Our Kids

I know my expectations are so high for breastfeeding and healthy eating and probably if I looked at all the info I would get a reality check BUT today I feel like venting. I feel like I go above and beyond making sure the kids eat healthy and that I breastfeed, in return I would like for my kids to NEVER get sick. Okay, I said it, I want them to never get sick, I know that is not reality but if I am going through all this trouble I expect big returns. Probably why I am no longer in corporate america, LOL!

On the flip side of my coin I know that my girls don’t sick as much as other kids and for that I am grateful. But like Jason said when an itty bitty gets sick it just pisses me off. The girls were never sick so I am not used to having an itty bitty sick, I am so helpless. Thank goodness for the moby, she can sleep skin to skin and hopefully I am passing all my good virus butt kicking to her. The other thing that really sucks is that the cough lingers long after the fever has left. So the poor thing will have that rattly cough for a while.

I am grateful that I can still breastfeed her so I know she is being nourished and is not dehydrated but it still really ticks me off. I mean hell we might as well sit around eating fritos (not really). On another note I do see the “gift” in this challenge. I have been struggling with vaccines and such and this might just be my wake up call that I can’t handle it if one of the girls gets a scary, bad disease that could be prevented by vaccines. I know kids will get sick and I need to just “man up” but I will do that later today, for now I am just PO’d.

PS. I know breastfeeding is best, I know I am fortunate to be able to breastfeed, I know that it is a lot easier than bottles/formula (from first hand experience), I guess I just wanted it to be the magic bullet everyone says it is.