While it is not an every day hat, it certainly deserves to be worn more than once every two years.

A very good point, but you know me and unpacking. At one box every week or so, it may well take me that long.

Annabel was cranky and unwilling to sleep last night. Normally she goes to bed at 9:00; last night she wasn't asleep till midnight. She woke up this morning at 8:30 happy, but with a fever of 101.7. And occasionally she'll cry for no apparent reason, like she's in pain, for a few seconds, then go back to being her usual cheerful self.

Our pede's weekend hours start in ten minutes, so I'm calling the clinic then. The suspects are teething, reaction to one of the shots she had last week (MMR and chicken pox), or That Bug That's Going Around the Neighborhood, even though we can't think of where she would've been exposed to it, unless one of the kids in the nursery Sunday was about to get it.

Gah. $175 to the vet. And I already dropped $200 at the dentist this week.

Poor Annabel! Poor Susan!

Erin, you've got mail.

Try touching her ears, Susan. Could be an ear infection, too. Those are notoriously not obvious to adults in children.

When did she have the shots, Susan?

I'm with Sail, in thinking it's an ear infection. 9 times out of 10, I've found that's the problem. I hope she feels better, and that you have a more restful night, tonight.

Try touching her ears, Susan. Could be an ear infection, too. Those are notoriously not obvious to adults in children.

We tried that, and it didn't seem to bother her.

The shots were last Thursday, so 9 days ago, but they mentioned sometimes reactions would show up a week or so later.

I got through to the receptionist and am now waiting for the nurse to call back.

My ped told me O could develop a fever as much as 10 days after the shots.

His cold started showing last Sunday, but I have no idea if it came from any of the kids involved in his birthday party or if he just picked it up randomly somewhere.

We finally got him back to a regular sleeping schedule this week, but he'll still wake up once every few nights. It's always 50-50 whether he'll put himself back to sleep or not. I'm not going to press the issue until after our vacation in May--travelling puts too much stress on him and his schedule.

Ha! I was hoping you'd write, vw! Our projects dovetail.

Yeah, that's what I figured. We can help each other! I can't think of anything better than that. Plus, the projects are different enough in scope that I think we can each use the information very differently.