Allergic

The morning Boston took the last dose of antibiotics to treat his strep, I noticed a bit of a rash on the back of his neck. By that afternoon it had spread to his stomach, and the next morning he even had a few spots on his face. Since he had been sick, I hadn’t given him any new food, and couldn’t think of anything new he had come in contact with, so I took him to the doctor. His regular doctor wasn’t in, so I told the sub he hadn’t had been around anything new, and that we had just been in the office the week before for his strep throat. The doctor told me it was just a reaction to something, and that we may never know what. She told me to give him Benadryl for 24 hours, then gave him the first dose and said the rash should start clearing up in 15 to 20 minutes. Instead, it got worse. The spots of the rash got bigger and redder, spread all over his face, and down his arms and legs. So, the next day I called the Doctor again and she gave him a prescription for steroids to help get whatever was bugging him out of his system. I was a bit annoyed with her conclusion that it was a reaction to some random thing (especially after the Benadryl didn’t work). So, I decided to get brave and see what I could find online. After researching a bunch of scary and nasty looking rashes, their symptoms and side effects, I’m about 98% sure Boston had an amoxicillin rash (F.Y.I. a reaction to the antibiotic he was on, that can happen up to five days after the kid stops taking the amoxicillin and can even hit if they have taken it in the past). But, because the doctor didn’t spot it, and because I wanted it gone, I filled his steroids prescription. Unlike the rash that didn’t seem to bother him at all, the steroids made Boston miserable. He wouldn’t sleep, he wanted to nurse all the time, and everything made him mad. It was seriously like he had baby roid-rage! After two days the rash was mostly gone, and I was going crazy, so I stopped giving him the steroids and he was fine. Definitely not an experience I ever want to have again!

This is an example of how little the rash bothered Boston, and also of his recent decision that everything belongs on his head.

Corn Fest

After my family left, Boston was pretty quick to start feeling like he was getting ripped off to only have me to hang out with all day, so we decided to head to E-Town for Corn Fest. It was great to get out of the heat, even though it rained most of the weekend. Boston had lots of fun with his cousins, and got so worn out that he fell asleep sitting up.

Vegas Visit

This week my mom, sister and niece came to visit. We were able to greet them with... strep throat.  Luckily, none of them got sick. After Boston and I got some antibiotics in our system, we were ready to play. My mom brought Boston a super cute new church shirt (one of the few things I got pictures of while they were here).

My mom and Bella also got some new clothes while they were here, thanks to a few days of back to school shopping. We also hit up Wet n Wild and the Rio pool.

Boston got quite spoiled and good at putting on a show while our visitors were in town. After dinner one night, Riley was brave enough to tell him “No” the result was hilarious and heart breaking all at the same time J.

It was lots of fun to have some of my family come visit (now we just need to figure out how to get the others down here), and Boston loved waking up to see Bella waiting to play each morning.

Zoom Zoom

This weekend Riley’s parents were able to come to Vegas. During their visit they got Boston an early birthday present- a toy car that he can push, ride and hide things with (plus it makes lots of fun noise). He had lots of fun with Grandma to help him figure it out and now drives it all over the house.

Little stink/Ride of shame

Boson has gotten really, really good at causing trouble. Nothing is safe, if you are fooled into thinking it is, he somehow learns to reach a little farther. Several of our cupboards are now sporting childproof locks; the others get reorganized and emptied quite often. He has also decided after he empties/rearranges, that he needs to sit in the cupboard, basket or shelf that now has extra space. He is seriously so silly!

Trouble

Can I sit here?

This looks like a good place to relax for just a second.

How many puffs can I shove in my mouth before mom takes them away?

 To try to contain the crazy, and also to keep him from playing on the stars, Riley created a barricade in our living room. As you can see, it didn’t take Boston long to breach it, then get upset that he couldn’t get back in.

Boston has also gotten good at keeping me on my toes. We had to make a quick trip to Walmart the other day, and I made a bad move, and forgot to make sure the diaper bag was fully stocked before we left. As a result, I had to buy Boston a new outfit. Since he really only needed pajamas, that is what we got, and Boston had his first “Ride of Shame.”

Ride of Shame

With all of this, and a growing rap sheet that now includes a drawer full of broken makeup, somehow I still think Boston is the cutest kid ever!