Hives

On Thursday night, we noticed a bit of a rash starting just above her diaper on her belly and also on the upper part of her thighs. We didn't think too much of it as she has had some similar breakouts before. On Friday morning, Justin headed off to work shortly after Paige woke up and was still in her one-piece fleece pj's. I unzipped her pj's to change her into her outfit and she was covered in hives. Almost her entire body was red except for her face and hands. It was pretty scary to look at. I waited until 8am and then called her pediatrician. Luckily, they could get us in at 10am. Sure enough, the doctor confirmed it was hives and it's viral so there really isn't any treatment. They recommended Claritin as it might help with the swelling. She was acting fine and had no temperature. On Saturday she started with a temp, but nothing ever higher than 100. She wasn't even itching at it.

I feel bad posting this picture because it looks so much worse than it really was, but part of the purpose of this blog is to use as a reference as she gets older and we forget stuff. I already regret waiting until she was a year old to start a blog. It's amazing how quickly we forget some of her milestones.
On Friday night, it started moving up and onto her face. But as of today (Monday) you can barely tell at all that she had it. Her legs are still a little pink, so I warned daycare not to freak out when they changed her diaper!