Roseola's are red, violets are blue !

My way to hook a sista up !  New moms.  if your child presents with an EXTREMELY high fever sometimes hitting 106.0.  a mild fever.  or in our case a barely not even a  fever for one day...and then a couple of days later breaks out in a rash like this one.

RUN TO YOUR NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM !  no.  just kidding.

It's called Roseola or sixth disease.  Normally the child acts as if nothing is wrong.   The rash doesn't bother them...and there is no other signs as far as congestion or illness.    Save yourselves the trip to the doctor...in which they will only be exposed to  a number of other illnesses...give them Tylenol if they need it and wait it out.

I learned this after the first 2 kids got this disease.   Well we actually took the 1st couple in because  of 104.0 fevers....sure enough 2 days later, rash.   

Ryan's was weird because he was never really feverish.   We also didn't know because this weekend we had a multitude of symptoms to go off of with each kids being different :

Syd, irritable. runny nose temp 100.2 rash around the mouth

Spencer, irritable. runny nose temp 100.8 rash round the mouth

Cameron, irritable.  stomach ache. headache. temp 102. rash around the mouth

Nathan, irritable. runny nose. teething.  not sleeping.

Ryan, happy little camper. runny nose. temp did hit 99 one day.  rash over entire body.

Pick a disease for hell sakes.

I suppose experience and google are a pretty good detector...but I thought I'd share mine so that when your little person acts completely normal...has a high fever and then rashes, you'll know.

Most kids get this before 5 years old and I think the percentage is even higher for kids under 2.   So chances are you'll see it sooner than later.

Syd's rash was just on her back.  Cam and Spencer's were on their arms and legs.   Ryan's is obviously ALL over his tiny body. 

I'm mostly glad to offer a disease with little complications to you.   I think we all see enough of the other crap that this one is pretty mild, which is nice.

oh and yes...with all that ails us and J being gone...we survived. 

 

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