Rookie Dad: More snot than you can shake a kleenex at

It's been six days since The Youngling came home with a cold. Well over eight months before catching some sort of ailment is a miracle considering that she spends her days with an older cousin who seems to have been sick continuously since being born.

We prepared ourselves for a long weekend complete with an uncomfortable, snot-filled little girl who wouldn't be able to sleep and instead would scream at hours normally reserved for sleeping. We couldn't have been more wrong. Oh, sure, she wanted to be held more than normal but she sneezed her way through the weekend and used about half of a big box of kleenexes.

By Monday morning it was decided that I should stay home just one day with The Youngling to make sure she gets fully healthy before going back to the normal daycare routine. The little trooper improved throughout the day. She spent time outside in her little red swing giggling and drooling. She spent time inside sleeping in the air conditioned house snuggled with her little green blanket.

In short The Youngling is back to herself. She's back to sleeping for ten hours at a time and pushing herself backwards all through the living room and destroying the occasional magazine.
I think I can put that box of kleenexes away... for now.