For the first few weeks of October, both kids and I had some sort of illness. The kids' spells were separated by a full week, of course—it would be too easy to have them sick at the same time. They each had a fever for three to five days and some congestion and coughing. Since H1N1 is very widespread here, the pediatrician's office has been treating all cases of flu-like symptoms as, well, the flu. In short, stay home, rest, drink fluids, and so on. So the week of October 4, Brian and I split Thursday and Friday to be home with Declan. The week of October 11, I was home Wednesday through Friday with both kids as Maeve recovered. And the week of October 25, both kids were well, but I had a bad cold. Sheesh.
Here's a video clip from our early flu season as two stir-crazy kids get very excited about a bag of cashews. Note that Declan points to the nuts and says "Da" and then Maeve repeats his exact motion and speech. Seems like a certain big sister is not above mimicking her baby brother.
—posted by T
