Did you know?

That even after your child has been vaccinated against whooping cough, they can still get it? In fact, 70% of kids who've been vaccinated will still get it?! How uncool is that?!

Molly's been coughing and a little bit wheezy off-and-on for almost a week now. Apart from this, she's been her normal happy little self, it really didn't/doesn't seem to be bothering her too much at all. Initally we put it down to her cold that developed after her ear and throat infection (I know, she's not had a great time of it just recently, what with the teething too!). But this weekend whilst lunching with our friend, lovely Lesley, she coughed so hard it made her shake and cry, with a distinctly whoop-ee sound at the end of it.... Sunday night she coughed herself sick. Oh dear.

Now, we don't know for sure that Moomy has whooping cough yet, she had the nasal swab today - sounds like a fairly innocuous procedure, but oh no, it's not just a cotton bud up the nose, it's a bloody great big long wire with a tiny little hard looking cotton tip that they stick in as far at it will go! Needless to say, Molly was not best pleased, screamed the place down and looked very, very cross indeed! So, now we have to wait 8 days for the results. We could have opted for a much quicker blood test but since she is so well in herself this felt a bit like overkill - and after her reaction to the nasal swab, I can only imagine how much angrier she would have been a about a needle in her arm!!

In the meantime we are treating her with ventolin (with a little spacer and facemask, poor little poppet!), in case she has asthma - very unlikely in one so young - but either way it will/should relieve some tension in her chest, if we can only persuade her to take it!

I'm thinking this is enough for now, and that we are really about due for a normal week sooner rather then later, eh? No more colds, ear or throat infections, bouts of teething (possibly, possibly not, what do we know?) at least for a while, that would be nice. Good job she has such a cheery disposition - not at all like her Mum!!