We are in the midst of The First Cold. No, not a snap in the weather, although that has been lovely and cool. The common cold. A runny nose. Watery eyes. Snuffles. Low fever. Sleeplessness. Maggie has actually been quite a trooper. She’s been mostly her normal playful self; just a little clingier and more easily tired. And then when she’s tired, she’s not really able to sleep very well. We have raised the head side of her mattress by stuffing a pillow underneath and she’s being allowed to fall asleep while nursing (which is usually verboten). Except for last night when we were up a lot and walking a lot and singing a lot and patting a lot and sleeping not a lot, we’re pretty unscathed. We’re mostly grateful that we’re not flying on a plane until next weekend. When everything will be back to normal.
Other than that, Maggie’s doing great. She’s added beets and rye and broccoli and yogurt to her food repertoire and has begun to think it’s fun to chew on the furniture. Still not a lot of progress on “no,” by the way. But with lots of supervision, we do still have a coffee table.
Magrilless 
Colds are not fun for anyone; but isn't she a little young for drinking Rye to cure a cold? You should start her on wine, then champagne, then on to the stronger stuff.
Beware of beets! Or at least remember when you feed them to Maggie. One evening after work I had some pickled beets in the fridge and thought that sounded like a great dinner. It was! However by the next morning I had forgotten what I ate and when I went to the bathroom, I thought I was dying! Make sure you remember what she ate to avoid unnecessary trips to the pediatrician!
This advise is only a sidebar to Maggie s cold. If she ever has a croupy or any prolonged deep chest cough the trick from Bill's baby doc it take the baby outside into the cold.
Don't forget to bundle Mag's into warm but not smothering clothes before going outside – dugh.
The colder the air, the better for the chest cough. The idea is the cold opens the breathing tubes
When Pat had croup Dr. BeBe Han taught me this. Pat was still a young baby (< year) and had contracted croup. Of course I thought he needed to be held in a warm, steaming shower. It didn't work, blah, blah, blah, so we met Dr. BeBe at UNM emergency room. But surprise, surprise, in between the frantic doctor call Pat stopped coughing as soon as we walked outside – it was December and mucho cold. But the coughing started again n the car. End of long this story, M-I-Law advise: take croupy, coughing babies for a quick walk-about on the front porch. Hopefully coughing even coincides with cold weather and that should do it. thank you, Dr. BeBe