Un [insert expletive] believable! Because we just didn't have enough going on right now! Not only am I leaving for Florida tomorrow to visit my folks, somehow after being isolated for 2 snow days from all other children or people, Tobo has contracted pink eye. From the air apparently. Honestly, it really could be worse and he perked up almost immediately after his first dose of eye drops (you know, torture) so he is definitely on the mend. Still got no nap today, but on these inside days, I think it is really ok to shorten or skip the nap if it helps him sleep through the night. And I didn't feel like such an ogre last night since I let him up into our bedroom for a bit. Now I can pretend that my 6th mommy sense was able to tell he was sick. In reality it was because it had been 3 hours of up and down with him and I was just worn out. What was funny was that after being upstairs for a few minutes he decided our bed was too boring and had no goldfish so he bailed. It feels like the judo version of parenting.
A lot of the advice I got was really helpful. I don't know if it will work with our kid but at least we have options. The main theme I heard though was, "yeah, this is what happens now." That in itself was a relief. Making it feel like his behavior was a tisunami or flood. Act of Nature. I'm not causing it, nor am I able to prevent it from happening. All I can do is hunker down and weather it out. Kind of like our weather in Denver, come to think of it.
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