Last night was a long night of waking up with Valentino snizzling and fussing. It scares me a little bit because I wonder if mucus is building up already in his lungs. But, it’s probably just a normal baby cold with runny nose and labored breathing (snizzles). Every time we heard a little rustling around in the crib, both of us would jump out of bed and be crib-side to check Valentino. Piero finally fell sound asleep and at 3:30 I woke up and sat in the rocking chair with Valentino and suctioned his nose (eeeewwww). Valentino hates it.
I also break out his eucalyptus essential oils for his back and do a short reflexology treatment and lung PT. He sneezes out two pretty big hunks of phlem and then seems exhausted but also calm and probably relieved to be able to breathe easier.
We hang out in the rocking chair for a little while as Valentino settles down from his night of activity and general frustration over being so snizzley. He usually has such a silly grin but tonight he just looks up at me very quietly and I ask him if he could please stay with us for a long long time.
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Hi Tiff….
I guess I would be tired too if I was up most of the night. I don’t think I’d be smiling alot either. I hope things settle down and everyone gets a good nights sleep.
XXOO
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Hi Marlene,
Yes-thanks to your super duper essential oil blends added to the chest PT, it seems that, so far, we can get him over these colds much faster. I’m thinking diffusing lemon oil into the air to get rid of bacteria would be a good thing to add to his regimine. What do you think? Is lemon oil in a diffuser too strong for him at this point?
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