Quarantined!

So last Monday Jeremy and I enjoyed a lovely break at a local cafe with my friend Emma and her girls, including her youngest, Chiara, who is 5 days younger than JJ. Emma and I conversed over our hot drinks while our toddlers (yes, they're sadly not babies any more) merrily chased each other around the room with teaspoons. Chiara was in the throes of an ear infection so not really herself, poor thing, but they had fun anyway. Unfortunately later in the week poor Emma discovered that not only did her little miss have an ear infection, she also had the measles!

So we got JJ vaccinated as soon as we got back to Auckland from our trip down to Palmerston North, but there's still a chance he could come down with the measles, so the Immunisation Advisory Centre and Auckland Regional Public Health Service said no daycare for us until the incubation period (a fortnight) is over.

Luckily another of JJ and Chiara's little friends, Daniel, was in exactly the same boat, so Daniel's mum Felicity and I are sharing babysitting duties this week and the two boys are having a grand old time together in 'quarantine' this week.

Today, for instance, we all went for a walk (no buggy - I had left mine at home, and Daniel's was in Felicity's car I think - so I wore them both, they had a great time playing boo with each other over my shoulders!):


We stopped at the park, where they had a lovely time on the swings:


After morning naptime we had lunch and made a big mess, so we all cleaned up together:



Then we went outside for an explore and some climbing:


Two days down, two to go! And blessedly, no measles symptoms for either of them yet (touch wood!)