First Baby Fever

We just had our very first "baby fever", and yes... we are certainly first-time parents.  While we instinctively know that she's okay, (having referenced numerous websites!), there's still that niggling thing at the back of the mind that whispers... "What If" into my ever listening ear.  "What If" it's this, "What If" it's that... and back to google we go... reading other parents stories, comparing symptoms (real or imaginary), reviewing medical sites, and round and round the merry-go round.  All the while keenly tuned into every sound and action of my little girl.  And breathing.

And how many times did we take her temperature?  We'll just let that question roll around in your own imagination, I prefer not to answer that and I also think you'll have more fun that way.  In addition, I  discovered that the thermometer we are using might just be a piece of crap, giving very different readings within minutes of each other (can you imagine the loops that sent me on!).  So I check it on myself, and my husband, and then compared it to our oral thermometer... oh what fun we had!  So I'm off to the drugstore today to get a better thermometer... for next time.  In addition, after spending 20-minutes on the healthline with a very helpful and kind nurse, I discover the medical profession here will not recognize forehead temperatures, only underarm or anal (I can hardly even type that one, let alone perform it).  So underarm it is... unless of course "What If" should scream loudly at me next time.

As we are still relatively new to this town, we also googled the directions to the hospital... just in case.  I've done it before but thought it best to have it newly burned on my internal hard-drive unit (my brain)... just in case "What If" reared it's ugly head again.

All quite hilarious in hindsight and really it wasn't that big of a deal, but you can see the potential for a funny story here... if it wasn't MY kid!

FOR THE GRANDPARENTS:  she feels much cooler today and is getting lots of sleep in, so nothing to worry about if you are reading this.  I'm certain you remember your first time with our fevers?  How did you survive the night without dr. google??