Achoooo!

Camden caught his first cold last week. Not sure where he contracted it from. Could have been daycare, could have been the flight. But the timing for his cold was a bit inconvenient. Not that there is a convenient time, but we probably would've chosen for it to happen while we had the comforts of home.

Nonetheless, last Friday morning, he woke up congested and had a runny nose. He also puked up a load of mucous. Nice image, huh. The sight of that just sent Mommy into tears. It's hard to see your child sick and uncomfortable. It's such a helpless feeling. We started a hot shower to steam up the bathroom so that we could give him a steam treatment. That seemed to help a little bit. He didn't appear to have a fever.

We called the nurse's line to get some advice. Good news is we had tried everything they suggested (steam shower, check for fever, make sure he's able to eat, etc), so that made us feel good. Unfortunately, there's no medication you can really give to a baby his age with a cold. He just has to ride it out. And so he has. He's still got a runny nose every once in awhile, but it's not too bad. Mommy and Daddy managed to catch cold while in Phoenix too. So the Nguyen's were a mess the whole trip. We're all feeling pretty good as we head into the Christmas holiday.