My worst parenting week(s)....

I've thought about writing about this before-I often think about the time when my son was a newborn 4 years ago now- And what all that happened then. Recently I was thinking about it because well I usually think about it around my son's birthday but, also because the women at LTDchix wanted people to share their stories about breastfeeding problems. I shared some about that and I don't know if they'll retell my story on their radio show tomorrow hopefully I'll catch it and see. But, that is just part of what happened-What all did happen? There's a few bad things and I'm not even sure I remember the order in how it happened. But, here goes...

1st of all before my son was due to be born we found out that 1 of our cats -Sunny was ill. They did a blood test and everything and concluded that his kidney was failing. A few days after my son was born our cat Sunny was getting really bad he would just fumble when he tried to get up and walk and he started coughing up blood. Since I was home with the new baby my husband took Sunny in to be put down I also mentioned that here. Although it was sad it did remind me of the whole circle of life -When 1 passes away another is born...
In the meantime I was having difficulties breastfeeding. Once we took my son in for his 1st pediatrician's visit the Dr. was concerned about how much weight he lost. We went to using a bottle -(pumping wasn't very easy)so we started using formula. Only a few days later I noticed some blood in his stool. I called the Dr. and they said it could be from him pushing-etc. But, it continued and got worse so we went in -The Dr. couldn't figure out anything wrong. They even had me collect his stool and bring it back in (keeping it in our fridge in the meantime!) as I mentioned before here. It was only a passing statement by a nurse that maybe my son was allergic to the formula that we thought to try different formulas. We eventually settled on a hypo-allergenic formula. -In the meantime...
My husband was sick he went to the Dr. they said it was just a cold -But, it was misdiagnosed...
He got worse -He eventually went to the minor care place and was diagnosed with Pneumonia! So, here I was taking care of the new baby,daughter, and sick husband. My husband of course had to be kinda quarantined as much as possible. Well, I know I was running on empty and I guess my daughter felt neglected because she decided to cut her hair! That was my breaking point -I finally called in for reinforcements! My grandma had come over the next day to fix my daughter's hair. And that is what all happened literally the first couple weeks after my son was born. And even though it seems like it could be a sad country song it felt like 1 of the worst parenting week(s) ever! Luckily my husband got better and we all survived! Whew- The Mom Mayhem!

So,what's one of your worst parenting days,weeks,months?

Bursting the baby bubble

Well, now that my son is officially 4 years old. I suppose I can't consider him a baby anymore.
But, as parents they will always be our babies though right?! I know 4 might seem a bit old to be thinking this- When do you consider them "not babies" anymore? I suppose it might be a case by case basis. I know I had some preconceived notions even about being a SAHM. I thought everyone gets a few weeks to live in that baby bubble full of late night feedings and subsequent tired;mommy brain. But,surely if I stay home for about a year or so then I can see about going back to work-etc. But, as some might know my son has dairy allergies not too severe but, at about 1 yr. old I was literally freaking out about the possibility of his 1st "real milk" experience or lack there of. And as time went by there were other anxieties not too mention potty training that we just got done with a few short months ago. And now I can't believe my son will be going to school soon! Now I can burst out of the baby bubble more and more -It's a little bit exciting and nerve racking at the same time. The past couple weeks I've been going to an exercise class -actually Zumba -it's really fun! I've gone out here and there with different things like mom's night out-etc. I might've lost a bit of myself and I know it's important not to fully lose ourselves in the baby bubble. So, here's to bursting the baby bubble -Who knows what all is in store...

How was your Valentine's Weekend ?

I hope everyone had a good Valentine's weekend! Here's what we did Valentine's Day:Yep- We saw Mickey Mouse and the gang at Disney Live. Since my son's B-day is tomorrow we pretty much celebrated his birthday. We had his birthday party Saturday and everything. So, yeah didn't do the traditional V-day stuff this year. Normally I try to plan his B-day party for the weekend after V-day but, my SIL could only get off work this past weekend. As usual we plan for the in-laws to come from out of town. So,got the house clean and ready before their arrival -Fri. evening and they stayed until Sun. morning. So, we were busy with company too. I don't know for some reason everything seemed a bit off -Maybe because after all the planning my MIL actually didn't come -Just my SIL ,BIL , and Nephew. For now we just have a small family party for my son -So it's nice that his cousin could come to have another kid around. We were also planning to eat at maybe Shogun's but being V-day weekend they were all booked up. Then we kinda decided last minute to see the movie -Percy Jackson /Lightning Thief -So we rushed to make it after the B-day party-But, they were sold out -So,we got tickets for the next showing. In the meantime we found something close and fast to eat for dinner. And even though Fri. we (Hubby,Son,and I) ate lunch at P.F. Chang's and I picked up some chocolate covered strawberries I won from 918moms for an early V-day celebration- See:

But,my Valentine weekend just seemed kinda...Off. Not that I'm complaining it was nice and glad my son had a good birthday celebration.

So, how about you ? Oh and here's a pic of the Birthday spread: