January started out well. The aftermath of Christmas and New Years was present until just a few days ago. We have just now started to put some of the new toys downstairs so we can begin to switch them out once a week or so.
Mid-January we took a turn for the bad in health. Joshua woke up one monring with a rash that the Drs told us that could have been due to something he ate. Ok we took that and dealt with it, that is until the next morning when he woke up with a fever. Off to the Drs we went only to find out Joshua had Strep Throat. He was put on antibiotics. 4 days later we ended up in the ER because we could not get Joshua's temp to drop and he now had a bump on his chest. We went to see the Dr the next morning, she told us the rash had turned to Scarlet Fever because even though he was on meds they were not doing their job and he body felt as though it was going untreated. We got a new antibiotic and it worked wonders. The bump went away and slowly but surely the rash is going away too.
January ended with the boys sleeping in their cribs with crib tents for the last time. It is time for big boy beds. We included them in the whole switching process, right up to helping Daddy bolt their dresser to the wall. They were very excited. I am writing this coming up on the completion of Day 1 and so far so good. The boys both slept in their own beds all night long. They even napped for 2 hours (a normal nap for them). It only took them 1/2 of talking before they fell asleep. One of the biggest thing for them is that they can touch again. Their cribs are side by side on one wall and they can reach through the slats and hold hands again. They did this before crib tents. So precious to go in and check on them and see them holding hands fast asleep.
