.

I hate to admit this but I am SO looking forward to daycare tomorrow.  Mads is wonderful, but this week has been intense and I'm really tired.  I kept her home all last week because her cough was so awful, she needed meds, she couldn't lay down without a horrible coughing fit, and I really didn't want to risk her getting all those other kids so sick.  There are a couple of 3 month old babies in her "class" and that would be really sad for someone so freaking little.  Mads' 6 months was little and sad enough.

I have come to realize that I am a much better mama if I have some time away from the pip squeak. 

One of the good things that came from all of this is that Dh took care of Mads on Saturday from 1-10pm by himself so I could go to school and get some work done.  Yesterday he was a changed man, saying things like, "are you sure you are ok to take care of her *all day* by yourself?  it's a lot of work and kind of stressful."  He even noticed that it is not so relaxing to watch TV after she goes to sleep 'cause you gotta listen for her.  :)  

I loved the time at work.  It was the first time since Mads was born that I went to school and didn't have to watch the clock in order to be back in time to relieve the nanny or pick her up from day care.  While I totally love picking Maddy up, it was nice to let my mind be free of the responsibility for a night.

(BTW, I think I traumatized my child by suctioning her nose.  She won't let me anywhere near her nose now, hence the huge boogy in her left nostril.  Poor Tiny Tot)