Thermometer Conspiracy

When I picked up little bug today, the nanny said that she was acting sick (at least that is what I think she said, my Spanish is pretty bad - plus little bug had a runny nose. So like all good parents, I took her to the park. Nothing like fresh air and dirt to make you feel better. She terrorized the little kids section of the park and then headed to the big kids section with the two story slides. I wasn't ready for her to go down those on her own, so I had to maneuver myself and her down a tunnel slide and not give either of us a concussion. It was a feat.

As we were leaving the park we said goodbye to everything, or at least she repeated me....
Me: Goodbye park
LB: BYE ARK
Me: Goodbye swings
LB: BYE INGS
Me: Goodbye slide
LB: BYE IDE SSSS
Me: Goodbye drainage ditch
LB: BYE HMMDDDMMMSSSFFRRRGGGHHH

Other than a runny nose, which I'm convinced are just allergies, she was fine when we came home. She was sticking stickers all over her legs and arms and then my arms. Then she ripped them off, basically waxing off any hair I had on my arms. Halfway through sticker-palooza I gave her some dinner and rice pudding (since she's sick and all). As she was finishing up her pudding, I realized some stickers were missing. Then I found one. On her tongue. So there's some fiber to go with the pudding.

When I was drying her off from her bath, I figured I'd better take her temperature. But couldn't find a single rectal thermometer with a battery that worked in it. So I found a case of thermometers that came with a "newborn kit". One was a pacifier thermometer, and one was a stubby thermometer with bulb on the end. Where the heck does that go? I asked out loud, and little bug said "arm".

Alright, so I stuck it under her arm. She clenched her arm by her side to hold it to her skin and looked at me with the biggest grin. We both started laughing. I said to her, "Do you think this is really an underarm thermometer?" She said, "sure". Why not? She came out at 90 degrees. I'm not sure what a normal underarm temperature is supposed to be so that (plus the giggling) seemed fine. I then gave her the pacifier one to try out. Since her nose was stuffed up, that wasn't the best idea. She was a trooper though and would pull it out of her mouth take a deep breath like a diver coming up for air, and then put the pacifier back in. When it beeped, she pulled it out of her mouth, looked at it and said "uh-oh". She was 90 degrees again. I'm good with consistency, so I left it at that.

I had to bulb syringe her nose to clear it out which is always an adventure. She decided she wanted her doll to get her nose cleaned first. So we laid her doll on the floor and little bug laid down next to her. I cleaned the doll's nose, then little bug's and she thought it was hilarious. Whenever I sucked something out of little bug's nose she said, "WHOAH"!