DDOL: Morris has a cold.
No idea where it came from, but the Lammer has been struggling with a cold over the last few days. He started acting weird on Friday and it went full-blown on Sunday.
So far, today has been the worst. I knew he wasn’t feeling well because he actually sat in a folding chair and watched Sesame Street this morning. He never sits still that long. It was only at the end of SS when I went to turn off the TV that I realized he was asleep.
This child NEVER does that…unless he’s feeling totally crappy. At that point it was clear to me that the cold was taking a toll on him.
But, being the obsessed, pregnant woman that I am, I went ahead and took him with me to Korma Sutra for lunch with Angela and Addie.
(I know, I know. This is a “terrible mother” thing to do. I really thought it through, though. I almost called to find someone to keep him, but since he’d been running to the door saying “bye-bye” all morning, I decided maybe he’d like to get out of the house.) And, he actually enjoyed the outing.
What really sucks about the whole thing is that we had all kinds of fun plans this week and now we won’t be going to the outings - in the next few days, at least. It’s not like he’s running a crazy fever or anything, but he’s coughing, sneezing, and has more snot coming out of his nose than any small child should. Any good mom knows that you don’t take a child anywhere child-oriented when he is visibly symptomatic.
Why? Not so much for the other kids, although that is part of it, but moreso because should any kid get any sort of random sickness in the weeks or months following, it will be attributed to your child and you will forever be known as “that mom who brought her sick kid to XXXX event.”
As far as the stigma is concerned, I’d rather be a used car salesman.
