On Being a Parent or Going with the Flow

One thing I have learned since becoming a parent is that plans will change within a short period of time. Yesterday I was getting ready to go down to Baltimore for the Boogie Knights concert and today I am home with Caroline who is very congested this morning.

Since she is getting over bronchitis, we decided that would be wise not to expose her to any more germs. So Peter and Ariel are off to the concert and a few other things we had planned while Caroline takes it easy for the weekend so she will be ready for school on Monday. Also I can administer her breathing treatments in a timely fashion if we are home.

Parenting is the fastest way I know to learn how to be unselfish. Once you have a kid, then you are responsible for the health and well-being of that child. And sometimes what you would like to do is does not mesh with what is needed. So you put the child first.

I am lucky that my husband believes in being even handed in childcare. He has taken care of a sick and sniffy Caroline so I can get more sleep or get errands done. He has been up with her very late at night when she needs a parent. He makes it possible for me to take sometime off from being Mommy.

So it is going to be just Caroline and me for a bit. If she is feeling better, I will probably take her to see Madagascar II. But right now she is snuggled up with me and kind of vegging right now.

I am grateful that Peter and Ariel will able to go to the concert.