Ear infection

Took naomi to the pediatrician this afternoon. She was pretty much miserable all afternoon. Turns out on top of whatever cold/cough/stomach bug she has, she also has an ear infection. Great. We're giving her antibiotics for the next 10 days....

Good news is that she's really picking up on people's names. She can say Doctor Schein (shine). Pretty cute cause she always says, "doctor schein..Shine. Sun! Sun!! Kai Lan" Kai Lan is this Nickelodean character that speaks bad chinese and always talks tries to tickle the sun to wake him up.

Sick again

We made it 9 days into the new year before Naomi got sick. She came down with a fever on Saturday night, and still had one on Sunday, so I stayed home with her today. She was still warm this morning, so not sure she can go back to daycare tomorrow. Poor baby is so tired she fell asleep while eating her lunch (you know she was tired when she fell asleep in the middle of mac n cheese!!)

Roseola

Yesterday I got home at 5:30 to find Naomi sleeping. This was the second day in a row she's taken multiple naps. This sickness is really wiping her out!

At around 6, I finally woke her up since I wanted her to still be able to sleep at her normal bed time of 8. She was fussy and clingy, not surpring. But I noticed her face had little red bumps all over it, and upon further inspection, found that she had a rash all over her neck, back and chest. A call to our doctor left us with a diagnosis of Roseola.

Roseola symptoms:

High fever of 103-104 for 3-4 days - Check

Once the fever breaks, a pink rash with small flat spots or raised bumps - Check

Irritability - CHECK

Mild Dirrahea - Check

Decreased appetite - Check

Swollen eyelids - Check

The good news is that now that she has the tell tale rash which is what doctor's usually use to determine Roseola, the sickness is almost over, and hopefully within a few days our happy baby will be back.

In the meantime, we're letting her sleep in, and get as much RnR as possible. Here's a pic of Naomi, fast asleep at 8am as Austin left her in the morning. (can i say thank god for grandparents who are around to help with sick babies!!)

The daycare that keeps on giving....

It took Naomi exactly one month to catch a virus from daycare. Well actually, to be fair, I think she caught the "perpetual runny nose" on her second day of daycare. But this Saturday, Naomi woke up with a slight fever, a ridiculously gross drippy nose, and a heavy phlegmy chest cough. She's been incredibly moody, and extremely tired. She even took two naps yesterday. She also hasn't been eating very much, it's been about 3 days now since she's had a real meal, but our doctor said as long as she's drinking liquids she should be ok. Thankfully Austin and I had already taken tomorrow off since daycare is closed due to Columbus Day, and we decided to make it a family day. Unfortunately it looks like we'll be stuck at home for the most part, like we have been all weekend, but at least Naomi will get some much needed rest, and we'll all be able to spend time together. I'm glad she's getting sick now rather than right before our vacation next week!