The Many Faces of Chicken Pox

Caleb and Andrew got their Pox on the same day. However, Caleb lay on the couch for nearly three days, and Andrew only had two extra naps over those same three days. Chicken Pox is DEFINITELY easier the younger they are!

Wyatt's sucking on his toes here. You can see a few of his pox popping up on his hips.

Natalee was the second of the children to get CP. She looks horrible here, but really she hasn't complained at all! No fever, no major itchiness, no emergencies in the middle of the night, unlike the others. She had about 3-4 pox under her right eye and it looked really bad on Saturday. It looked like she had a black eye. I started putting my magic medicine (breastmilk) on her eye twice a day and today her eye looks so much better!

Andrew...

Caleb napping...he had a pretty tough time of it on Saturday and the oatmeal baths and Tylenol weren't working, so I made a quick trip to get some Benadryl for him. That seemed to do the trick! I was thinking it would be nice if I could provide a breastmilk bath for him! :)

On Monday, Caleb was starting to feel like his old self again. I noticed he had some pox around the inside of his lips, and together with his loose tooth (his front left), he kinda looked like a freaky Leprosy guy!

Wyatt showing off his Pox. He had a fever Saturday late afternoon and slept most of the evening, but woke up Sunday feeling better but with more spots. It seems that when they have fewer spots (like Joshua, Natalee and Wyatt) the spots tend to be bigger, and with more spots (like Caleb and Andrew) there were no really huge ones.

Almost looks like the mosquitoes went to town on him! All of them got lots on their scalp too. That must be super annoying.

We enjoyed some nicer weather outside yesterday. The latest fun thing to do is give Andrew a double around the block on the "rainbow" bike. Andrew calls it his motorcycle ride.

Although it hasn't been too bad, I'm still glad we only get Chicken Pox once. The worst of it is being stuck at home with pox-y children. Especially since Joshua has had more than enough energy lately...between the itchy, cranky kids and dealing with over-exuberant Joshua, Mike & I are pretty wiped. Hopefully we can now have a few weeks of sick-free children.