This morning, after a 6 a.m. awakening with my slightly feverish 10-month old daughter, I was looking around my kitchen knowing I had to do something that is part of my morning routine, but what was it? Oh yeah, make coffee. You know you're tired when you're too tired to remember to make coffee!
Yesterday I came down with one of those terrible summer colds, and unfortunately my daughter had it too. I decided to have a rare "home" day, but like other Supermom's out there, it consisted of baking cookies, playing outside, making homemade barrettes, putting away five loads of laundry, working on my book, attending a faculty meeting, grading papers, doing dishes, making lunches, letting in the drywall guy, cleaning up my three-year-old's poop, etc., etc., etc. Let's face it, there's no such thing as a sick day for a mom!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Ouch, Stitches!!!
Oh no, not Eithan again! My poor little guy (3) has been in the hospital so many times, but this time it was for stitches.
Grandpa was babysitting and had given him a bath. He then went running full blast on the bathroom floor, slipped and split his chin open on the ceramic tub. Grandpa didn't see any reason to call me and let me know.
When I came home from a session with my therapist and a trip to the craft store, I asked why Eithan wasn't wearing a shirt and he said, "Because he bled all over it." After being home for about 15 minutes, my dad said, "You may want to look at his chin, I put a Band-Aid on it." I had my dad remove the bandage because it freaked me out, and I gasped when I saw the huge gape in his chin.
I then called the pediatricians office and was put on hold for an eternity..."There are four callers ahead of you..........." Arrghh! Finally, I got through to the nurse and she told me to bring him to the children's hospital.
Eithan said he wanted daddy, and my husband Eirik left work to meet us at the hospital. Eithan was such a brave little guy - he didn't even cry when the nurse gave him four stitches on his chin. He was very excited by the Popsicle and all of the stickers he received.
As for mom, I've had better days! There is nothing more heart-wrenching than seeing your child in pain.
Grandpa was babysitting and had given him a bath. He then went running full blast on the bathroom floor, slipped and split his chin open on the ceramic tub. Grandpa didn't see any reason to call me and let me know.
When I came home from a session with my therapist and a trip to the craft store, I asked why Eithan wasn't wearing a shirt and he said, "Because he bled all over it." After being home for about 15 minutes, my dad said, "You may want to look at his chin, I put a Band-Aid on it." I had my dad remove the bandage because it freaked me out, and I gasped when I saw the huge gape in his chin.
I then called the pediatricians office and was put on hold for an eternity..."There are four callers ahead of you..........." Arrghh! Finally, I got through to the nurse and she told me to bring him to the children's hospital.
Eithan said he wanted daddy, and my husband Eirik left work to meet us at the hospital. Eithan was such a brave little guy - he didn't even cry when the nurse gave him four stitches on his chin. He was very excited by the Popsicle and all of the stickers he received.
As for mom, I've had better days! There is nothing more heart-wrenching than seeing your child in pain.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Hold It!
The other day my son Eithan said he had to go potty. I told him, "Can't you just hold it?" He said, "No mommy, I can't find my pee pee to hold." Ahh, boys!
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