I like when they are babies and have no idea what the word shots mean.

Brook flipped out…like I am pretty sure she scared every child in that doctor’s office kind of flip out.  Poor thing though had to wait forever once she found out she had to get her shots, so the anticipation was killing her!  I had to hold her down WWF style, so the nurse could give her four shots.  Then after that Blake got three.

Brook Showing Off All Her Band-aids and Stickers - In a Much Happier Mood

Then the doctor informed me that we had to go and her her blood drawn today for testing…Like she wasn’t tortured enough already…but, we did it.  That took three nurses and myself to draw her blood.  I held her, one nurse held her arm, one took the blood and one held Blake.  At least for her it’s only once a year.

Happy Blake...You Would Never Know He Had Three Shots Today

After it was all said and done, I took the kids to Barnes and Noble for a snack at the coffee shop and to buy a book for being so good while getting poked and prodded.  Now they have low grade fevers and feel crummy, but hopefully this will in the long run keep them healthy.

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I blame myself for these fits…

See, I think my brain shuts off at 7pm, like it wants to check out for the night, but since this job is 24/7 I can’t quite do that.  Unfortunately, my emotions get the best of me, so I tend to loose it around this time.  Tonight she wouldn’t brush her teeth and take her medicine.  Bribery wasn’t working and the punishments weren’t working…so I did the only thing I knew, which was get pissed off.  I know, I’m the adult and I know that I should have a more calm demeanor, but I ended up brushing her teeth for her which she hated and after her spitting out the medicine twice, Travis came in to make sure the medicine went in…not fun.

So now she’s crying because books and songs aren’t being done tonight and when I gave in and told her I would sing her a song…she said she needed a book too…Needless to say, that broke the song deal all together.

Ahhhhh power struggles…don’t ya just love them.

I wish I could handle them with grace and ease, but I haven’t thus far…there is always tomorrow.  I just hate when I raise my voice and get angry.  It’s like I’m her own personal monster.  Maybe I am…Mother and monster sounds kinda close.

Okay…the house has calmed down.  Travis soothed Brook to sleep and Blake gave into sleep.  Deep breath as I say to myself, “it can only get better.”  Tomorrow, I will be more calm…Tomorrow I will try to step back and calm myself before making any decision that isn’t ideal.  Tomorrow I WILL handle difficult situations with style and grace…I will try to be a better Mother.

Man, I was such a great Mother before I was a Mother.  Anyway, nighty night all…we will try to get it right again tomorrow.

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Blake Being Happy and His Version of a Smile

Cute huh???  Yeah, I know, because he is awake and happy.  Here is a picture of him sleeping…he does know how to sleep…

Blake Sleeping in His Car Seat

So see, he knows how to do both…but, he isn’t doing either.  It is driving me crazy.  I thought he might be coming down with something, but he has no temperature and when I called the doctor, they told me that unless he is showing signs of illness he probably is okay.  I know logic would tell me this is true, but I had to hear it from them.  I just did.  Travis thought is was/is an ear infection, but again the nurse said it probably isn’t if he isn’t showing signs of a runny or stuffed up nose.

So basically he is just fussy?  Arrrggg…I don’t like that answer.  There isn’t much I can do about that one.  And hopefully the not sleeping is a phase because he is sleeping right now at this second, so hopefully there will be a trend leaning in the more sleeping area.  We will keep you posted.

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