Hot Mac n Cheese and a "Mommy Freak out"!

This weekend started off great. Although Brylee came down with a fever Friday, I really thought it was nothing to worry about. I just assumed it was teething. Saturday morning we woke up and she was still feeling a little feverish so we just gave her some Tylenol. Ben was supposed to go play softball but he decided to stay home with us under the circumstances. I made pancakes that morning and this was Brylee's first time to try them and she wanted no part of them :( So I squashed up a banana for her. (She loves bananas!) But again, wanted no part of those either. I just figured she wasn't hungry.

Later on that evening, Ben and I decided it was a genius idea to go out to eat! She was fussy as we were getting ready to leave but she had not napped well all day so I assumed she was just tired and by the time we got to the restaurant she would be asleep. (There I go again with that "assume" word. You know what they say about that!) Well we got to the restaurant and what do you know, she was not asleep. This dinner ended up being anything but peaceful. Usually we can find something to pacify her but nothing worked! After ordering, Ben tried to walk around with her and get her to sleep but nope, wasn't happening. We got our food and Ben told me to go ahead and eat. So I started eating as fast as I could (ah joys of mommyhood). I started eating so fast that I had no idea how hot the macaroni and cheese was going to be until I got it into my mouth and panicked. I mean jeez, I'm out in public. Had I been at home I would have very rudely just spit it back out on my plate. I tried to just play it cool (no pun intended) and open my mouth a little to try and cool it off that way but that wasn't working. So I just had to do the ole "wipe my mouth with a napkin" trick and spit it out. My tongue was scorched AND I ended up not finishing my food so that Ben could hurry up and eat and we could get out so the poor people around us could enjoy a nice quiet meal. Ben's a very quick eater so he was done in no time. Brylee was burning up by this time and I had already given her some tylenol. We got her out to the car and I decided to sit in the back with her. That's when I started freaking out a little. Brylee was just staring at me. Her eyes looked horrible and she was acting really strange. She wouldn't even hardly move. We didn't even get out of the parking lot before I had to make Ben get in the back with her. I was just too scared. I asked Ben if we needed to go to the hospital. He told me to go on home and we could give her a cool bath and what not. Then I looked in the rearview mirror and saw him looking closely at Brylee. That's when I really freaked out when he said, "Yeah, let's go on to the hospital." He started to see all these red dots on her skin. So it became apparent that her fever had really spiked. I cranked up the air to get her to cool off and right away she started acting a little more normal and her skin started clearing up. We ended up going on home, giving her some Motrin, pumping her full of cold Pedialyte, and giving her a cool bath (which she hated by the way! I hope that it didn't scar her because she absolutely loves bathtime!)

I guess this was my first real "mommy freak out" moment and I didn't handle it as well as I would have liked! But seeing my baby girl look like that was so hard to handle! I'm hoping next time, I'll do a lot better! So thankful Ben was there. He did great! She is still feverish today so I will be taking her to the doctor first thing tomorrow.