Its been a rough few weeks. Hmmm… actually, its been a rough few months. In summary, at Reid’s six month appointment, his doctor told us that his breathing had been compromised by all of the colds and coughs that he’d been suffering through at daycare. He had inflamation in his lungs and was wheezing. As parents, we made the tough decision to pull him out of daycare and find him a nanny. For several weeks, Kevin and I cobbled up half days here and there along with having a few random folks like our housekeeper to watch him in December. In January, he had a different nanny and finally in February, we started him off with a nanny share. Because of his breathing issues, we’ve been doing a couple of medications in a nebulizer several times a day with him. He absolutely hates it and it is one of the worst 7-17 minutes of our day. Finally, his wheezing subsided after a couple of months and he was sickness free for about two months. We have been so paranoid and fearful of him getting sick again. Last week, he caught a new cold and his wheezing returned and so did one of his medications that we had stopped.
Anyways, in all of this, I’ve gone back to work full time (I was doing four days until last week) and I’ve had a lot of supply issues while nursing. I told myself that I wouldn’t beat myself up about not being able to provide my child with breast milk. But, you know what… I’m beating myself up. I’m sure the stress isn’t helping any.
I seem to just be trying to get through each day and trying to get to bed ASAP. Today, I decided to do something for myself and just surf the web… or iTunes and Amazon, that is. I stumbled upon this website that just made me smile. So, I thought I’d share it. It is just a reflection on some of the little things in life that are awesome, but, we may not think to appreciate them.
The author has a book too!
