Alexander Update

Just wanted to touch base with a quick update.

We took Sophia to Doctor today because it didn't seem like she was getting any better. In fact Friday was the worst day for her (believe me, you want to read about our day which will be blogged about later in the week).

She was diagnosed as the proud owner of strep throat! This was traumatic for all of us considering that is was her first infection/sickness. She's on a liquid bubble gum flavored antibiotic now and it should kick in within the next 24 hours and start working. The doc also told us to give her Motrin to reduce the swelling. Unfortunately, Motrin has always kept Sophia wide awake and I've avoided giving it to her in the past, but I'm going to following the doctor's orders and just deal with the fact that it makes her bounce off the walls. Not that it really matters - she hasn't taken a nap in her crib during the day in over 4 days now.

To top it all off....our wireless router died on Friday morning and if you want to get online in the Alexander household now you must sit on a hard wooden chair or on the floor about 2 feet from the TV and plug directly into the cable modem! Believe me, this is no fun!

Oh yeah, how come nobody ever told me about the SMS....Sick Mom Syndrome? This is when the mom feels like she's getting sick and knows her body will stay strong and fight it until the child is feeling better and then the cold/flu/etc... will hit hard! It is at point this point when child wants to resume all normal activity and the mom is forced to comply.