Sigh.

I'm sick. Again. This time it's bronchitis.

I think I was only fully recovered from my last cold for about three days before getting this one. I can't believe it... and I got to wondering how many times I've been sick since Annabelle was born.

4 head colds
2 intestinal flu-like sickness episodes
1 bronchitis

All in the space of about eleven months. This is not good. The body isn't made to always be fighting illness. And each illness has been progressively worse.

The only good news is that my breast milk ROCKS! Aside from two very brief episodes of Rotovirus, Annabelle is super duper healthy and I have succeeded in protecting her from my stupid sicknesses.

Here are the things that I think are contributing to my problem:

1. very limited diet (Not enough carbs, too much protein, not a well rounded source of vitamins.)

2. sleep deprivation (Up until just a month ago Annabelle was still waking up every two hours around the clock, and she only started sleeping more than six hours at night about three months ago.)

3. living in a new city (Isn't there some theory that the longer you live in an area the less likely you are to catch colds because there are only so many that float around a city over any period of time? And thus, living in a new city you have to catch all the colds that are permanent residents of that particular place?).

Being sick sucks. Sigh.