Ian was diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday. Obviously, this isn't a good thing. What is a good thing is that it's OKAY. I don't have to worry about who he's been exposed to while sick, I don't have to worry about what to do with him for the next few days while he gets better, I don't have to worry about someone not babying him the way I want him to be babied (babyed? Baby'd?) when he's sick, and I don't have to worry about making my boss angry that s/he has to cover me for a week while I'm out with a sick child. Yeah, my kiddo being sick isn't fun, but it really doesn't do much to change our lives. I'm still home with him, I'm still the one making sure his needs are met, and I'm the one who is adapting our schedule to fit what he is able to do (which, until today, was pretty much just lay on the couch).
I love that I don't have to feel guilty and figure out my priorities. We don't have a lot of money and we struggle from time-to-time, but so what? At the end of the day, my son knows that no matter what Mommy will come running, Mommy will fix his boo-boos, and Mommy has the cuddles when he doesn't feel well. It's easy to make myself think I'm not "doing" anything when I stay at home. But it's times like these when I realize how important my role really is to our family, and it makes me feel good that I can do it (and that, most days, I LOVE doing it).
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Jammie day
I am sooo behind on the blogging. I really had this big plan to become some great blogger, with pictures, and family news and all that fun stuff. Even planned to split this blog up into the "main" family blog, a nutrition/"green" one, and my place to vent. Trying to figure out how/when to transfer the baby blog over here. Maybe if I would spend a few minutes being productive rather than doing silly things like play games on Facebook, I would get it done. :/
Anywho, we've had a long week here! Saturday was spent in the ER where we found out that little man had croup...again. We spent the next few days lounging around, even missing church and our 5K Stop Children Trafficking walk (Hazen still went, we bought the shirts, but it was still a bummer!). The doctor assured us Ian would be past his contagious stage in time to go to school on Tuesday, but unfortunately he just was not feeling well and we slept in until 9:00 (he goes to school at 8:30). So he missed his first day of the year, though I don't expect it will be his last.
Today was Jammie Day at school. We had a jammie day last month, and the kid REFUSES to wear his pajamas to school. He just tells me over and over "No. Pants and shirt to school. Pants and shirt." So, he didn't wear his jammies. Again. I even packed a pair in his backpack thinking he might change his mind when he saw the other kids wearing their jammies. There were only 4 or 5 wearing theirs, and that wasn't enough to convince him. I don't know if the other parents just don't read their calendars, or if the other kids don't get the concept of wearing pajamas to school either. Maybe it's half and half? Regardless, I'm sure I'll get a reminder to read my calendar when I pick him up. If it were up to me, he'da worn his dinosaur jammas today. But it's becoming clear that less and less is up to me, so pants and a shirt it was. ;)
Anywho, we've had a long week here! Saturday was spent in the ER where we found out that little man had croup...again. We spent the next few days lounging around, even missing church and our 5K Stop Children Trafficking walk (Hazen still went, we bought the shirts, but it was still a bummer!). The doctor assured us Ian would be past his contagious stage in time to go to school on Tuesday, but unfortunately he just was not feeling well and we slept in until 9:00 (he goes to school at 8:30). So he missed his first day of the year, though I don't expect it will be his last.
Today was Jammie Day at school. We had a jammie day last month, and the kid REFUSES to wear his pajamas to school. He just tells me over and over "No. Pants and shirt to school. Pants and shirt." So, he didn't wear his jammies. Again. I even packed a pair in his backpack thinking he might change his mind when he saw the other kids wearing their jammies. There were only 4 or 5 wearing theirs, and that wasn't enough to convince him. I don't know if the other parents just don't read their calendars, or if the other kids don't get the concept of wearing pajamas to school either. Maybe it's half and half? Regardless, I'm sure I'll get a reminder to read my calendar when I pick him up. If it were up to me, he'da worn his dinosaur jammas today. But it's becoming clear that less and less is up to me, so pants and a shirt it was. ;)
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