Kid-4 is sick and convinced she has contracted the coronavirus. I’m headed home to take her to urgent care for what I’m 99% sure is a bad cold.
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Whenever I have bronchitis, this is what works the best. The nighttime formula coats the throat and it has a great cough suppressant. The thing that really worked the best was a bright pink codeine formulation from India, but I can’t get that anymore.
Lemon honey hot tea also helps, and putting a hot pad on my neck and chest.
https://www.robitussin.com/products/maximum-strength-nighttime-cough-dm
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Yeah I’ve been using Mucinex DM, same active ingredient for the cough suppressant. Sometimes it weirdly seems to make it worse though? And literature seems to Support that, it seems like cough suppressantS actually only help in about half of studies looking at treatment of bronchitis. Thank goodness I can’t get the codeine, ha ha, I had a codeine based cough syrup that I was prescribed in high school and have a two-week period of amnesia as a result. Turns out, I react super weird to it.
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Ugh bronchitis. I get it every year and a half to two years. It sucks. My sympathies to you, and I hope that the cough’s not keeping you awake when you manage to get sleep.
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Oh it absolutely is. The baby has been sleeping really well this week. I’ve been sleeping like crap. This seems like a major injustice, since I know we’ll hit a sleep regression soon. 
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Nooooooooooooooooooo
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I’m not sure if it helped the bronchitis but it reduced the cough when it was so bad that I would throw up!
The Robitussin Nighttime DM formula is very soothing, aside from the cough suppressant active ingredient. I take half a dose at a time (so that I can take it again sooner) and let it trickle down and coat my throat. The daytime formula isn’t as good.
I hope you and Sir B get better soon!
Update: It is a throat infection.
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I can’t have the antihistamine component because it can dry up breastmilk. There’s only a couple things you can safely take while breastfeeding, either because of transfer to the baby or supply issues.
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Pest control is coming out AGAIN tomorrow and my anxiety monster is on the rampage. Channeling anxiety into action right now but we’ll see how sleep goes tonight, whee!
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I’m sorry about your long-lasting cough, but you did make me feel better about my own cough that refuses to go away.
ETA: Realized that might not make sense. My immune system is iffy and I never know if it’s working like it should or if it’s on the fritz again. Since your cough has lingered, I feel like my cough is more normal…
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I really hope Anxiety Beast has now gone back into hibernation and is leaving you well alone.
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My first poop as a mama was enough of a routine change that I didn’t put on a new pad. Also it was my last pair of underwear.
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My house is full of clean laundry. Better than being full of dirty laundry, but none of it is put away and I’m not sure it even fits in the drawers it’s supposed to fit in. I guess my real complaint is that my storage space seems to have shrunk.
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Today was a false start. Fell asleep without my CPAP and without setting my alarm. This is not going to be fun.
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It is currently in its lair.
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When I tell someone on my team information that they are to keep to themselves until a broader announcement is made, and then I hear that they have told a bunch of people and it is public knowledge, that makes it substantially more difficult for me to justify sharing such information early in the next time.
I want to be able to tell people 1-1 instead of them learning in a group setting, or only a minute or two before hand. But if the other folks on the leadership team have been disappointed before, they’re less likely to agree to trust to people’s professionalism in the future.
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Half of my office has the plague. Really, just colds, but dog damn. We can work from home, go keep your germs to yourselves!
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My baby’s weight continues to concern many people, and we need more appointments with various providers as a result. Any time her weight becomes a worry again, my anxiety spirals. This is not helped by my continuing cough induced sleep problems.
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Big hugs to you, and to Latte.
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