A new day has begun!! It is very early, and I am exhausted from last night. Last night I learned my 11 month old cannot take ANY cold medicine. 1am......AHHHHHHHHHH....AHHHHHHHHHH.....over and over again. I got up. Changed her pants, and rocked her back to sleep. 3am....same thing!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH Okay, get up, get her a bottle, change her, feed her, rock her back to sleep. Just as I put her in bed, she pops right up...Smiling, laughing, clapping. On no, I think to myself. She is wide awake. I grab her nookie, and head into my bed with her. I snuggle down in my bed, her in my arms. I was so excited, she was still, and quiet. I start to doze off, and right then....SMACK accross my forehead!! She just cracks up. I however, DO NOT...I try and ignor it. I tell her NO! We lay still again. WHAP!!!! Right in my nose... NO NO I say, and try to fall asleep. We lay still.. She finally falls asleep.....I think.... I doze off.
My husband gets up to use the washroom. It is about 4 am or so. I ask him to put her in her bed. He takes her down the hall.
It was not even enough time for me to doze back off again, and she was yelling. It was then I realized that it was the medicine. My son has the same trouble, so I should have seen this coming. I have just been so desperate to have these kids be able to breath, and get somewhat better. It was a lesson I needed to be reminded of why I do not really care for kids meds, and choose to try and stay a head of the germs. I know..I know...IMPOSSIBLE!!
Well sickness or not, never again will my daughter see medicine before bed. Oh, and she was wide awake to start the day at 6am. I however, AM NOT!!!! My son is always up early, so you can imagine what my morning has already consisted of. Please do not get me wrong, I love my kidos, and love taking care of them when they do not feel well. I do not enjoy crabby wake up calls every single hour of the night.
This is the third sick day for my son in a row. Did I mention that it is very early?? How old are kids supposed to be when they learn to tell time? We have already watched morning shows, danced to crocadile doc, eaten breakfast, well, we have thrown breakfast all over the kitchen floor, so momma has to sweep it up, and then danced some more. We have taken tubbies, and splashed all over the bathroom floor so that momma has to mop that up. We combed our hair, and brushed our teeth, while spitting blue toothpaste all over the sink, so that momma has to wipe that up. Of coarse it would not be morning with out the spray of water that mysteriously appears while brushing our teeth, so that momma gets to clean that off.
Am I alone here? I know all you mommas have had these days...
Today I will pray for patience. Please grant me patience. Please may I have patience??? Did I get it yet? It doesn"t feel like it. Please God- I need some patience!! But soon. I cannot wait patiently today. Not for patience. Did I say please?
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Has no one ever told you not to pray for patience? You are learning patience by being tried again and again throughout the night, as you care for your little ones. The next time they are sick, you will be a little more patient. However, it is NEVER something that will be accomplished. Ongoing, learning process.
ReplyDeleteYou're a wonderful mother. Things will be better soon.
(By the way, congrats on your award!)