Katy The Brave

Last Thursday, Katy tripped while running outside and grazed her knee and forehead pretty badly. She was pretty upset and I initially freaked out and started running inside with her yelling for Mila to help, but then realised that it wasn't so bad and I didn't want to be giving the wrong messages to Katy, so we did an about-face, had a cuddle, and then Katy got right back down on that pavement again and kept of running (a bit more cautiously) up to the swings. I was so proud of her. She's a tough cookie.


The reason Daddy had Friday off was because Katy was due for her MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) shot last Friday. Mummy was a bit nervous as Katy used to get so upset with needles and even visiting the Doctor for a checkup, she would get really upset. MMR is the controversial vaccination at the moment as there have been allegations that it is linked with autism. In any case, it is the first live vaccine administered to the babies, and can cause fever and rashes. So Mummy was glad of Daddy's support.

Well, Katy was a trooper again. She didn't cry at all. She played with the Doctor and the Nurse. She just looked a little surprised when the jab went in. Dr Siu asked Daddy to come in next time as his hug was obviously a magic hug that soothed Katy completely! Here's Katy's MMR war-wound...

Katy was great - happy as anything the rest of the day (probably because Daddy was home to play with her). She did start sneezing in the afternoon and got a stuffy nose overnight and a slight temperature of 100-101 degrees fahrenheit on Saturday, but that cleared up by Sunday. Probably an unrelated cold as symptoms were not supposed to hit until 5 days later. On Tuesday (the 5th day), Katy did get a slightly raised temperature of 99.7, but seems to be back to normal now.