A week ago Sunday, I noticed the baby acting “off”. ??He wasn’t wanting to eat. ??By Monday night, I saw some light splotching. ??I questioned roseolla but there had not been a fever. ??On Tuesday, he broke out in hives (pictures taken above). ??They only lasted about a day and then were gone. ??Never any other symptom. ??Strange. ??I assume it was viral. ??I don’t believe it was an allergic reaction but you never know. ?? Fast forward a week and Tuesday of this week he comes down with a high fever. ??He got up to 104 with Tylenol and Motrin in him on Tuesday. ??He is now on day 3 of fevers though he is holding his own quite well. ??Fevers are a strange thing. ??Some times my kids will fever at 102 and be lethargic and other times they will be at 103 and 104 and not lethargic. ??Is it the fluid factor that makes the difference? ??Not sure. ??Troy has handled these high temps very well. ??Are these fevers associated to last weeks hives issue? ??Odd because usually viral rashes FOLLOW the illness meaning the fever is the first symptom. ??Who knows. ??This is the third time I have had a kiddo with a mystery rash. ??I am creating my own picture dictionary of hives LOL.

Here are pictures of Tanner back in May 2008: ??http://x.jimanddoni.com/?p=692

We never got to the bottom of that but he had to be taken to the ER for an epi shot because his lips and tongue were starting to swell. ??I thought maybe an allergy to blue dye but that proved false so eventually I concluded viral rash.

Here are pictures of Ty back in September 2008: ??http://x.jimanddoni.com/?p=772

Assuming viral rash on Ty as well.

All three sets of hives look slightly different but none of the three look like all the pictures in the “rash” files you find online. ??Not strep, not roseolla, not chicken pox, not fifth’s…just hives.

I am SO TIRED OF VIRUSES!!! ??It feels we have been sick off and on since Dec 1st. ??This has been a horrible year for sickness in this house. ??I am going CRAZY.

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I finally settled on using Feedly as my RSS Feed Reader. ??I really like it. ??I ESPECIALLY like the Kindle App for it. ??I have never been so caught up on my feeds. ??I find myself quickly browsing Feedly on the couch at night using my Kindle. ??Awesome. ??It actually works more conveniently for me on the app than on the computer.

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Ty: ??Can I have some chocolate milk?

Me: ??We are all out. ??You’ll need to get yourself a drink.

Five minutes later at the breakfast table.

Ty: ??Mom. ??My mouth is really really really dry.

Am I over mothering my children? ??At what point was he going to get up and get HIMSELF a drink? ??Sheesh.

 

I “LIKE”.

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For years my family has referred to me as the index of children’s songs. ??I have a long memory for them and Tori and Troy love them. ??Troy’s favorite lately has been Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee and Tori’s has been Little Bunny Foo Foo. ??I thought I would compile a list of the songs I tend to sing to them the most. ??I’ll appreciate this someday.

I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee (also sang slightly different as In My Hand is a Teeny Tiny Bee – we go between both)
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
3 Little Fishies (I especially love the Finding Nemo version)
Jesus Loves Me (Go Fish Guys version)
Turtle in a Box (not actually a song)
Five Little Monkey Swinging on a Tree
Animal Crackers in My Soup
Teddy Bear Picnic
Hey Daddy (Hippo in the Tub off old Anne Murray CD)
This Little Light of Mine
Skitter Marinky Dinky Dink (I used to sing this to Jamie when she was a baby too)
Witch Doctor (Troy loves!)
If I Were a Butterfly, I’d Thank You God That I Could Fly
My God is so Great
Arky Arky
Deep and Wide
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Rubber Ducky (Ernie from Sesame Street)
The Wise Man
Zacheus
Rise and Shine (and give God the glory glory)
You are My Sunshine (Tanner’s song)
Happy and You Know It
I’ve Got the Joy Joy Joy Joy
Pooh Corner
All the Pretty Little Ponies
I’m a Little Teapot

My Dad used to sing me “Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah” and my Grandpa sang me the following song that I have never heard since but I love to sing it to my kids…

One morning when I woke up, I looked upon the wall, the bedbugs and the cooties were playing a game of ball. ??The score was six to nothing and the cooties were ahead. ??The bedbugs scored a home run and bonked me out of bed.

When I was little, I loved Psalty, Down by the Creek Bank, Music Machine, Antshillania, and Bull Frog’s and Butterflies so I still sing some of those to.

Of course, all this and the songs that Tori loves are all top 40 (most especially PINK because mommy loves Pink – the clean versions of course). ??Just Give Me a Reason is our favorite right now. ??(Well that and Ho Hey but we love the Nashville cast version)

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Troy Update

I love the way he says “Maaaaaa–eeeeeee”. ?? He can say everyone’s name now.

Daaaaa-eeeeeee

Maaaa-eeeeeeee

Nanner

Ty

Tow-wee

Swee – Sweetie

Papa

Ma – Grandma

He still is sticking to “that” for most nouns though so I can’t say his??vocabulary??is increasing??significantly. ?? He manages to get his point across. ?? Recently, I have taken his “dassies” from him and put them in a John Deere lunch box on top of his dresser. ??He only gets them at night and nap time. ??Lately though, he has been closing the lid of the box and saying good bye to the box (meaning, I am not putting my dassies in the box). ??He waves good bye to his food to instead of saying “all done”. ?? This week I noticed he says “owie” when he is upset. ??If he gets hurt, he says “owie”. ??If you say “NO”, he may also say “owie”. ??I agree. ??No is a painful word sometimes.

He is a big fan of Sweetie of lately. ??When he sees her, he throws his arms open as wide as he can and starts running for her. ??Wish I had that on video. ??Must get it.

 

I just sent Tori to her room and Troy is the one crying outside her door. ??Such a sympathetic little fellow.

That’s all I got for now.