sickies

L started daycare a month ago, and was sick within two days. Since then he’s been ill twice more, each time with bilateral ear infections, vomiting, and enough dripping mucus to flypaper the kitchen at a fast food joint. This afternoon, daycare called and (big shocker) he had a 103.5 fever, was hoarse and congested.

The poor munchkin has been asleep since we got home from the pediatrician. Alternating Children’s Tylenol and Motrin has brought his fever down to a high-normal 99.1, but he’s still miserable and tired.

I suppose this is how it goes. So begins the rite of passage children embark on when beginning their exposure to other children. We can either embrace it, or buy extra steel wool to scrub him with on his way into his car seat. Either way, it will last as long as it lasts.