Life with children is never boring. Life with children is full of all kinds of surprises. Like today, I went to a women's meeting at church over lunch. The boys came along. Did I get much out of the gathering... no... but I still made the effort to go. Eli had a diarrhea poopy diaper, Isaac accidentally missed the toilet and peed all over the floor, Eli refused to nurse or nap, Isaac bounced all over on a big ball the whole time. Never a dull moment.
My days and nights since Friday have been long. I had a list of things to do, and that list got pushed aside. Everything on my list moved to the back burner as I cared for my baby boy. Fevers of 103-104, screaming in pain from his ears and tummy trouble from the antibiotic. Very little sleep for baby and myself. My other two were as understanding as a 4 and 6 year old can be. Eli only wanted Mommy. So that is what he got... Mommy. At times I felt like screaming myself. 2am with a crying baby is hard ... hard for Mommy and baby. We slept great last night, except the massive wind storm kept waking me up. At least Eli slept better, and that is better for everyone.
I like to plan, and most of the time plans work great. But there are times that they just have to be pushed aside. Slowly I am getting the house back in order after a long weekend of doing nothing except washing clothes covered in puke. It will probably take all week to get back on track. But Eli is back on track and that is what is most important.
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