Mommy Guilt

While I was pregnant, I got advice from everyone. My family, co-workers, even strangers at the mall. I listened to pretty much everything they had to say, having never been pregnant before and having no freakin' clue about anything! While we talked about everything from hormones to butt paste, one topic that was never mentioned was mommy guilt. This is the guilt that a mother feels about EVERYTHING having to do with her child. Where is this coming from you may ask? Well, Gracie and I have been home together sick since Wednesday. Daycare called Tuesday afternoon and told me that Gracie was running a fever. David went to pick her up and we were informed that there had been a cough going around the infant room. Splendid. Wednesday morning we took her temperature and she still had a slight fever and was coughing like a one pack a day smoker. I called work and the pedi. Grace was sick yet again.



We went to the doctor, again. We were there on Monday to check the ears. They were ok. By Wednesday, they weren't. Oh, and she had the beginning stages of RSV, a wicked scary respitory virus. Great, more antibotics. I talked to the doctor about my concerns; this is the third antibiotic my child has been on in the past 3 months. If you know me, I'm no hippy but when it comes to my daughter I don't like to see her pumped full of chemicals. The doctor said that because she is in a daycare that she will be sick pretty much all the time, in the winter at least. Great. Her advice, taking her out of her mega big daycare center and putting her in an at home daycare with fewer kids. Dave and I are looking into that!

Despite her illness, Grace has started crawling and Dave caught it on film. Enjoy