What started out as a diaper rash, so we
thought, turned out to be a nice case of Coxsackievirus.
Bummer. Apparently its similar to Chicken Pox and highly
contagious. Eve has a spotty rash all over her bottom, around
her mouth, on the back of her neck, and it comes and goes on
the rest of her body. Lex has it on his cheeks and tongue (I
think, he’s been complaining of a sore tongue for days now but
refuses to open his mouth for me to see). The diaper rash
started Sunday evening and I took them in to the doctor on
Tuesday, after it spread to her face. I thought, “Hmm…. now
it’s on the face, probably not a diaper rash…” :) I’m a smart
mommy!! Lex had a high fever all day Monday too, and they are
both running low fevers now.

Fortunately
neither of them are too bothered by it (other than the sore
tongue issue). The bigger annoyance is that we finally have a
bit of sunshine and we can’t be social! I had to cancel a
blueberry outing with friends tomorrow and poor Eve spent much
of today at the front window, watching the neighbor kids
playing and saying “oside? oside?” She even went so far as to
try and put my shoes on for me so I could take her out. I had
to say no though, since I don’t want to be infecting the whole
neighborhood!

Hopefully it will clear
up soon and hopefully we won’t miss our sunshine
opportunities!