A little rash

My poor little guy isn't done with his chaos. He has developed this nasty rash over his entire body, including in his ears and on his eyelids. The pictures just don't do it justice. I have talked with my faithful nurse companion, thanks Steph, but still felt nervous as it looked worse this morning when we woke up. With an upcoming NICU reunion this weekend, I hated to expose him to all those other kiddos if he had anything. We went into the doc this morning and he told us that is was probably an allergic reaction. This is the reason that we hadn't started solids yet, just in case. This will delay our starting cereal for at least another week or two. The doc said that this rash may continue to last another 5 days and he might start peeling once they go away. My poor little guy! This rash, coupled with the fact that he has been a lot fussier than normal (totally unusual for Zachary), a low-grade fever for a few days, and hasn't been eating normally, really worried me. But, all is well.

Today I can officially say that Zachary has discovered that he can move. He is a rolling machine!! He is on one side of the room, then the other w/in minutes. He is even working to get toys out of his reach, not quite crawling of course, but working hard. He is all over the place and the older kids love it! Mom, well, not so much loving the fact that my stationary baby is no more. I'm really going to worry about little toys, books, etc. It is funny how the light bulb just clicked today. All this while he is covered in a nasty rash! Let the "no's" begin as he reaches to eat books, pull on cords, roll into the tile (as we speak), etc.

Emerald starts dance class tonight. She is taking the class with a neighbor, Aubrey. She is super excited. She is loving school and can't get enough of it. Calvin, however, is ready to go with her each day. He is so full of the word "why" and "what'd you say" lately that I might scream if he asks why one more time :) Emerald never went through that why stage, this is new to me. Fun, fun!! Wouldn't trade it, though!