Gotta love germs!

So this week has decidedly been a, hmm, how to put this delicately, week from hell, at the Schlabach household. Since Cohen has the immune system of a flea, (I imagine they have poor ones), he catches everything that's going around. Unfortunately for the rest of us, he was thoughtful and shared. :(

After a fussy baby last week and a sleepless night of screaming Friday, we took him to the doctor on Saturday afraid of his second ear infection in three weeks. Luckily, it was not his ears. Unluckily, it was hand, foot, mouth disease. The terrible virus that spreads from child to child leaving a week-long recovery in its wake.

Emery had this as a baby and it was pretty miserable. Symptoms include high fevers for several days, skin rashes all over body and sores in throat and mouth. Sound bad? Trust me, it is. The jury is still out if I have it for sure or not. Since it is NOT common in adults, of course, I would mimic their symptoms the SAME time both of them have this. Boo.

Poor baby has the rash in her mouth!

We thought we were in the clear when his symptoms nearly went away and no one else was sick. But alas, on Sunday night Emery had a high fever and the rash began. You can check out some pictures of it, but they don't do it justice. She really looks like someone took a tiny red marker and put dots all over her body. It's puffy and itchy in annoying places for her like her underwear line, elbows and feet, but she's a trooper and really doesn't complain about it unless she has a fever and then she wants to cuddle and watch Dora. Thank goodness for DVR. I think the three of us cuddled on the couch all day Monday watching recorded Dora episodes.

Monday, I came down with the swollen throat and high fever. I've decided there is nothing worse than having to try to comfort two sick babies when all you want is someone to comfort you.

We seem to be almost in the clear now. With fevers gone, we're out of the contagion zone and ready to begin Chlorox-ing the house tomorrow!

As a side note, isn't he the cutest, serious squash eater?

Over and out --