Boogers

I took Bailey to the doctor today for the second time in 5 days for, you guessed it, BOOGERS!! I think that the one thing that I’ve discovered throughout pregnancy and the last 15 months of raising a child is that you become a bit too comfortable with body fluids and the discussion thereof. Throughout the pregnancy my entire body felt like one big toxic waste site being constantly probed. I think those who report being used by aliens as science experiments had it easier than any pregnant woman. You’re poked and prodded and then you give birth with everyone and their brother checking you out every hour or so - I swear, the custodian could walk in to check you out and you wouldn’t think anything of it.

So - boogertime. Well, Bailey has another sinus infection and ear infection and we’ve discovered that antibiotics are a bit tricky for her. This is the second such episode in 4 months (she’s actually a very healthy baby to have such infrequency of illness). The problem is finding an antibiotic to treat it. The first “line of defense” each month has been one of those long names ending in “cillan” that you need the pronunciation code to say it correctly. Each time it’s taken the edge off of the ear infection and left the boogers completely alone as if to say, “you, Boogers, are too gross for even me”. In the 80’s there was a toy called Slime that has this foggy green color and a boogery consistency. Bailey’s boogers resemble this toy enough that I could bucket it and put it on the market and no one would know differently. After the first course of antibiotics is run it’s time to visit the doctor again. And they prescribe something different. In December this “something different” took care of the boogs immediately - and left us with 5 days of puking and diarrhea (I warned you that this was about body fluid). The poor kid was going through jammies and diapers as quickly as overpopulated China during a baby boom. It was horrible!! This time we’re on to a new antibiotic - well, new to Bailey. Fingers are crossed that we’ll be booger free really soon!!