I am the writer/owner of ‘MA! motherhood with attitude.’ The artist/owner of our company, Tiffany, will add her two cents on this blog now and then, as well. Tiffany and I often talk about the struggle to earn a buck through our freelancing as we also try to make the ‘MA! dream’ come true. Our mission is to expose ‘perfect parenting propaganda’ for what it is: hogwash! We adore imperfect parents (and embrace the fact that we are among them.)Good Grief!
Sooooo, it’s been an obscene amount of time since my last post. But, quite honestly, it’s been an obscenely difficult stretch in our household. Again — Mae’s health.
Long story short, the kid had 5 ear infections in two months. FIVE! She had about five healthy, antibiotic-free days in two months. I kid you not. Doctors say that kids are candidates for tubes if they’ve had three infections in four months (I think). Uh, yeah. I got yer candidate right here.
So, yesterday, she got tubes and it’s like we have a different kid at home already! She ate more yesterday AFTER surgery than she typically does in two full days. So, hopefully, she is on the mend.
I should say, hopefully we are ALL on the mend. Because, as any mother knows, if you have a sick kid, it throws everything off. We’ve had a sick kid for two months straight. Some of the repercussions of that reality include: sleep deprivation, inability to take her to daycare, less time for me to work, less money, financial stress, higher medical bills, concern concern concern over her health, constant vigilance for her pain, a pharmacy in our kitchen, inability to do anything on the weekends because she’s always sick or will get sick, annoyed big sisters, worn out parents…
We feel like we’ve been staring at our feet for two months straight, willing them to keep moving slowly forward.
And the irony (or perhaps my karma coming back to git me) is that Delaney and Allie never had a single ear infection between them. So, of course, I was one of those moms who 1) didn’t understand and appreciate the HELL of ear infections and 2) felt a little snobby about my kids’ relative health. Uh, yeah. I guess I got mine, eh?
So, Mae already appears to be turning a corner and I’m like a horse out of a chute! I’m so excited to spend time with her when she’s giggly and attentive and pain-free! Today, we’re going to read books, dance, roll around on the floor, build stuff just to knock it down and, of course, go to Target for the hell of it.
YAY!
Oh my, I feel your family’s pain. I can’t wait for you to kiss 2010 bye-bye! My nephew had tubes and it made all the difference, so hopefully, the universe will see the Chmel-Card household had enough sick days and I wish you a very healthy winter!
Have fun rolling on the floor with your kids, I know plenty of kids whose parents don’t get down on the floor enough, or at all, and pay others to do that for them!
Comment by Stacy Gittleman — November 12, 2010 @ 7:27 amLoved the line about feeling a bit snobby about your kids health! I used to get so annoyed with those Moms that talked about their babies sleeping through the night like it had something to do with what gifted parents they were. But here I am doing the exact same thing with our daughter’s lack of sick days. Aren’t I a good parent? Man, what are all those folks doing to make their kids sick all the time? Of course I would never SAY that . . . wait, I just did.
Comment by Susan — November 12, 2010 @ 10:25 am