A Mom Knows

There's been lots of times when DH or someone else has told me that I should take SP in to the doctor for a certain ailment she's having at the moment. Anything from the sniffles to a limp. If DH requests I take her, I try to comply but I have put up a fuss if I don't think it's necessary.

The thing is, a mom knows! I know my kid, and I know when things are "off".
Don't you? - if your kids are feeling crummy - can't you tell if it's something major or just a normal kid thing?

SP has these little polka dots on her face right now and has had them for a few days. They first showed up on Sunday and honestly, they just looked like little pimples to me - really, I should know! She'd had a dry rash the day before and I knew exactly what was going on the next day. I put some lotion on it to help relieve the dryness knowing the pimples would go away eventually. Well, they are, but today 2 more popped up nearby on her cheek.

SP's babysitter is pregnant right now, has a daughter SP's age and watches another little girl too. Understandably, she's concerned that it's chicken pox. I wondered if I was just totally off-mark and stunned that I could be so out of tune with a potentially bad virus! So I took her to Insta-Care immediately!

Well, it's not chicken pox. It's only on her face and the Dr. said they would have spread like wildfire in the amount of days she's had them. He said they look like pimples. I'm so glad it's not chicken pox for all of her babysitter's family and the other little girl - but in a way I'm exhonerated. A mom really does know...