Josiah developed a rash this past week. It didn’t really seem to bother him at all and we had originally attributed it on his cheeks to teething. However after spreading to his arms, belly and thighs, we agreed that it unrealistic to blame it all on simply teething… But, like I said, the rash really didn’t bother him, so we weren’t worried. Last weekend he had a slight fever and was sleeping more, but again, we thought it was simply those giant molars starting to poke through.
We had made plans a while back to have some friends from church over this past weekend and I remembered that both ladies are currently pregnant, so I decided we needed to let them know in case they didn’t want to be exposed to our “unknown virus.” So, after calling back and forth to the nurse line then my friend then she called her midwife then called me again–we came to the conclusion that it was just a viral rash. We talked through the idea of it being 5ths disease and Roseola but neither seemed to really fit. So, it appears to be nothing serious. Plus, the nurse confirmed that a rash that wasn’t bothering him without a fever present would not be contagious.
So… all that to say we don’t know exactly what it is. But we don’t think it’s serious. And it doesn’t bother him. It’s definitely going away as well– this morning it had subsided significantly. But for those curious, here are some pictures from today:
The first rash appeared on his cheeks--which is why we assumed it was teething related. It was quite "rosy" at first.
Rash on thighs
One more of his thighs (and big baby butt! :))
It doesn’t really look very itchy, does it? Not really red, except right on the raised parts.
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