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We feed our children daily, so there is no way that Nicholas (1) would feels the need to EAT his toys.
We would not allow Colby (3) to pick up a bowl of M & M’s and lick the entire top layer of them. If he had done that we would have dumped out the whole bowl of M & M’s. We would not have picked out as many damp M & M’s as we could find and then allowed the children to continue using the rest to decorate their gingerbread houses. 
When Colby (3) came to the sliding glass door saying he was ready to come in after playing out in the snow for all of 3 1/2 minutes, I did not tell him to go play a little longer. It did not take him pressing his nose and cheek up against the window for 5 minutes while watching me work in the kitchen to convince me that he really was finished playing outside.
When Colby had a rash I dutifully looked it up on Google. I found this advice:
Rashes are rarely urgent and almost never require an urgent page to your doctor. In fact, there is basically only one rash that requires immediate medical evaluation.
“Excellent”, I thought and scrolled to the bottom of the page to make sure that what Colby had wasn’t “the one rash that requires an urgent page to your doctor or ER visit right away”.
We did NOT spend the next several hours in the ER because Colby had THE ONE rash. *sigh*
When Alyssa (9) asked if Nicholas (1) could go outside to play in the snow, I told her to make sure that he had on shoes and socks, a hat and something to keep his hands warm. A few moments later as Alyssa was opening the door for Nicholas to go out into the 15 degree, snow covered yard, I did not realize that she had taken me too literally. I did not then explain that he also needed to have on pants and a coat.
I did not allow Nicholas (1) to go out and play in the snow with socks on his hands because we couldn’t find his pair of mittens.
Serious update for grandparents and those who know our family in real life: Colby did have a petechial rash, but they were able to rule out nearly all of the serious causes. We are still waiting to be sure nothing grows out on his blood cultures, but basically the doctor says that as long as it goes away and doesn’t come back there should be nothing to worry about.
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Oh, Kimberly, this makes me laugh
. As always. The socks as mittens things is PERFECTLY okay… I will have to remember that one! I feel like I am spending half my days wandering around the house looking for mittens!!! And what kind of rash is the one that sent you the ER? Just so I know in case on of my kids ever gets it. Still praying daily for your family and newest little one!
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
It’s called a petechiae rash. Here is a link. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for a description.
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Glad I’m not the only one who has children that take me too literally sometimes.
Praying for Colby.
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Well, a little man definitely needs his pants if he’s going to play in the snow. Ha!
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Seriously laughing at you every single week on Monday. I love it! And so glad that the rash was not too serious and that he will be ok!
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No pants and sock-mittens have happened here, too!
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I enjoyed reading your Not Me post. ER visits are no fun. Hopefully he’s doing well now. God bless.
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That is funny! I hope your son’s rash heals up quickly!
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Sounds like Colby had a big week.
And now I am off to research the petechial rash just in case! Eek!
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
LOL, I think Colby always has a big week. Is it just 3 year olds, or just MY 3 year old?
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That is so funny!!! Kids are great
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I love your NMMs…makes our home seem almost normal…like we’re not the only ones!
– Kathi
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
But you’re assuming that OUR house is normal.
You are not the only ones, but the normal part is still up for debate.
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Oh I loved the one with your 9y/o daughter and 1 y/o son about to go outside!!! Children are soo innocent! LOL
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Well, as she explains it. She put socks on his feet that were way too big for him, so they covered up most of his legs.
She’s right, he had on big brothers socks. I really should have gotten a picture!
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Very funny! I am hosting an art giveaway that you might find interesting. Stop by when you have a chance and have a look.
Blessings
Diane
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 5:39 am
Diane – Thanks for letting me know about your giveaway. The art is lovely, but your blog will not allow me to comment. I’m not sure if it’s a problem on my end or yours, but thought you’d like to know.
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so funny.. my one year old tried to follow his brothers outside in a diaper also.. and mine also had socks on thier hands… (in the past becuase of no gloves available) last time becuase thier gloves had gotton to wet in the snow…
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 5:41 am
I have to admit that socks on the hands are a common substitute at our house. Although now that I’ve started knitting we have more gloves and mittens around than ever before.
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Hi!
Since yours is one of my favorite blogs, I have decided to give you the One Lovely Blog award. Here’s the post in which I name you a recipient.
http://musingsfrommomschool.blogspot.com/2010/01/two-blog-awards.html
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Thank you Krystal. I’m generally slow about posting awards, but I will post about it. Thank you again!
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Ahhh, the more kids you have, the more great stories!!! Really, isn’t that why we keep having them?! Great post
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P.S. I was SO excited to read the bible with you all, but I didn’t get home from vacation until the 5th, and then the kids had 3 snowdays last week… no real excuse, but I dropped the ball- sigh! Maybe next year?! I’m very sad I missed out
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 5:46 am
You could also just start right now. A few of the readers are doing it on a delayed schedule. Besides it’s more fun to do it with a group.
How about getting it in before that baby comes?
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I have “true” Florida babies. They love to run around barefoot and the first thing they do when they get home is take off their shoes and socks. For Christmas, we went to Colorado and stayed with dear friends of ours. When my eight year old saw snow for the first time that he can remember and he was so excited to play. He ran outside barefoot. It was probably a nanosecond later that he learned how cold snow is!
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 5:48 am
I wish I could have seen that. It must have been so cute!
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Hi! I just wanted to stop by & tell you I loved the series on having your child’s heart–very good one. Also, hope Colby is getting better & you are feeling well. Praying for you during your pregnancy:) Heather
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Thank you Heather. I actually made some progress on that yesterday so will hopefully post more in that series next week.
Colby went for a follow up with our regular pediatrician and he was very encouraging.
Thank you for your prayers.
How is Emma doing? I’ve been praying for her and for you. Please let me know.
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That analysis of a rash very rarely being an emergency has me concerned.
Years ago … one of my daughters had a petchiae rash and it turned out that she had Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (I.T.P.), a very serious disease that took a weekend in the hospital (on iv meds) and then months of weekly blood tests and treatment.
Then, 4 years ago we almost lost our 3 year old to a “rash”. The doctors told us that if we had not rushed him to ER at 1:00 a.m., he would have most likely been dead by morning. (We took him to ER because of what I found when I “googled” his symptoms.) He had bacterial meningitis, which caused his whole body to shut down … he had 100+ 3rd degree burns covering his body … he was in a coma for a week, and ICU for 2 weeks (on dialysis and heart meds).
So … yea … rashes can be QUITE serious!!!
mama of 13
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Kimberly @ Raising Olives Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Thanks for the heads up Laurel. I.T.P. is one of the things the doctors looked at with his rash, but everything looked good.
Didn’t know that bacterial meningitis could present with a rash.
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