covering her bases...

I came home from work to hang with sick N (4 and 3/4s). Coming home early helped relieve a little Mommy-Guilt. The little ones (K and T) headed out with the nanny for some adventures when I got home.

(Did I ever tell you about how we don't let the little ones see me when we're doing odd schedule things and I'm not staying with them? They just don't understand short encounters. If I can't spend 1 hour or more with them, it's best that they don't see me. Today, I'm sneaking into my house while they are walking out. It's kind of funny, and I'm sure the neighbors wonder, but it's worth it because does help curtail the screaming.)

N's fever was down, thanks to the miracle of modern medicine in the form of Motrin. I gave her another dose as we hit the "six-hour" from the previous dose mark. I needed to run a quick errand and I took her with me. She was getting a little bored at home, and while I don't condone staying-home-from-school-and-then-going-out, I do think that running an errand that Mom needs to run (aka it's boring!) is acceptable. We picked up some tile samples and headed home.

She's got about 99.2 (as of 6 pm), but she is still fully dosed on Motrin so I expect it would be higher (~101-102) without the medicine. Luckily, this seems to just be a fever so far. No other symptoms.

N's had her fair share of mystery fevers. We'll see what happens next. Oh, the thrills... the chills... Or something like that.

Oh... N covered her bases because when I got home and saw how well she was feeling, she asked, "Is preschool over?" I said, "Yes." She said, "I am fine now, but tomorrow my cold might come back and I might not be able to go to school."

I delved deeper and she says the only thing she doesn't like about school is sitting on the floor in "criss-cross" position. I said we'd talk with her teacher (Miss A) to see if we couldn't figure out an alternative if that's all that was bothering her.