Hives & Hello

Well it has been an interesting weekend so far. Yesterday Alex had two major things happen to him! The first thing is that he purposefully waved hello at our friends Lain and Gwen Shahboz. It was so cute! So far he actually flaps his hand and kind of moves it around in a circle instead of wiggling his fingers towards himself like most babies do to imitate what they see.

The other thing that happened is that after getting his dose of Amoxicillin he broke out in to hives all over his body. It completely scared me. After a quick call to the pediatrician we gave him some benadryl and stopped the antibiotic until we see the doctor on Monday morning. It may be that Alex had a slow allergic reaction to it. It turns out that my sister is severally allergic to Amoxicillin and she had a slow reaction, having taken it several times, before she reacted too. My mother is also allergic to Penicillin. So maybe Alex inherited these allergies. Poor baby though. It's so horrible to see him covered in tiny red spots all over his body including the tips of his little toes!