Sick Baby, Part 3

Does this look like a sick baby to you? No? Us neither, but we'd all be wrong.

The Crud Fairy has struck again at Casa de la Scott. Hand, foot and mouth disease this time. Luckily, it's a very mild case of it. He only has blisters on his throat -- a lot of kids get them inside their mouth, on their hands, etc. A bad case is supposed to be one of the most painful illnesses babies can get, so we're just happy this one's mellow. He's got some bad congestion resulting in a nasty-sounding cough, but other than that he seems relatively normal. Sleeping a little more. Of course, this means he has to be kept out of daycare until all signs clear up, because HF&M disease is highly contagious, so Jerry and I are playing the "whose work is more important today?" game. Jer took today off. I'm taking tomorrow. Wednesday could be a straw-draw. Maybe we'll thumb wrestle. : )

Must. Keep. Sense. Of humor.

But I will say this ... all those horror stories about the first six months of daycare, the ones I thought other parents either exaggerated or thought they just had really sickly kids. Err, I was wrong. Note to self: Stop being a judgmental ass or suffer the karmic consequences.

I have to go wake Jerry up and lead him to his pillow. He's fallen asleep in the recliner. Poor guy.