I started to feel really crappy yesterday afternoon and by bedtime I had the terrible scratchy throat that always accompanies the beginning of a cold. Despite being ridiculously tired my throat was so irritated that I couldn't get to sleep until 12:30. I slept fairly well until DD got up at 5:30.

I'm drinking lots of fluids, washing my hands like a crazy person and taking zinc lozenges (my tried and true cold remedy) to try to prevent passing it on to DD. And, of course, still nursing and hoping she gets some antibodies.

Anything else I should do to try to prevent her from catching it? I'm so worried about her getting sick! It sucks not being able to kiss her sweet face