TheMommyBlog

Yes, I have one of those Braun electronic thermometers the nurses use. Sue me. It took nearly ten years of using glass or bendable LED thermometers (take temperature, shake furiously, retake, look up hypothermia to see if 93 degrees is normal, never thinking I should BUY A GOOD THERMOMETER) to get me to shell out the cash.

But, oh, how I love it. I love tracking my daughter over the last three days as she went from 102.7 to 102.3 to 103.7 Saturday and Sunday, to 98.5 this morning, and back to 102.3 this afternoon. It's great fun. We all take each other temperatures while we're at it. I'm hypothermic.

So I'll be keeping Daphne home from school again tomorrow—that makes two birthday parties, two baseball games, one gymnastics class, and two days of school—I just hope my precious Motrin stash holds out now that Dylan has joined her ranks on the couch, under the blankets. Their ears don't hurt, and we all feel the same sort of crappy, so I hope we can avoid the doctor. I am weary of doctor's offices. Honestly.