So we woke up this morning to the sound of Clara having a bit of a cough. We didn’t think much of it at first, but after about three coughing episodes within 15 mins we both realised that she was feeling poorly. She has been coughing and sneezing on and off all day and has also got a bit of a runny nose too.

It’s horrible to see her ill. I know that we have been very lucky to make it almost to the six month mark without her catching any sort of bug but it is never nice to think of her not feeling 100%. Despite her cough, she has spent most of the day in a very good mood considering and has been very smiley this afternoon so at least it doesn’t look like it is bothering her too much at the moment. Hopefully she will shake it off relatively quickly as it has really thrown her napping out of whack today and by the evening she was starting to get very irritable and overtired. It’s so frustrating – every time she gets close to falling asleep she wakes herself up again by having a bit of a cough and then takes a while to settle herself back to sleep.

We looked into whether there was anything that we could give her to make her feel better and ended up using Baby Sterimar just before bedtime and some Olbas Oil for Children to see if they make any difference. Hopefully these will allow her to get some good rest tonight so that her body can fight off the bugs…