We're sick.
All of us.
Me, David and Coleman and it STINKS!
So last night, Coleman woke up around 3:30 am
SCREAMING
and wouldn't take his pacifier, which is normally why he
wakes up crying late at night. He seemed frantic and
I was completely stumped as to what to do.
I knew he probably had a plugged nose and couldn't breath with his paci in,
or he had a sore throat and wanted me to fix it
but both are a hard thing for me to do anything about with a 5 month old.
All of a sudden I remembered what my mom used to do for me
when I was sick and couldn't sleep late at night.
So, I took him in the bathroom, turned on the shower to HOT
and we sat in the steam.
All three of us.
And sat.
At first he was crazy and frantic and crying so hard
but before long, he began to calm down,
enough so that I could feed him
and then that calmed him down even more.
And I thought, THANK YOU MOM!!!
Thank you for staying up late with me at night
when you were SOOOO TIRED,
because now I know what that's like
and thank you for always knowing just what to do
to make a little sicky feel better
and thank you for teaching me
what to do when my little sicky needs to feel better
Because last night,
I was able to help him and I knew what to do
because you did it for me so many times years ago
and I could feel the love you had for me,
because of the love I have for him.
And now, I feel like
I am REALLY a mom.
4 comments:
All of your lungs were probably plugged due to the excessive saw dust fluttering through your home.
You have a great memory to remember what your mom did with you. I know my mom took really good care of me but for the life of me I can't remember what she did. Every time Shane and I are sick I'm stumped as to what I medicine I should take...
I'll love you forever ... my brittany you'll be...... Welcome to the "giving" of motherhood. It's worth it all!!! I hope lil Coleman does better tonite. I hope he doesn't have croop.
I remember the first time I felt like I was a mom, it was when Corban pooped like crazy in his highchair and brought it up on his tray and was playing with it.
Coleman is lucky to have such a great mom. It always stinks when the little guys are sick, and it stinks even more when you are sick too! I hope you are all on the mend by now...
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