Snotty-nosed Daycare Baby

Well, Claire was 100% healthy ... for about a week. She was all better early last week and finished off her antibiotics (which she enjoyed taking - I think it had to do with the novelty of the dropper) this past Saturday. Then, yesterday morning, I noticed a little drip ... just a small run of clear snot coming down. By nighttime, it was the snotty breathing and a low-grade fever. This morning when I went to get her - after she slept in until 8:30 which is completely unheard of - her face was covered in dried snot. Poor baby!

So today I have a distinguished visitor with me as I attempt to work from home. I'm sure that could have taken her into daycare, but there's no sense in me just giving back to the kids what she got from them in the first place. It's actually not too bad now that she can entertain herself pretty well with her room of toys, but it does remind me how badly we need to get those baby gates up! I used to poo-poo at people with snotty-nosed daycare babies ... now I AM that person with the snotty-nosed daycare baby!

In other fabulous parenting news, Claire's pretty much out of diapers, but since I haven't made it back to Babies R US (or Target or wherever) yet, we're scrounging for whatever diapers we have around the house. There's one emergency one in her emergency diaper bag left that I refuse to use, but I did stoop as low as taking some back from the daycare yesterday. :) There is diaper-buying on my list of to-dos for the day. Maybe I'll check out that online diaper site where they deliver to your door! Hmmm ...

And one fun item to leave you with ... Dwo's picture was on the UT sports page! Now, you're probably thinking - as I did - that it means one of the pictures that he took. Not so much, but pretty cool nonetheless. :)

Hook 'em horns!