It's Wednesday and I am not feeling so Grandioso (is that how you spell that? hmmm). It is going to be a rough day in the daycare. Not only do I have the pee brigade marching in at 8:30, but I have a child who will need breathing treatments every 4 hours and one who needs a stool sample (hmm...not sure what this consists of) for the pediatrician. It is shaping up to be a horrendous day and all I can do is Chin Up, Chest Out and Keep moving forward. No whining..yep!
My life is about giving to others, and meeting their needs. Often times this means I take a backseat to everyone else. I don't mind this really, obviously I set my life up myself, so it is what I do best. On days like today though, when I feel yucky and wish to crawl back into bed, it would be so nice if I had a little less giving to do. A little selfishness would feel good about right now.
R.J. woke me at 5:20 and gave me two pain pills (extra strength mega mega midol), bless him..because he knew I was in pain. He kissed me goodbye and then a few minutes later, I received his daily reminder that he loves me and a hope that my day is good. I'll be doubting that YUCK!! but thanks honey.
Enough whining already...so yesterday went rather well. Little H, who refused the potty up until last week, had a terrific day with only two accidents. At one time he looked at me and said "I need to pee"..(smile big here) and I said..."Go!! Run H" and he did. I did not accompany him to the bathroom. He peed, washed his hands and came to me for his high fives. I sent him back to get his star sticker, which I had placed strategically where he could reach them. The goal is complete independent potty time, and folks this is as close as that gets.
As for Little M, she did not fare as well. She pees on command, but also every few minutes in her panties. So much in fact, that mom 2 picked her up to see the pediatrician to rule out a bladder infection (which she did not have). Today I will concentrate on making sure she stays as dry as possible, perhaps taking her every 20 minutes, instead of 30. Time consuming dealio, but necessary in the training of a child. The goal is for her to experience success, more often than failure and for her to learn the signals her body is giving out right before she pees, this is not a simple task when you are two.
I had one child in the daycare T , who came in yesterday wheezing up a storm. His mom advised me of this, but failed to give him a breathing treatment at home before arrival (she is out of his meds). Now he has asthma, and what parent lets their asthmatic child run out of asthma medicine? Hmm. I kept him calm as to not trigger an attack and that was the best I could do for him. Yikes!
Asthma still kills folks, and for me that is a scary notion.
C was absent due to his asthma and will bring his treatments in today for me to administer. I don't mind giving breathing treatments, and allowing parents to go back to work. In our area, we have a lot of children with lung problems, not sure why that is, but it sure is. It does present me with a new set of problems in monitoring these children's ability to breathe and participate in different activities. Being a family home, I can cater my activities to their needs, just the way I like to do it.
The girls seem okay at this moment, but who knows what will happen next. Spring is here and everything is blooming, so I am expecting major allergy problems out of all the children. This means more sneezing, runny noses and coughs. More trying to figure out who is too sick to be at daycare and what activities can they do that will not make them feel worse. Yikes folks.
Well I am going to get up and get this day started. Hope your hump day goes well. Mine is off to a rough start, but hopefully it will improve dramatically.
Have a great day!
Love and be loved!
peace :) shemelts
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