We'll call it SCUM

This is unfortunate to report... Elaina had to go to the doctor today. For the past two weeks she has had little hard bumps on her knees and they recently began to appear on her hands and feet. I was concerned where they were coming from and why they weren't going away. She gets a bath every other night and wears pajama pants and long sleeves to bed every night. I couldn't bring myself to believe that they were bug bites. My grandma suggested that they looked like little warts. I didn't want to believe that either. Ugh. But, grandma's usually know their stuff - and my grandma was right. Elaina has about 10 teensy, little warts.

Upon Elaina's visit, the doctor confirmed that Elaina had presented a classic case of Molluscum Contagiousum. What ? We'll just call it scum ! How did my perfect angel get scum ? It turns out that it just spreads as a virus, a virus from the pox family of viruses and has nothing to do with being dirty and no way to prevent it. The only way to get over it , is to get through it. There's no treatment available and it just has to run it's course. Usually it can be itchy (Elaina doesn't seem to be bothered) and it can last between 3 and 8 months.

That's a crummy - scummy thing for a baby !! Let's hope that she is on the mild end and she'll get over it very soon !