Sick Baby = Sad Baby

Remember how I said Janie was giving me a run for my money? Well... she was super fussy for four days straight. Like really angry. Anyway, we called our doctor on Thursday morning because she had developed a really nasty cold to boot.

Well the doctor didn't have any openings. Neither did the other clinics they are associated with. So they sent us to Children's instead. Not so fun.

Jane had an ALMOST fever (100.2... 100.4 is official fever for infants). Which wasn't good because my thermometer had read her at 98. yeah... time to invest in a new one. I felt pretty bad not knowing how long that had been going on.

After a visit with the doctor we were sent away with two prescriptions for meds and information on Jane's diagnosis.

Poor little chickie. She has been in a lot of pain with her ear. Plus she has been having a hard time keeping food down. We can't give her more than 2 oz of formula at a time or it comes back up.

She also can't sleep because she wakes up coughing every few minutes and crying every few hours from the pain. It breaks my heart. So sorry for having disappeared for a few days, but my little girl needed me.
Her hair is starting to get mega-matted in the back again, remember the dreadlock? So I found a solution: putting Jane's hair in a ponytail, well that and brushing it each day [which seems a little ridiculous, what five-month old needs their hair brushed ever?]. At the end of the day her hair looks like this:
It's pretty awesome.

But she is doing much better today. She had a really rough morning, but has been in MUCH better spirits and had enough energy to play in her jumperoo, so it's a big relief for us.