Sicks and Pics
I don't have a lot of experience with sick kids. It's a blessing and a curse. A blessing that I can count the number of times my three year old has been sick on one hand. Three fingers to be exact. Baby 1 had a teeny tiny cough as a baby that even the doctor said "might" have been a cold, but it cleared up by the time I made it to his doctor's appointment. He got a fever and congestion once after meeting his cousins for the first time. And he got a stomach bug the day after his 3rd birthday. But that's it. No regular colds and ear infections that I was subjected to as a child, likely because I grew up with two siblings, regular school, and no pandemic that forced people to isolate and wear masks in many situations. I am extremely grateful that my son has not been sick often. But it also means that I have very little experience with sick kids and that my son has very little experience being sick. Thus it becomes a big, "What's going on? I don't lik