Oily

Recently we've all come down with a cold, even Amaryllis. Thankfully as far as colds go, it hasn't been the worst one I've ever had. But since this is her first one, it's definitely the worst one Amaryllis has ever had. She has had a pretty tough start to life...between reflux and now her first cold. The times that she's sitting somewhere content we all kind of look at each other like, "what is even happening right now?" Just when I felt like we were starting to get the reflux sorted out, the cold happened. So maybe when we are on the other side of the sniffles little miss will finally be able to settle a little bit.

In trying to figure out her reflux, I became a desperate individual. Desperate in that I was willing to do pretty much anything and everything, even things that are probably not ethical or legal (kidding, kidding), to make this baby happy. I even finally asked her, "what do you want from me?!" in a dramatic performance worthy of an Oscar. We've taken her to the doctor so often he probably thinks we live in the parking deck, tried different formulas, tried every way of holding her wrapping her swinging her bouncing her, tried different meds and fought with insurance companies, tried every item marketed to parents with colicky-cranky-burping-gassy babies on the shelves of the local pharmacy and witch doctor's office.  Sooo...since we had finally thought we figured out the reflux situation, the cold and it's return-of-the-screaming returned me to the desperate.

You can't give a baby cold meds, but you can rub crazy smelling oil on their feet and hope to heaven that it works since you're holding a sniffly baby, feeling like a hippie, and smelling like a combination of the produce section and a Christmas tree. (Thanks to some friends for a sample of some oil! It does seem to have helped the rest of us feel better, and Amaryllis seems much less congested.) So I guess the good thing about desperation, is that it occasionally leads you to try new things you wouldn't have necessarily tried before. And even if this was just a fluke and not the oil, at least we all smell good!