Sick Baby

We all have been beyond fortunate that Mae has yet to get sick. I think not having her in day care is part of that, I also attribute it to mine and Pearson's pretty robust immune systems. This morning Mae was pretty fussy but I assumed she was just tired. I wasn't paying that much attention to anything else really (yes, I am a bad parent). We went to the pharmacist and Costco and she seemed a little feisty at Costco but I assumed she just wanted to be held. We got home and I put her down on the floor and she just cried and cried. Since, she can crawl now I felt that if she really wanted to get to me she would come on over to where I was at. She continued to cry for about three minutes while I put the groceries away (again, I am a bad parent). I finally went to pick her up and she felt warm. I have taken her temperature a couple of times thinking that her lack of being mellow was a result of her being sick but it never amounted to anything above 98.6. This time her temperature came up to 100.5. Of course, I felt like a terrible parent that I didn't realize until then that she was sick and that I let her cry for three minutes by herself on the floor.

Tonight she is sleeping soundly but her temperature last time I took it was up to 101.7. I talked to the nurse at the doctor's office and she warned me that it would probably go up even more before going down. I will give it to Mae. Again, she lives up to her name, Mighty Mae. Despite the fever, she is a trooper and was all smiles tonight.