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Role Mommy Confessions: November 2005

Confession #7 - Pediatrician Paranoia

Whenever my kids get sick, I always figure they're resilient enough to bounce back so I wait a few extra days until I take them to the doctor (unless of course they have a raging fever or have fallen from a tree). But with this cockamamie avian bird flu going around (okay we're not in Asia or Turkey or anything but you know how parents get nutty), I've been monitoring my son's coughing patterns every morning and it started to get me concerned. So after 2 weeks of coughing like an old man, I finally made the decision to take him to the doctor today. Of course, today was the day he woke up perfectly fine so when I took him to the doctor's office, he was happy go-lucky and the doc thought I must have been nuts for taking him in considering there were kids hanging from the rafters lining up in droves for flu shots. Going to the pediatrician is like having a car or a plumbing problem. The moment you call in the mechanic or the plumber, nothing is wrong and you look like an idiot. I may have looked dumb today, but at least my son had a clean bill of health. --------

Posted in: Blog, Role Mommy Confessions on 11/08/2005

Confession #6 - Get Me Outta the Girl Scouts!

The PTA President tried to coerce me into getting my daughter to join Girl Scouts. As thoughts of my child selling chocolate mint cookies swirled in my head, Madame President informed me that we'd have to host the entire brood at our house at least one Saturday a month...the one day my family actually gets out and does fun things together. To complicate matters, the bratty kid whose mom doesn't talk to me anymore because my daughter blurted out that I thought she was a tyrant, was going to be in the group too. Considering I dropped out of Brownies when I was six and I don't want to have a confrontation with that mom who hates me, it looks like we're going to have to take a pass. --------

Posted in: Blog, Role Mommy Confessions on 11/07/2005

Confession #5 - Bedtime Bribery

In order to keep my kids in their beds every evening, we've resorted to bribery. Before we tuck them in, we tell them that the bedtime fairy will give them each a quarter if they sleep in their rooms the entire night. Sure this little investment sets us back about $120 annually, but you can't put a price on a good night's sleep! --------

Posted in: Blog, Role Mommy Confessions on 11/07/2005