A little update
The weekend definitely wasn’t as great as I thought it was going to be. It wasn’t actually bad; it’s just that I had imagined it would be a weekend of frolicking through fields of dandelions, soaking in the warm sun, happy family time, and probably outbursts of songs from the Sound of Music. Things didn’t quite go as planned. Rosemary is ... going through something. She is still working on those eye-teeth (this has been going on for months people!) and is obviously miserable from that. I don’t know if she had some other sort of bug too? She was feverish - off and on, cranky - off and on, and had a really bad diaper rash (actually, it probably wasn’t “really bad,” but definitely the worse she’s ever had). The weird thing was that she would always perk up when we left the house. I don’t know how we figured this out, because the normal reaction to toddler-is-definitely-not-feeling-okay is to stay home. But we quickly figured out that we needed to NOT stay home. So, we went and purchased our appliances (thanks G-dub), went out to eat and did some shopping at the mall, and kept our plans to have dinner at my mom’s house on Sunday night.
During all of those events, she did great. As soon as we’d get into our house, she would start crying, act miserable, sometimes seem feverish, and need to be held every moment of every second. And of course, she slept like crap. All of this did motivate me to schedule her two-year well check. I was really wishy-washy on actually scheduling it because we’re delaying any future vaccinations for her and she was perfectly healthy. Why take a healthy child to a doctors office full of sick kids? Joel really wanted me to schedule it because he wants to know what Rosemary weighs and how tall she is (we don’t have a scale ...). Anyway, I would actually like to ask the doctor about all she’s going through lately. I feel like it’s 75% that she’s not feeling well and 25% two-year-old attitude. Guess it’s time to actually read The Happiest Toddler on the Block. It’s not doing any good just sitting on my shelf.
Of course, I don’t know what the doctor is going to say ... I already know he thinks it’s a coincidence that fevers, runny noses, diaper rash, etc. occur at the same time as teething. I have a hard time believing it’s coincidence that the only time my very, very healthy child gets fevers, runny noses, diaper rashes, etc. happen when she’s teething.
In other news, I was able to de-weed all my gardens, get the patio furniture out of the garage and onto the deck, enjoy the few moments of warm sun, visit with some old family friends, and go on a couple of walks with my husband, dog, and daughter. It was a stressful weekend with very little sleep, but it wasn’t a complete wash.
How was your weekend?
During all of those events, she did great. As soon as we’d get into our house, she would start crying, act miserable, sometimes seem feverish, and need to be held every moment of every second. And of course, she slept like crap. All of this did motivate me to schedule her two-year well check. I was really wishy-washy on actually scheduling it because we’re delaying any future vaccinations for her and she was perfectly healthy. Why take a healthy child to a doctors office full of sick kids? Joel really wanted me to schedule it because he wants to know what Rosemary weighs and how tall she is (we don’t have a scale ...). Anyway, I would actually like to ask the doctor about all she’s going through lately. I feel like it’s 75% that she’s not feeling well and 25% two-year-old attitude. Guess it’s time to actually read The Happiest Toddler on the Block. It’s not doing any good just sitting on my shelf.
Of course, I don’t know what the doctor is going to say ... I already know he thinks it’s a coincidence that fevers, runny noses, diaper rash, etc. occur at the same time as teething. I have a hard time believing it’s coincidence that the only time my very, very healthy child gets fevers, runny noses, diaper rashes, etc. happen when she’s teething.
In other news, I was able to de-weed all my gardens, get the patio furniture out of the garage and onto the deck, enjoy the few moments of warm sun, visit with some old family friends, and go on a couple of walks with my husband, dog, and daughter. It was a stressful weekend with very little sleep, but it wasn’t a complete wash.
How was your weekend?