Hello, Everyone!

Today was our first day taking Jake out in public again since he got the chicken pox. He still has scabs, but all the pox are scabbed over and many have fallen off and they are all smaller. We walked down to the village and did a bit of shopping. Later we went to dinner at Laughing Planet. It was really nice to feel normal again.

Water Table

UPS rang the doorbell and there was a large box sitting on the front porch outside. Aunt Dotty had sent Jake this very cool water table! I quickly set it up and Jake was thrilled.

The water table came with 2 little boats, which Jake loves, but he insisted I run up to the bathtub and get his other boats as well.

After all that water play, the clothes came off. He thought that this was the perfect spot to sit and have a popcorn snack.
If you look closely, you can see the remains of the chicken pox.

The Face of Chicken Pox

Well the worst is over, but the worst-looking part is here.
We endured a sleepless night and at least 12 baths in 12 hours. Today it was only 3 baths, a huge improvement. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

A Pox on the Pox!

Yeah, that's how he feels about it. Not fun at all. Miserable, in fact. Yesterday he was feverish and lethargic all day. His first pox popped and started scabbing over. However, many, many other pox decided to show up.
These pictures only show the pox that are at least a day old. There are many small pox that just showed up that you can't really see. He has pox in his hair, in his ear, down south, a few on his arms and legs, and generally just everywhere.


Today it is all about the hurt and the itch. No fever but this is worse. We're starting the oatmeal baths, the witch hazel for wet pox, aloe vera gel for scabbed pox, and lots of TLC from mama. On top of all that, I discovered that both of his bottom second year molars are poking through. Double ouch. The nursing helps sooooo much. There are actually natural opiates in breastmilk so it's a good drug of choice.

Special Guest

Well you'd never guess it just by looking at him.
He's happy and playing as usual.
That is a chicken pox.
The chicken pox showed up last night, just a few faint dots. There are about 10 dots today. Other than sleeping a bit longer, Jake is perfectly fine. The pox don't even seem to be bothering him -- I haven't caught him scratching at them. Hooray for natural immunity and getting this over with...