Return of Snotosaurus
So this would be Take Two with the nasal aspirator, and I still can't get it. Following advice given by moms more experienced than I (which is pretty much all of them), I bought the hospital-style version, the sort with the very long neck, and I will say that I think it works better because I can hear the snot moving around when I use it - but Andrew still hates anything coming within a ten mile radius of his nose so actually using it is a challenge. Assuming I could use it successfully, which is doubtful. I could use about ten extra pairs of arms to hold him down while I use it, and then the screams are so pitiful I feel like I'm torturing the baby.
Attempts to explain to Andrew how removing the snot will make eating, breathing, and sleeping easier have yet to be successful. I'm fairly certain he believes he can go without all three for an extended period of time. (Or at least the last one.)
In addition to both of us being sick, we're also having work done on the house. (This would be the work the HOA required we get done, for those who remember that debacle.) All exterior, luckily, but all still incredibly noisy because it involves replacing some of the siding, adding gutters, and power-washing the paint off the front stoop. Andrew napped for a total of 90 minutes yesterday, in three batches, and I considered myself lucky to get that much. There was about half an hour there where it sounded like we were being attacked by a rapid mutant mosquito. (I think they were doing something about the siding. I'm not sure what.)
There's only a bit left for them to do today - the gutters and staining the concrete - but I can't imagine either of these occupations are going to be anywhere near as noisy as the siding was. (Maybe the gutters.)
The only good thing I can say about being sick and house-bound in a house that is having work done is that there is some chance that both work and sickness will be over around the same time. And this time, both Andrew and I are sick at the same time, instead of one following the other, so maybe instead of being stuck here for two weeks, it'll only be a week. Which is good, because apparently, I am hosting playgroup on Tuesday again. (I'm thinking if we're not better by Saturday, I should probably cancel. Which would be very sad, because I like hosting playgroup, it gives me the kick in the butt to clean.)
Attempts to explain to Andrew how removing the snot will make eating, breathing, and sleeping easier have yet to be successful. I'm fairly certain he believes he can go without all three for an extended period of time. (Or at least the last one.)
In addition to both of us being sick, we're also having work done on the house. (This would be the work the HOA required we get done, for those who remember that debacle.) All exterior, luckily, but all still incredibly noisy because it involves replacing some of the siding, adding gutters, and power-washing the paint off the front stoop. Andrew napped for a total of 90 minutes yesterday, in three batches, and I considered myself lucky to get that much. There was about half an hour there where it sounded like we were being attacked by a rapid mutant mosquito. (I think they were doing something about the siding. I'm not sure what.)
There's only a bit left for them to do today - the gutters and staining the concrete - but I can't imagine either of these occupations are going to be anywhere near as noisy as the siding was. (Maybe the gutters.)
The only good thing I can say about being sick and house-bound in a house that is having work done is that there is some chance that both work and sickness will be over around the same time. And this time, both Andrew and I are sick at the same time, instead of one following the other, so maybe instead of being stuck here for two weeks, it'll only be a week. Which is good, because apparently, I am hosting playgroup on Tuesday again. (I'm thinking if we're not better by Saturday, I should probably cancel. Which would be very sad, because I like hosting playgroup, it gives me the kick in the butt to clean.)