Monday, December 1, 2014

McKenna's first fever

McKenna had her first official fever yesterday. It was maybe the scariest thing that Kevin and I had to deal with to date. What do you look for? What temperature is acceptable? How long will it last? What do we do? What can we give her? As first time parents, I had already anticipated being freaked out about her first fever because there's really not a whole lot you can do. You feel out of control and helpless.  

Such a poor baby. You could tell she was miserable. She seemed to get better after we started her on medicine (after checking in with the ped office). Through it all though, she was the snuggliest she's ever been. 


She went down to bed last night relatively easily too. Then about an hour after she went to sleep she decided she wanted to wake up and play. She had essentially slept and nursed all day (after refusing to nurse for several hours at the onset of the fever). So we let her mess around in our bed since she was in good spirits and wanting to play. 

We let her sleep with us, and each time she woke to attempt to play or nurse, Mommy felt worse and worse.  That's right, I'm sick today too. She seems to be doing fine, a little groggy, but she's playing and laughing like herself. I'm just trying to keep us well-rested and hydrated because we leave for vacation on Friday! 

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