Not In Kansas Anymore (NIKA)

And a Time To Be Sick

Dorothy, Elizabeth and I all have colds this week. Apparently it must be a rule that it happens around week 29, because the same thing happened to Trixie and her parents when Trixie was the same age as Dorothy is now.

We're all coughing and have scratchy throats, as well as runny noses. I don't know how Dorothy's feeling mentally (she sure seems to be very happy and unconcerned about the cold), but I'm feeling all cotton-headed.

There are, however, a couple of positives to our having colds:

• My voice drops in pitch, meaning I can sing those bass lines in songs
  
• Dorothy sleeps longer. She's been going 7-8 hours from her bedtime feeding until a middle-of-the-night feeding, barely waking up throughout that time and going right back to sleep if we give her a pacifier.
  

It's almost enough for me to wish she had a permanent cold. :-O

Posted by Tom Nugent at September 30, 2004 11:07 AM