Child-rearing

[ladyjanelly]

There's a disadvantage to raising a kid of a different race than me.

I have failed my Kendra by lack of knowledge.

When I went to wake her up on Thursday her face was swollen.  One eye almost shut and the tip of her nose and her lips.  Like bad-swollen.

We tried benedryl.  We tried Ibuprofin.  We tried Blistex.  

Nothing helped.

Today while Sam and I were out at a cookout/armor building thing she called her grandmother.

Apparently that's how Kendra reacts to sunburn.

I feel like a bad mommy. 

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[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Oh, heh. as a new friend, I feel I should mention that Kendra turns 20 in a month and has been living with us for a little less than 2 yrs.

But yeah. It is tricky. Even she didn't know what was going on. We got her a bike recently and she's riding to her friend's. I'm guessing the position of the sun and the little visor on her helmet just exposed her left side and nose and mouth.

She's been sunburned before but not on her face. This swelling stuff is new. Her grandmother said ice and a baking soda paste and that's helping a lot. She's almost back to normal.

Kind of glad we didn't have to take her to a doctor for a relatively minor sunburn though.

Rambling is all good. :) I'll take all the help I can get.