HFM Disease

O has been struck with a case of hand-foot-mouth disease. This is the first time either of the boys have had it and so I wasn't familiar with the symptoms. When we noticed O wasn't drinking anything we knew something was going on because he is a large beverage consumer. Then we noticed he had what looked like blisters on his diaper-area, hands, feet and in his mouth. He is miserable! Poor baby is crying a lot, won't eat, hardly drinks and wants to be constantly held. Today we have been able to get fluids down him by using a medicine syringe. So now that he's not dehydrated we're not as worried, just tired from all the crying and miserableness. Thankfully, E has been home a lot so we can take shifts with him.