Thanks, Doc

Well, this mama is headed back to work in less than 2 weeks.  Aside from crying and pouting like a big baby over it, and possibly having a grown up tantrum - I have made peace with it.  We found a childcare center that we absolutely love, and for what we are being charged, they will be loving us back, and as my wonderful man so rightly put it; "They had better be using 14kt gold wipes to wipe our son's butt." Or fresh dollar bills.


Reggie had his first round of vaccinations last week, and we had the pleasure of sitting in the waiting room for an hour and a half!  This is what happens when you schedule an appointment a week before school starts, and all parents are rushing in for last minute whooping cough vaccines.  Thanks, parents.  Who in the world waits until the very last moment to take care of something so important?  Ahem...looking away from a mile high stack of insurance forms to my left, and yes, I just ordered a copy of my daughter's birth certificate from the Department of Records, after 13 years.  Pot, meet kettle.


Anyhow, speaking with baby's pediatrician about heading back to work she promptly asks me what I do for a living.  After hearing what my job is, she tells me to bathe myself in hand sanitizer every day before I touch my child, and to stay away from all kids who haven't been vaccinated, and to expect my son to be sick at least once a month, and "Goodluck with that."


Hmph! Could she be any more of an ass?  As right as she is, really - no matter what it is you do for a living, if you work with the public, or even step out of your house for that matter, you are exposing yourself to all kinds of bacteria and pathogens, and words to describe these things that are hard to pronounce.  If anything, I firmly believe working with little ones for over 12 years now has bolstered my immune system to superhero proportions.  Who has two thumbs and does not need a flu shot? This lady. I am immersing myself (unintentionally) in all sorts of germies on a daily basis, and fighting off most illnesses just fine.  I know this year is going to be a doozie for us, and little man will be fighting off lots of interesting strains of this and that, and you know what.  However, this is a part of life - and he's a healthy strong baby. Being exposed to germs and bacteria are just going to happen, and his little body will adapt and begin to fight them off  like the human body is built to do.  At least, this is my hope and prayer.  Or I could just send him to childcare in one of these...


Catch me later when I am buried under a mountain of Kleenex and a fussy baby in two month's time.  My opinions may have changed, and you know what they say about opinions.