Mamma Bear's Preschool

Rainy day activity
Trying tangram through Osmo activity
Awesome problem solving happening

Our butterfly unit is coming to an end
What an amazing time we had
This is our project to show the cycle of the butterfly.
We have an egg, a caterpillar, a Chrysalis and butterfly.

Our caterpillars have changed into their chrysalis.
Now it's time to sit and wait to see the Painted Ladies Butterflies.
Looking at our cards of the life cycle of the butterfly
Learning the words
Pupa
Caterpillar
Larva
Chrysalis
Butterfly
Eggs
Metamorphosis
Loving it!

Please be aware of these
I saw this in a Daycare forum from another provider.

We had a little bit of a scary morning today...luckily everything is ok but I wanted to share this so the rest of you are aware.

Evelyn started acting a little weird last night around bed time. She didn't want to stand up after her bath to get into her pajamas. I helped her and got her in bed. She was fussy last night and I ended up sleeping in bed with her all night.

This morning she wouldn't stand at all. She couldn't walk, or crawl, and could hardly use her arms. We took some video to send to family to see if they had any idea what could be going on. We decided to take her into the ER because her symptoms were getting worse, and given Lantz's history with cancer we were quite concerned.

We got into a room quickly, thank God, and were seen almost right away. The doctor talked to us for a minute and said over the past 15 years he had seen about 7 or 8 children her age with identical symptoms and more than likely she had a tick. They looked her over, combed through her hair really well and sure enough found a fat tick hiding in her hair.

This condition is called tick paralysis. It can affect dogs also and can be fatal. I'm glad we took her in and that it wasn't something worse and that we found it before it got worse.

The ticks are out like crazy right now in this area so if your children or dogs start acting a little off, check them thoroughly for ticks!

I feel awful for not having seen the little bu**er sooner but I never would have even thought to look for a tick. It's crazy that a little bug can do this!

We're still in the ER. Now that the tick has been removed, Evelyn should start feeling like herself in a couple of hours. She's enjoying popsicles and watching cartoons ☺ They want to monitor her for a little longer then we can go home

Crazy morning

UPDATE: I didn't realize how widespread this video would end up! So for those of you who don't know us personally, Evelyn is doing much better. It took her until the next morning to start acting like herself again. She is now pretty much completely back to her feisty little self. She complains a lot about her head itching but otherwise she's just fine.

My husband and I are still in shock that this happened to our baby girl and I'm glad we were able to spread some awareness about this. It's not terribly common for this to happen but it's good to be aware that if your children or pets start having weakness in their limbs to look for a tick! The doctor told us that the type of tick that was found on her does not typically carry lyme disease (dog tick) but we are keeping a close eye on her anyway.

"Tick paralysis results from injection of a toxin from tick salivary glands during a blood meal. The toxin causes symptoms within 2–7 days, beginning with weakness in both legs that progresses to paralysis. The paralysis ascends to the trunk, arms, and head within hours and may lead to respiratory failure and death. The disease can present as acute ataxia without muscle weakness"

For more information on Tick paralysis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_paralysis
http://www.cvbd.org/en/tick-borne-diseases/tick-paralysis/human-tick-paralysis/

I'm so thankful that we got her to the doctor quickly before her symptoms got worse and that the doctor in the ER that day had experience with this otherwise who knows how many tests they would have been doing on her trying to figure out what was wrong!

Thank you all for your kind words and support through this crazy time! ♥

UPDATE AGAIN:
We're located in Eastern Oregon USA. Ticks though can be found all over. They're causing all kinds of problems on the east coast of America right now as well

CVBD - Human tick paralysis . Welcome to the CVBD forum homepage

https://www.facebook.com/jaime.cruz.355744/posts/10154184075961695

Maker of Children's Tylenol to plead guilty over recall A manufacturer of over-the-counter infant's and children's liquid medications has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge that it sold products that contained metal particles.

Dr Seuss week
Loving story time
Read one fish two fish red fish blue fish
And the children wanted to make their won fishbowl.
Love ❤️ it

FYI. Everyone please be safe today

Hard to believe in January no snow?

Busy Monday morning at
Mamma Bears Preschool
From ripping papers to seriation of cylinder blocks to classification of pictures of weather to cutting and flower arrangements