One sick kid, or mom, not sure which......

Dr. says that Carter has an ear infection in both ears. Looks like we caught them early, but are bad enough to warrant a round of antibiotics. Along with the ear infections, and probably the cause of them as well, is a terrible upper respiratory infection. I tend to be too sensitive about these types of issues and take his illnesses personally. Like it was something that I did or didn't do that caused him to get sick. Did I take him outside and not bundle him up enough, was he outside for too long in the cold, did I cause him to get sick by running the warm humidifier too much, or is it my fault because we did too many playgroups with other kids. Now I grapple with what to do to prevent this from occurring again or if there is even anything different that I should do. Do the benefits of having him socialize with other kids outweigh the negatives of the constant germ passing? Oh what I wouldn't give to be a man. To just make a decision and worry about the consequences later. To lay my head down to sleep, and my brain actually shut down. I'm not sure who is really worse off, now that I am reading what I have written, me or Carter. And just in case you weren't sure, that is a rhetorical question :)

He's Ready for Star Search

How Sweet!

These days, Carter has found joy in playing with a flashlight in the evenings. We occasionally will turn down the lights and let him flash the flashlight around the house as a wind down activity before we put him down for the night. Needless to say, he treasures his flashlight.

This morning, I packed Carter up and told him we were off to do a little Christmas shopping. He insisted that the flashlight came along for the ride. As I was driving, he again asked where we were going and when I told him once again that we were going shopping to buy presents for Christmas, he asked, "presents for me?" In which I responded with a list of people we had to buy for and said that maybe we would get him a present as well if he was good. Then, he asked "Will we get a present for you?" When I told him no we were shopping for other people, he said "I'm sorry mommy, here you have my flashlight." Seems so silly I know, but to me it meant a lot especially since I knew how much his flashlight meant to him. I had to blog this in hopes that I will find a way to save all the blogs I have created thus far, and keep the memories of special moments such as this one.