....These are the current noises in our household. The boy has come down with a lovely cold this week. Up at night coughing, a fever yesterday and today. He continues to be on a hunger strike this morning though he is apparently feeling a bit better-- out helping Daddy build a deck instead of whining and clinging to Mommy as he did allllll day yesterday. Long day yesterday. There was certainly a small part of me that liked having a few extra cuddles from my boy, but not at the cost of his feverish, uncomfortable self. We are hoping that he is on the mend now...
The girl has not yet come down with the cold, though we are keeping an eye on a very slightly stuffy nose. Her new noise is the grunting. OK, not new, but with increasing vigor the past few days. She'll appear to be peacefully asleep when she'll contort her face and let out a very prehistoric-sounding grunt. Or perhaps grumble. Or a combination. Then, by the time you have a chance to notice and wonder what the problem might be-- back to sleep she goes. There seems to a slight correlation with grunting and having a wet or dirty diaper. The little lady may have a very sensitive bum? And of course there is far, far more grunting at night. I swear she grunts more and its not just that we notice it more in the quiet of the bedroom. During the day the child will lay quietly, peacefully asleep for up to 45 minutes, flat on her back in the pack and play, arms splayed out to the side with abandon. We tried to replicate this behavior last night 4 different times. Instant grunting each time. And she's just so little. I can't make myself leave her to "grunt it out" just yet. Not to mention that it's hard to sleep with a baby dinosaur making noise in the next room. So she is still coming in bed with us, where she turtles herself up next to me and sleeps in complete silence for hours at a time.
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