You know, I hear a lot of nonsense from the anti-natural birth and anti-breastfeeding camps about how women don’t get medals for: giving birth without drugs, surviving the pain, giving birth at home, breastfeeding through difficulties, etc. The hell with all that; I never wanted or needed medals to do those things, because they were better for me and my babies. I didn’t need a plaque, trophy, or medal to reward me: our health and happiness was the reward.
Not everything is so inherently rewarding, however.
That overheating-related puking Tank experienced at Disney World? Yeah…might not have been solely overheating, as evidenced by the last 36 hours of illness that Babypie and Officer Daddyman have been experiencing. Could be two different puking viruses, as the incubation period seems awfully long and Babypie has been running a fever, whereas Tank (my fever-runner) did not, but it might be the same.
What I really wanted to do was call off homeschooling for another two days, since I’ve been holding and nursing a sickly baby, cleaning up said sickly baby, or washing clothes, sheets, and towels generated by that same sickly baby. I do not want to helpfully sit down with Captain Science and talk about Essay Town or correct his math or keep tabs on his time management. Because I’m made of awesome (well, because we took the previous week off for Disney World), we’ve been doing school work anyway. I’m not checking over his work with my usual vim, vigor, and haste, but we’re slowly plodding through it. Luckily, Tank has been more than happy to help me indulge Babypie in some Dinosaur Train after she threw up on her own feet and my clothes a second time.
You know what I want a medal for? THAT: Homeschooling with baby puke on my pants.
How come nobody ever says, “You don’t get a medal for homeschooling with baby puke on your pants?” when we homeschooling moms manage it anyway? Because THAT is actually quite hard and unrewarding, and getting a prize at the end would be really motivating.
I should also note that I started this post at 4pm, but Babypie puked on my feet, so it is only just now being posted.
