time for poison ivy and other summer itchyness
Ethan gets it every year, he doesn’t even have to be near it. The wind blows and he gets poison ivy. Then I have to get rid of whatever shirt he’s wearing at the time because no amount of washing will get rid of it! If he just wears that shirt again he’ll catch it all over again. It’s crazy! It’s been that way since he was about 2 years old.
The boy’s dermatologist back in Pennsylvania had told me some people are just super sensitive to poison ivy. My stepfather is another one of those people. I think he might even be more sensitive than Ethan if that’s possible. One summer both he and Ethan had a nice little outbreak of poison ivy while we were all camping together. Ethan thought it was fun that they both had to sit and go through the anti-itch lotion routine a few times a day together and make sure that neither of them missed any of their itchy spots.
Now, here’s the funny part. Ethan will tell you that him and Pap Pap are poison ivy sensitive, because “duh, we’re related, we’re the sameeeee” ….. He knows that Fred is my stepfather, and he knows that means my parents were divorced, but somehow in his mind this statement still makes perfect sense. Someday I’m sure he’ll connect the dots and realize that it doesn’t, but for now it’s just cute.
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June 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Sorry to hear he’s so sensitive. My oldest got poison oak once and she was miserable beyond belief.
It’s cute that he sees it as something to share with Pap-Pap
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June 11th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Ethan’s relationship with your stepfather sounds precious.
My son is not nearly as sensitive to poison ivy as yours, but once he gets it, it is impossible to get rid of. And it seems that no matter how hard we try to make sure none is in the yard, the tiny bit was manage to miss, our son seems to find and get into!!!!!