Sniffleupagus

It's something that every parent eventually has to go through and it finally hit us. On Boxing Day, the little bacteria that had likely been incubating for a couple of days inside Max moved into their time share and our little monsieur got his first official cold. I say official because at the end of October, he got a bit congested with something that Holly and I picked up, but never actually got to the runny nose stage. This time, there was no doubt.

On the bright side, Max waited until after his first Christmas to contract his cold. Well, technically, from what we read, he probably got it at my office event on the 24th (boo), but it only blossomed on the 26th. The same day I caught it. So there we were, the two men of the house, snuffling and snorting. The one big difference, as one of my colleagues put it yesterday, was that despite all the snot and not being able to breathe well, Max's mood never really changed (still lots of giggles and smiles) while I just wanted to cry all of the time and curl up in bed. I bet it's once we realize as babies that if we look and act sicker, we get better treatment from everyone around us that we turn into complete sucks while sick. Until then, it's giggle through the mucus.

Most of it seems to have cleared Max's system now, with much help from our new friends: a) the little rubber bulb for getting stuff out of Max's sinuses (NOT Max's friend, apparently), b)a bottle of saline spray for moving the junk through Max (possibly less of a friend to Max than the bulb), and c) the steamy shower in our bathroom-cum-sauna (this, Max actually seemed to like...possibly because of the warm grown-up towel waiting for him outside the bathroom door). He has a little gurgle every now and then when he's on his back, but otherwise seems fine. I shook the last of the cold on the 2nd, while Holly exorcised (exercised?) it from her system when it was just getting started while playing in an Ultimate tournament on the 30th, her first athletic activity in, er, a while.

So all this to say that 2008 is upon us and we are finally ready to hit the ground running!