judecorp: (sad baby)
judecorp ([personal profile] judecorp) wrote2008-10-13 06:49 pm

World of Pain

Punk is cutting her last molar and (I think) some canines and she is c-r-a-b-b-y. She either wants to sleep a ton during the day and therefore not sleep at night, or she wakes up from her nap too early and then is a disaster by bedtime. Ugh. I can't wait until she has all of her teeth. Teething? Sucks.

She also was exposed 9 days ago to Hand, Foot and Mouth (Coxsackie). We thought we had dodged a bullet because she had nothing on her hands, feet, or in her mouth, but she DID have some bumps on her diaper area late last week... which apparently can be a sign. Also, she has two little blisters on her feet now. SCARED. She hasn't been to her day care since Wednesday (Thursday was Yom Kippur, Friday was my day off, then the weekend, then today was Columbus Day) and if she has to stay out for illness I will go berzerk. Berzerk, I tell you!

I had to work today because my agency was bought out by another agency who apparently does not believe in holidays. So I went to work (ugh) and my entire afternoon of clients cancelled (double ugh). My desk area has never been so clean.

My friend Morgan brought Jen and me a cake yesterday for our birthdays. YUM. I think I need to have some cake now. NOM NOM NOM.

[identity profile] hetterrific.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Teething is such a downer. Seriously.

I was told by the nurse at my pediatrician that technically hand, foot, and mouth does not require the child to be excluded from daycare because although they are most contagious the first week of the virus 1.) who knows when that first week actually occurred and 2.) they can still be contagious well after the sores are gone and the child feels fine.

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I was reading online about HFM being contagious forever so keeping her from daycare is a non-issue. My problem is that she was running a 100 temp tonight (not fever range... yet) from teething probably and if it pops above 101.5, no daycare.

She doesn't usually run hotter than 100 with teeth, so I will keep my fingers crossed!!

[identity profile] hetterrific.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll keep my fingers crossed for the sake of both of you!