I had one today. Ella is sick again, she has a virus that is causing a painful cough, pink eye and lots of gas/tummy pains. She is crying, having a lot of seizures and just seems uncomfortable. Things are hard right now. I understand that this will pass and she will get better, but when Ella gets sick I worry. We were in the doctor’s office for the 2nd time this week, Ella was coughing and crying and I was trying to calm her. There was a woman in the office that was staring over her magazine. I tried my usual tricks to get her to stop staring–smiling at her and staring back–it didn’t work. Finally, I looked right her and said “Hello, how are you?” (not in a nice voice.) She looked at me like I was crazy said “Hello,” stopped staring and returned to her magazine. I know that I should have handled this better. I feel terrible when I act out, it does no good for anyone involved. I get flushed and flustered, Ella feels my emotion, stiffens up and cries more and I am sure that the women in the office didn’t think twice about what happened.
Ella is doing ok–she is on nebulizer treatments for the slight wheezing in her lungs and Tylenol helps with the painful cough. What can they give a Mommy that is feeling a little bitchy? Chocolate?
sending the three of you some positive vibes from the mountains of wv!!!!!!!!
ugh, sorry she’s sick…and…you’re allowed to be bitchy…it’s not fun having sick kids, so people shouldn’t be so rude to you…yeah, chocolate is good, beer and/or wine work well, massages, naps…hope tomorrow’s a better day!
Chocolate AND wine.
There’s a few other things I can think of, too… hmmm… 😉
Love you, hang in there, Supermama.