Bad Mommy!

It's been a long week. I have been fighting off illness most of the week. On top of that, I felt like the most awful mother. 3 nights ago Caleb woke in the night whining, which in itself is not unusual. When I went to check on him he said his ear hurt, but after patting his back he went back to sleep. At first I thought it possible he was coming down with something, but the next day he was fine and never mentioned any pain; and I didn't see any drainage from his ear. Since he had tubes in I should know if he had an infection, so I thought he must have just wanted to get into bed with us. In my defense, you may remember how he likes to say "I throw up" without really being ill. The next night he was a little moody, and kept waking in the night with an occassional cough. We put him in bed with us thinking again he might be getting a cold. On my way to work the next morning, Greg called to let me know Caleb's ear was draining when he woke and he was complaining of ear pain again. Horrible mother! I could have just looked in his ear. I have learned my lesson rest assure.

I was asked today what my plans for the weekend were. I realized I have no plans, but Caleb has 2 birthday parties to attend. It is pathetic that my 2 y.o. has more of a social life than I. Greg left us this weekend for a guy's weekend of hunting and other manly stuff I guess. Luckily Caleb and I are both starting to recover now, so I hope to have a fun weekend hanging out together.

My poor child obviously doesn't get candy often. He brought some valentine candy home after their party, so we've been letting him try some occasionally. Last week he tried a sucker and said " i don't like this mommy, it's hard". I tried to explain how he should lick the sucker, but he traded it in for some plain m&m's instead. Tonight he tried a sucker again. "I don't bite mommy, I lick it". He finally got the concept and really enjoyed the very blue sucker.