another first in parenting: visiting the doctor because of illness.
yesterday rory was pretty fussy and didn't want to eat so we (again) attributed it to teething. but then i came home for lunch and noticed she was feeling a little feverish, and since she's been having problems with a rash that seems to come and go on her bum, and yet will never go away entirely, we decided to take her in. the appointment was intended for having the rash checked out, but the fever just happened to come on at the same time. so anyway, she has a triple threat: the rash (which turns out to be a yeast-y type thing, probably related to heat); a tooth below the surface of the gum that may start to come through pretty soon; and something called 'hand, foot, and mouth disease' (not related to 'hoof and mouth disease') which has been going around. she went to a play group with brian on tuesday morning and most likely got it there- it's highly contagious and results in canker-like sores in her mouth and a fever of 100-103 (luckily, she was on the low end of that range, otherwise i would have freaked out). so anyway, she's on tylenol for fever when necessary, and special diaper cream. this morning, she seemed back to her regular smile-y, happy-go-lucky self. Brian is wishing he had her kind of reaction to illness...sick one day and better the next!