AS you all know, I babysit cousin Jessica's two girls so she can go to school. Wellllll.....since they are together so often when they're sick we get sick and when we get sick they get sick. It was there turn this time...I think...M got a cold and then they did, then once everyone was better...Jodi got a fever, they went to the doctor, Jodi had a double ear infection and charlotte had one ear infected. Then a couple days later it hit M (right over the weekend of course). She got a fever on Thursday night and wouldn't sleep more than an hour...I was up with her every time and eventually sent J to the couch so M and I could be awake, or asleep, without interrupting him so he could actually work in the morning. Then she had a fever throught the weekend, but we didn't want to take her to the doctor cuz it would be and ER visit and her fever only got to 102 (which is miserable enough). So, Monday afternoon I took her in and the doctor confirms it: a double ear infection. Anyhow she seems to be feeling better today...after four days of crying, wanting to be held, pushing me away, only wanting dad, then only wanting mom...then just wanting bear and blanket....eh! not much fun! So here I am. School seems to be going well enough, and J is still enjoying his job...not the mud though!! We had the best weather yesterday, I think the high was almost 70!!! I had the door open to the house for awhile! but, of course, today we are back to winter and we're forecasted for up to 5 inches of snow by the end of the day....oh well..it was nice to have the one day! Love you all!! I'm gonna work on my schoolwork now....bleh!
Ok. So, we've talked to M about strangers a bit, telling her to be safe and what not. A couple of times she brings it up when we say no she can't do something and she says "because there are stangers?" or some such. We haven't talked about it recently, but apparently the message stuck: We were at Wal-Mart, had just finised checking out and J went to use the restroom and M wanted to get a drink from the water fountain -I was still a few steps behind, so M said "Mom will you come a little bit closer?" and I said yes, and she continued "because you wouldn't want a stranger to grab me." I smiled and said "No I wouldn't like that." And she said "You would say 'oh no! someone has taken my child!" At which point I couldn't help but laugh and tell her how much I loved her.
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