Coxsackie. It's fun to say, so I say it a lot. The boys have Coxsackie virus, AKA hand, foot and mouth disease. Beck started with a little pin-dot rash on Saturday afternoon while we were in Johnstown, which progressed to most of his body. He was up for a short while Tuesday night around 10pm, which is very unusual, but he went back to sleep with the help of some Tylenol. He has had a bit of a runny nose but nothing major. Then Theo started getting the rash yesterday morning, starting on his feet, so we took them both to the pediatrician. We were pronounced lucky not to have gotten some of the other symptoms that often come with Coxsackie, like diarrhea, vomiting, and painful sore throat. Nothing to do but wait it out, but we have some tough guys here who are handling it like champs.
In much better news, Cousin Kelly is here to visit for the week!
Yesterday was the first experiment with self-feeding yogurt. It was a bit messy but the boys really seemed to enjoy the power of controlling the spoon. Of course they ate much less than usual and was a terror to clean up but they have to learn sometime!
Theo didn't do so great with the spoon at first but used his hand as a shovel. (Note: spoon in left hand.)
Coxsackie is actually a men's downstate prison, so Stu thought that you had locked them up in the house!
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