It is Roseola

Baby Doodle has Roseola. The rash is gone from his head and face and has moved to his chest and back. Yesterday the three of us went for a four hour walk -- it was going to be much shorter when we started out -- and baby Doodle was a trooper. He slept a little, enjoyed the trees and wind a lot, and only whined a tiny bit. When I was changing him on the bottom stair of the "100 steps" I noticed that his rash had moved to his chest and back. He has not had a fever since Thursday night, and he's more himself today than he has been in a while. It's nice to have my happy go lucky baby back.

Now baby Doodle is very congested, especially in the mornings. It's difficult for him to breathe while he's eating. I can hear him trying to pull in some air through all that snot. He can usually work the snot out to the edge of his nose by rubbing his face fiercely against my shoulder and collar bone. (Oh the things you talk about when you have a child.) I hope his labored breathing sounds worse to me than it is for him. He hasn't let his congestion keep him from being the good, happy baby that he is.