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The Curse of the Belly

Now, you may be thinking that I'm talking about my belly.


You're wrong.
My daughter is cursed with being a belly sleeper.
(Sorry Sara)

She's sick with snot running and coughing and all of that.
Last night I gave her medicine and she went to sleep okay without too much coughing.
It was a fiasco however to get her to stay on the freaking pillow.
She didn't want to have anything to do with it.
She wanted to sleep on her belly and let all the snot get stuck and force herself to cough here and there for the first hour.

All is fine after that. . .
You would think.
The medicine wore off around 3:00 AM
Eric goes downstairs
prop her up
cough, cough
it's okay to go back to bed. . .
no
10 minutes later
Kara gets up in a huff
walk downstairs
on belly
flip
give medicine
wait ten minutes just in case
no coughing
walk upstairs, lay down, cover up, close eyes
cough, cough
uurrrggggg
Eric: "Are you okay?
Kara: "Yes, but Grace isn't going to be"
walk downstairs
on belly
flip
wait
wait
wait

I must mention that everytime I went down I peed because I am nearly 40 weeks pregnant.

Lay down in guest bed
wait
wait
it's okay to go upstairs now
walk upstairs, lay down, cover up, close eyes
5:22 Bark, bark
Wake Eric
Kara: "Eric, Lucy's barking"
Bark bark
Eric get's up
Lets out dog
Upstairs

Sleep

Now however the dog has a urinary tract infection





Can I laugh now?

Comments

SH said…
I feel her pain! (And yours after reading this post) I seriously can't imagine falling asleep on what will soon feel like a bowling ball in my belly, but I'll bet you I can figure out a way to do it!
March 18, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Heidi said…
Sara makes a good point. Better break the habit now!!
March 19, 2008 at 9:30 AM
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