Humidifier

Tonight I went to Bartells to pick up a humidifier for Grayson's room. His nose has been a bit stuffy and tonight it was so bad that he couldn't suck on his pacifier and still breathe through his nose... which of course meant that he could not fall asleep. So off I went...

When I got to the humidifier aisle I was confronted with 9 (NINE!!!!) different humidifiers. There were cool mist and warm mist, AND cool vapor and warm vapor (what is the difference between vapor and mist???), there were ones with filters and ones without filters, there were ones that claimed they only shot out bacteria free mist, and silent ones and ones with night lights and OH MY GOODNESS!!! It was very confusing... they ranged in price from $19 to $89... and all I could do was stare... I stood and stared for a good 5 minutes before even picking up a box to look at them. I thought about calling Dave at home to get his opinion... but then I knew what he would say... "just get the cheapest one and come home". I thought about calling my mom... but at 9 at night she was probably going to bed... and the thought that ran through my mind was... "for goodness sakes Colleen... YOU are a mom now... and it's just a humidifier... you can pick one out yourself!"

I thought about the humidifier we had as a kid... it was loud and sputtered out a pretty good stream of mist and seemed to do the trick... it was not "warm" or "cool" it was just room temperature... which then made me think... no matter what temperature it gets spit out as... by the time it reaches Grayson in his crib it will be room temperature. There was one labeled "pediatric" (a cool mist humidifier) and it was on clearance... and upon closer examination is was the exact same humidifier as the one next to it just in a box that said "pediatric" so I thought... save $4 and buy one of the cheaper humidifiers... SOLD.

I brought it home... plugged it in... and as far as I'm concerned... it IS silent! And is spitting out misty cool air... cross your fingers that it works!!!