3 colds and a fever

Alex has had 3 colds in about 4 weeks. I try to make myself feel better about this by thinking about the Hygiene hypothesis. It basically says that the more your kid gets sick the less likely they will be to get allergies and other immune system disorders later in life.

The colds have only involved lots of snot. He sneezed and snot comes out of both nostrils and then he can breath again. On the bad nights he can't sleep because it seems like when he drifts into a deeper sleep he forgets to breath out of his mouth and wakes up crying and scared. He often is very noisy and snores on nights with a bad cold.

He had one fever on a Thursday afternoon at daycare and by the time he got home it was 102.3 degrees. He was very lethargic and went to bed at 6:30. He woke up a couple of times that night, but mostly slept until 7 am the next morning and the fever broke. He was his old kickin' self - so, he went into daycare a little late. But, was happy all day.