Flu Update

Since Payton tested positive flu, we didn't do much over the weekend.  I mean she has the flu, right?  I know I should be knocking on some wood right now because I don't want to jinx myself, but if the way she was acting this weekend was because of the flu then she had a really mild case.  In fact, at one point this weekend, Derek and I looked at each other like, "Really, she has the flu?"  I think that because she had the flu mist,we caught it early, and started Tamiflu immediately, she avoided any physical effects of the flu.  Don't get me wrong, this is the best case that we could ever hope for as parents.  However, it was a little rough keeping her in the house all weekend.  I think everyone went a little stir crazy.

Also, over the weekend Payton and I had a conversation that took a turn for the worse in my opinion.  She loves to play baby.  This is a game where Derek and I go to college, get married, and then pick out our baby (her) and take her home.  In the car this weekend Payton was talking about the baby game.  The conversation went like this:

P:  Are babies born with clothes on?

Me:  No, they are born naked.

P:  So, the doctor told you when I was born that I was a girl?

Me:  No, remember I told you when you were in mommy's tummy the doctor had that special camera that could see into mommy's tummy and she told us we were having a girl.

P:  How did the doctor know I was a girl?

Me:  (Long pause and thinking how did the conversation end up here.)  Well, the doctor just knew.

P:  But how did she just know?

Me:  (Okay.... how to proceed)  Well, she just did.  (Total cop out, I know).

P:  But how?

Me:  (Seriously, what I am going to say?  Do I want to tell about a penis as opposed to a vagina?  No, I can't do that because then she will ask, "What's a penis?"  How do I explain that?  Maybe I can draw her a picture?  NO I CAN'T DO THAT!!!  I would feel like a pervert and it would lead to more questions.  Think, think, think).

Umm, they just know.  That is why they go to medical school.  (Then I quickly changed the subject).



Okay, so I admit that I could have handled that better.  However, I was driving down the road thinking that we were having such an innocent conversation that took a horrible wrong turn.  The good news is that she seemed okay with the answer (for now) that doctors just know the difference.