Boy, its been a long one for me. We had some unexpected relatives in town the first part of the week, a makeup soccer game on a work night, and a certain little lady in our house has been keeping me up at night. I honestly don't know what has gotten in to her. Usually she is on her schedule by the clock (without any encouragement...she just likes her routine)...but lately getting her to bed has been difficult AND she isn't always quick to go BACK to sleep in the night (that has NEVER been an issue before). To make matters worse, yesterday she started getting a snotty nose and watery eyes too! This is our 3rd runny nose since she was born. We have yet to have to do any doctoring for it...but I still HATE it cause I worry about her breathing etc. Not to mention we still have the thrush! It isn't budging!! And just to top it all off, a mysterious bug bite on my forearm is RED and swollen like a spider bite or something. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?!
So speaking of soccer...I am afraid we might give up on it. Bobby just does NOT like it. He literally STANDS there on the field while all the other kids chase the ball. No amount of bribing, encouragement, or energy-inducing-candy has made a difference. I kept hoping the more we went, the more comfortable he would become with the idea of it all. But no such luck. I don't know if it's just "soccer" that doesn't interest him, whether he just doesn't like the confrontation of fighting with the other kids for the ball, if he isn't going to like sports at all?, or whether he is just too young to care at this point and we should just try again next year? But the main point is...he doesn't like it...he will flat out say that. So I feel guilty even putting him through the misery of standing out there getting yelled at to "GET THE BALL" for an hour two times a week. Even Robby (the most competitive sports nut of them all) just doesn't feel right about the situation. It's funny how almost ALL situations are different than how you imagined them when it's YOUR child. I am sure in his mind he thought he would be so tough with his son, and MAKE him like sports cause that's what boys do. BUT when its your beautiful little boy's eyes looking back at you and you can SEE that his heart isn't in it...NONE of that matters anymore. and the words "whatever you want to do is fine Bobby" comes pouring out of your mouth.
um, u need to call me about the above! give the medicine for the thrush two weeks, do it 4 times a day, and keep using the cream for urself, if it doesnt work, u need a different med. and be paranoid about sterilizing the nipple bottles, pacifier, toys she chews on, etc. And you need medicine for your arm. send me a pic. ok enough of my advice ;)
ReplyDeletei wouldnt make bobby play...i was the same way as a kid, hated soccer! you could try gymnastics, its supposed to be a lot of fun for the little ones.