My Feel Better Trick

Well the past few days have been rough on Brooklynn Rose. She has not felt the greatest and it's always stressful when your little one is sick. Thursday evening I noticed she had a runny nose and a cough starting. Well I gave her some over the counter meds in hopes that it would clear it up. Friday evening she left for her Mimi's in  Meridian and Mimi said her symptoms were still the same. She also gave her over the counter meds through out the weekend. I picked her up on Sunday afternoon and she sounded pretty croupy. I got some different medicine specifically for her runny nose and cough and not just for the general cold symptoms. Well when she woke up Monday morning her nose was dry and she was not coughing. However, when my Mom picked her up after school that day she had clearly gotten worse. Tuesday morning we woke up and went straight to the doctor. The doctor said she mainly had "the crud" and wrote us an antibiotic and something for her allergies. We left the doctor and went straight to the pharmacy to get the meds. I made her take a dose when we stopped for lunch. Well on the way home she threw up ALL in my car. She has not thrown up since she was infant so I was a bit freaked out while she seemed pretty calm. I went into panic/mommy mode very quickly. We pulled over and I stripped her down and cleaned up the car the best I could. Thankfully, we were only a few miles from home.  Once we got home I gave her a bath and put her in her pajamas. We laid up all day and didn't move off  of the couch. That's how I knew she was not feeling well because she NEVER lays on the couch all day. About five that afternoon she started to perk up and went and played in her room for a bit. I gave her another dose of meds and she was off to bed pretty early. Wednesday morning she seemed to be feeling better and was fever free so off to school she went.

If I could have things my way I would have stayed home with her on Wednesday as well. Missing a day of work is so stressful  on my finances. It's sad and overwhelming that missing one day of work can throw a wrench in my whole budget. I normally do okay with the fact that I'm uneducated and make little money. I know I'm in this situation because of the choices I have made but when things like this happen it really punches me in the face that I barely get by. I was also frustrated because her father has not made a child support payment in almost three months and if I knew that money was coming in then I could have afforded to miss another day of work and stay home until my baby was completely well. Like I said,  I normally do well with living on much of nothing because I'm simple and frugal. I do not shop a lot, my child does not ware fancy clothes, we do not have cable, we do not have Internet and I feel like we live a pretty simple life. I like it that way! Brooklynn understands that momma works and that momma works to take care of her and to pay the bills. That does not mean that I don't wish we had more or could afford more and my goal is to go back to school when Brooklynn starts kindergarten. I like the way we live but I do wish that when I need to miss work because of my sick youngin that it didn't stress my finances so bad.  It's been an overwhelming week but I always remind myself of how far I have come and that I have a very loved and happy little girl. Our life is balanced and routine. Brooklynn is happy and productive. I'm at this place in my life just for a season. Things and life are always changing and throwing us new challenges. There will come a day when finances are better for me and I will have a bit more breathing room. I do wish to give Brooklynn the world.. but a world that is reality.

Yesterday evening my mom picked B up from school and took her to Dirt Cheap. Then I met them at Micasita for supper. (thanks mom) After Micasita B and I went home. She seemed to be feeling much better. When she went to Dirt Cheap with my mother she came home with a goodie bag. She had plastic pumpkin, a candy necklace, a pumpkin shirt, some food for Humpty Dumpty and a bag of balloons. I put her in the bath tub and while she was in there I blew up a bunch of balloons and put them all in her room to surprise her and to make her feel better. She got out and loved it! It's those little moments that I cherish the most as a mom. Thankfully she is almost all better and life at our house can get back to normal. Thanks for all the prayers and sweet messages sent our way. Here are a few pics of her balloon fun and her sweet smiling face!