I being an educator, I am well versed in illnesses that children can contract. While I was in college taking Early Childhood Education, we had to create health information sheets for parents that would explain various illnesses and diseases. Each fact sheet would have how the child came into contact with the illness, symptoms, treatment and duration.
Never though had I come into contact with a child who had an illness other than a cold, flu or chicken pox. My oldest never had more then a cold or the flu, other than when she had her appendix removed. I even took her to chicken pox parties in hopes she would get it, but that never happened.
Today, I am dealing with hand foot mouth disease that my middle child has some how caught. He is having a hard time understanding why he cannot touch, kiss or breath on his little sister and my heart breaks for him. He is the second child at his providers home to break out in the virus this week. He started off with a sore throat for a few weeks, then a high fever on Sunday and then a sore mouth on Tuesday. Today he has spots on his feet and hands.
I am overwhelmed with all of this.
Looking after the two young ones and dealing with illness is very hard. My little guy is a social bug and not being able to go and play with his friends or hold and kiss his little sister is making him moody and out of sorts. I am constantly telling him to not touch things that are used with or for his little sister with little success.
Lysol wiping everything also is proving easier said then done when the little guy wakes the baby up every ten minutes and then touches the stuff I just cleaned and runs away.
I can honestly say that I cannot wait until this is all over with and my house can return to normal!
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