Sicky Vicky

In her first (almost) year of life Victoria has had quite a number of "health" issues. Not health problems like some poor sick children face. Just lots of little things going on.

She caught her first cold when she was just a week old. It lasted for a couple of weeks. Nothing too bad but her breathing was very stuffed up whenever she was lying down.

When she was very little we had lots of trouble keeping her neck folds clean and dry. The skin would get very red and irritated. Neither ointment or baby powder did much to clear it up. Eventually we found the nappy rash powder worked. But getting it into her neck folds was extremely difficult as she would tense up and cry. As she got older and spent more time sitting up it went away on its own.

But no sooner had the yucky neck folds cleared up, then she got dribble rash all over her upper chest and neck from contantly dribbling while teething (see photo).

She got her first tooth at 4 months (in April), and it was pretty much one or two new teeth a month until August.

She has had a bad nappy rash on and off for the last six months. We have tried everything to relieve it with no success. It's more on the sides of her legs than anywhere else. I eventually took her to the doctor, who said it was a fungal infection and gave her a steriod cream. We've been using that on and off ever since.

She had one cold every month for the last six months.

In July Victoria got her first ear infection. Kathleen never had ear infections so it came as a bit of a surprise. She had a perforated ear drum so I took her to the doctor again, who prescribed antibiotics.

In September Victoria got her second ear infection with perforated ear drum, and was again put onto antibiotics.

Two weeks later we all went to a party, where Peter and I later came down with gastro-enteritis. Victoria also threw up a couple of times so I suspect she had a touch of it as well.

Ten days later she broke out in chicken pox. She actually seems to have gotten off pretty lightly, with half a dozen spots on her front and the same on her back. The most annoying ones were scattered around her nappy area but were only small. The infectious period with chicken pox lasts until the last spot crusts over so she was probably infectious for about 10 days. She still has the spots but they are all healing now.

What was worse than the chicken pox was the cold she caught a few days later. Poor little thing was all stuffed up and couldn't breathe well for days.

Then a few days ago her first molar tooth came through. The one on the other side isn't far away either.


Victoria really has had one thing after another this year. She is well now, but I do wonder what's around the corner...

-Megz

PS: It's confirmed, Kathleen is now covered in chicken pox spots too.