Eventually, we put her in the bathtub to rinse off. It didn't take us long to see that her skin was a bold, bright red everywhere that the cinnamon touched. We had no idea she is allergic to cinnamon! We felt like such horrible parents because we let it stay on her skin for so long--more than twenty minutes. About an hour later, the redness went away.
Cinnamon hasn't seemed to affect her when she eats a little bit of it, but we think that we'll back off it for awhile before we let her try some again. From what we've been able to read, some children grow out of their mild allergy to cinnamon. With others, it only gets worse with time. Poor girl.
Emily had her 2nd birthday recently. Her two favorite presents were a ballerina costume and a picture book about fruits and vegetables. Special thanks to everyone that brought her a gift. We also had a piñata in the shape of a number 2 that was filled with fruit snacks, mini oreo cookie baggies, fruit roll ups, and the like.
By far, her favorite thing about her birthday was her birthday cake. She's been anticipating it for months. Anytime anyone mentioned anything about a birthday in the past two months, Emily immediately reminded us about her "birfday cake" Rachel decorated the cake herself.
Emily also had her first haircut this weekend. We just had her hair trimmed to even it all out. We were so surprised how much she held still when the stylist was working on it. Good job Emily!
There's not a whole lot of news with Miriam lately. She's so cute and only takes half as much work to take care of as Emily. We'll make sure to have more pictures of her next time.
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