I picked up Amelia today from daycare and found that, as expected, she was still dealing with a runny nose and a bit of coughing today. It's been about 2 weeks since she was first feeling sick, but things have seemed to be on the mend lately.
That is until dinner time. Lia had practically no appetite for solids, and even though she wanted some milk in a bottle, she didn't take down very much. She played for a while after dinner, but was showing obvious signs of being over-tired. (She was mostly lacking some of her normally strong motor control skills and was getting into a lot of small accidents.) I went to put her down for a post-dinner nap fully expecting the normal few minutes of crying as she realizes she's in need of her nap, but instead I heard nothing. The poor girl just looked up at me with a blank expression. She felt a bit warm, so I figured I would check her temp after she had a nap.
About 1.5 hours later, she was still sleeping. I went in to get her up for diaper change, PJs, evening bottle. She woke up without a sound, and she still had the same blank expression. She sat through a diaper change without a peep. She let me put on her PJ pants without a noise. She was even hotter than earlier, so I craked out the baby Tylenol. She took down only about half to a third of what she normally would for a bottle, and then she let me rock her while she stared off into the room. I did my best to comfort her, and as her eyes were fluttering closed, I went to lay her down. She again just looked up at me from her crib, barely moving and lightly, though desperately, holding onto her security blanket. I think I got one small smile out of her during this entire scenario. This is not my normal baby. Poor thing... She must be pretty miserable to actually want to be in her crib, or she might just have absolutely no energy left to protest...
I just went in to check on her. She's been in there while I've been typing this post. She's still awake, but she let me leave her in her room again without complaint. I really hope she's feeling better tomorrow...
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