The rash is definitely improving!

But the poor little thing is sick, probably with the bronchitis i've had. She's coughing all the time. The pedi gave her Azithromycin (you may know it as a "Z Pack") for the diarrhea because there was a little blood in her stool, and that should help with the bronchitis, too, so i'm trying not to freak out about it but i feel so badly for her.

The irony is that, while she's having trouble sleeping for the coughing, her sleep actually seems to be improving lately. Specifically it's easier to get her to sleep, and she's having more nights of sleeping all the way through the night (2 in the last week i think). Even for naps, it just takes a little rocking and lying her down, and she goes right to sleep. (We've never been an "it takes hours and hours to get her to sleep" family, but it usually takes a bit more effort.) i hope it is indicative of her passing out of the 9 month sleep regression period and her sleep just maturing in general. We'll see, i guess :).

Today, i am just plain wiped out. Alan was up with D for about an hour around midnight i think, and i went and took over. After a cycle of her coughing every time she started to fall asleep in my arms in the rocker, i just put her in the crib. (i took cough syrup with Vicodin, so i couldn't cosleep with her, and it wasn't working for Alan anyway.) She woke up coughing quite a lot, but she didn't cry or fuss. Such a doll! i also coughed a ton because i was sleeping in the regular bed in the nursery instead of the recliner i've slept in for the last week or so, which makes me cough less.

D woke at 5:30 with a wet diaper, and i couldn't get her back to sleep. After an hour of her fussing, whining, crying, and nothing working (not hungry, diaper good, not playful, not cuddly, etc), i woke Alan and went back to sleep for 2 more hours (this is not like me at all!). Then i met someone to loan out my Pikkolo, did some grocery shopping, got home and made some baby food, and Alan went out to run an errand and D took a nap. So did i. Another 2 hours of sleepy time and i still feel like i have zero energy and zero strength. i don't know what the deal is, but i'm weak and dizzy and blurry around the edges. i hope it clears up soon! i'm also hoping Alan doesn't get sick since he's picking up my slack.