Thursday, April 19, 2012

Cinnamon Allergy- I believe in you

So the little guy that typically looks like this                                                    
 
Vanity note: bangs are not allowed, they just happen
                                                                                                  Looked like this
So he was dumping spices from their jars into tupperware- I was on the phone and it seemed a harmlessly quiet occupation- until he got to the cinnamon.  His face swelled up like a balloon, and the rash was a rough, raised, red mess.  All because of the dust that he created by moving the cinnamon from one jar to the other!  Now to be fair to Cinnamon, Brooks (kid #2) is an allergist's dream,  and a mother's nightmare in that he is allergic to the dreaded      NUT! So I wasn't super surprised by this new found allergy.  His athsma spiked, but no anaphylactic epi-pen crazyness so it was ok. I didnt even give benadryl, just some good old albuterol.  Poor kid though- no more cinnamon rolls for him.
(I have been resistant to this allergy business from the beginning;  to me Allergies are like Weight Loss without Excercise:  An impossibility.  But as you can see from the title of this post; I have seen the light.  So if weightloss could just show itself I'd be much inclined)

It can't be all Kids and House

Or I'll lose my mind.  Everyday is all kidsandhouse and when it looks like this it's so hard keep my head up (which is what my mom told me to do).  We've been trying to sell this house for just a couple weeks now, but the last time we tried it, we failed, so there's extra achievement pressure.  (No pressure added by the four little people living with us, none at all). So in order to succeed this time around we are painting it, and so now