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A New Mommy Badge

by Jessica on January 5, 2010

Be warned: If you don’t like gross stuff, stop right………………….here.

Tonight I feel privileged. I’ve entered a new level in mommyhood and with that a new mommy badge–maybe even two.

Tonight, Joey threw up not just once but 5 times and counting. Not only was one in the car, but we’re supposed to be getting up bright and early to catch our flight make to Louisville.

Badge #1 – Sick kid, multiple puking sessions

Badge #2 – Sick kid right before traveling

I know it’s probably weird that I’m excited about this and after another time or two it’ll be a normal part of mommyhood. But this was the first time Joey threw up (with the exclusion of cute, baby spit-up). And I have a huge aversion to vomit. So bad that I almost threw up the first time he did. Seriously! The last time I threw up was the day I went into labor…the time before that was probably 8-9 years ago. I hate it.

I know some of my friends might be like, “No big deal…just wait until you have 3 sick at the same time!” I’m definitely not looking forward to that, but I feel that tonight I reached a mommy milestone. Multiple puking sessions and three loads of laundry.

Now, don’t get me wrong it wasn’t all fun and games. We had pulled into the driveway, turned off the car, and as we were getting Joey out (he was sleeping) he just started vomiting everywhere! At first we thought it a fluke–maybe he’d eaten too much. So after cleaning him up and putting him in new pj’s, Joe rocked him back to sleep while I took care of the soiled carseat and clothes.

Not long after Joe laid him down came the second round. Into the second round of pj’s, laundry, and temperature taken (which was normal), it no longer seemed a fluke. After about the fifth round (we held off on starting a new load of laundry), the little man was exhausted. His poor stomach so empty he was eliminating clear liquid and trying to lay down while I held him up! The poor guy.

It was a little shocking. Unexpected. You get those panicky, ‘Is everything alright? Is this a sign of something more serious?’ thoughts. Coupled with, at least for me, ‘How do I hold a vomiting toddler? Do I hold him? Over the sink? Toilet? Do I let him just puke on the floor? Ewww…I don’t want to get it on me!’

Seriously, these were the things going through my head.

The experience did show me something about my own heart. I found myself concerned about my own comfort–getting dirty, frustrated at the thought of a delayed flight, wanting to finish last minute packing. That’s bothersome for me.

My child is sick and while half of my thoughts go to him and his welfare, the other half is concerned for me and my “needs.” Whatever happened to following in Jesus’ footsteps denying myself to the point of death…and I’m getting squeamish at this?

Gotta work on that. Right now, I’m keeping watch…he’s back in clean jammies and sleeping.

Tagged as: children, joey, mommy diaries, Real Life

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When Jesus was a baby…

by Jessica on August 8, 2009

in children

Recently, on one of our summer travels I got to thinking about when Jesus was a baby. It was, you know, one of those times where we were in the car driving and Joey’s just screaming and, of course, we had hours to go. It was there that I began to think…

When Jesus was a baby…did he scream when he was teething? Did he sleep through the night consistently? Or did Mary and Joseph have to take turns making circles around their home in efforts to get him back to sleep? Did Mary worry if the neighbors could hear him scream? I know I do. I think we’re going to be those “annoying neighbors upstairs” in our building.

When Jesus was a baby, do you think he got fussy? Did he fall asleep at nap time or wake-up every time he was laid down? Did Mary ever feel like she just had had enough? Did he make funny faces when his parents fed him new foods?

I know Jesus is the perfect Son of God, but this summer I’ve wondered how aware of his deity was Jesus as a baby?

Did he know when he was crawling around putting dirt in his mouth, that he was the way, the truth, and the light? Did he know he would be the one child in the world who would grow-up completely sinless?

Even as I think of that I wonder, how did Mary (and Joseph) handle raising a son they knew was the Son of God, the prophecied and promised Messiah? Were there times when the constant whiny babble grated on their nerves and then they remembered that those annoying sounds weren’t just their baby, but their Lord? Talk about having a hard time handling parental stress!

Okay, this is a little joke…but can you see little baby Jesus like one of those babies on the eTrade commericals when Mary’s having a rough day going, “It’s okay Momma. Just tell me about it. I’ll carry all your burdens.”

But, seriously! When Jesus was a baby, what was he like?

Tagged as: babies, fun, Funny, joey, life, pictures

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