The day did not start out well. Madison was coughing and crying, with a fever too. Where did this come from? She was doing fine yesterday, and other than the fact that it is very cold outside still, we were thinking ... uh... spring is here? No more of this stuff, right?
Wrong.
Madison isn't as bad as it has been in the past. Though we started out a little rough, she was okay once the medicine kicked in. Coughing and fever were down - just so long as she had her medicine. Once that timer goes off of the medicine, she starts getting feverish again, with coughing.
Tonight, she had a fever at 100 just before taking medication and bedtime - but she's been resting quietly for the most part, so we're optimistic that this won't be as bad as previous illnesses. And, we're grateful at the timing. At least she's not sick during a weekend that we have big plans to work around.
As described in the title of this post, she did stay at home today. That was the logical thing to do. She wasn't happy about it though - she wanted to go to school. Ah, kindergarten. That's when you're wanting to go to school. Hopefully she'll want to go to school all her life, of course.
So she stayed home. Daddy played some games with her in the morning, which was a nice chance to sit around and play more video games. We also read a few children's books - one of which was on the Kindle. Mommy found several kids' books for the Kindle, which is a neat thing to read from. Daddy likes the feel of an actual book in his hands, especially the hardcovers. We've got a slowly growing collection of those hardcovers, and no paperbacks - or, at least not many paperbacks. But lately, we've been trying a few books on the Kindle to see what it's like.
Recently, we've been getting a few of the smaller books for the Kindle. Namely, a Star Wars book - "Winner Lose All." Madison's book this morning was called "Surprise in the Kitchen," by Mary Lee.
It was actually a nice book we read together - Madison enjoyed hearing it, and it was easy to read and see the pictures on the Kindle. We may do a few more this weekend: Mommy downloaded several different children's books. Again, it's not the preferred thing to do - it's almost like borrowing books from the library without actually having a book in your hand. If a book is good enough, Daddy always likes having a physical copy somewhere. There's just something about the feel of a book, and the smell of paper and print. That may sound old-fashioned, of course. The future may be a virtual library filled with books that we read on screens, where we turn pages with the touch of a finger. It's certainly different, and that doesn't make it bad of course. Madison enjoys reading either way - especially if there is one other component there: Mommy or Daddy to read to her.
Wrong.
Madison isn't as bad as it has been in the past. Though we started out a little rough, she was okay once the medicine kicked in. Coughing and fever were down - just so long as she had her medicine. Once that timer goes off of the medicine, she starts getting feverish again, with coughing.
Tonight, she had a fever at 100 just before taking medication and bedtime - but she's been resting quietly for the most part, so we're optimistic that this won't be as bad as previous illnesses. And, we're grateful at the timing. At least she's not sick during a weekend that we have big plans to work around.
As described in the title of this post, she did stay at home today. That was the logical thing to do. She wasn't happy about it though - she wanted to go to school. Ah, kindergarten. That's when you're wanting to go to school. Hopefully she'll want to go to school all her life, of course.
So she stayed home. Daddy played some games with her in the morning, which was a nice chance to sit around and play more video games. We also read a few children's books - one of which was on the Kindle. Mommy found several kids' books for the Kindle, which is a neat thing to read from. Daddy likes the feel of an actual book in his hands, especially the hardcovers. We've got a slowly growing collection of those hardcovers, and no paperbacks - or, at least not many paperbacks. But lately, we've been trying a few books on the Kindle to see what it's like.
Recently, we've been getting a few of the smaller books for the Kindle. Namely, a Star Wars book - "Winner Lose All." Madison's book this morning was called "Surprise in the Kitchen," by Mary Lee.
It was actually a nice book we read together - Madison enjoyed hearing it, and it was easy to read and see the pictures on the Kindle. We may do a few more this weekend: Mommy downloaded several different children's books. Again, it's not the preferred thing to do - it's almost like borrowing books from the library without actually having a book in your hand. If a book is good enough, Daddy always likes having a physical copy somewhere. There's just something about the feel of a book, and the smell of paper and print. That may sound old-fashioned, of course. The future may be a virtual library filled with books that we read on screens, where we turn pages with the touch of a finger. It's certainly different, and that doesn't make it bad of course. Madison enjoys reading either way - especially if there is one other component there: Mommy or Daddy to read to her.
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