Mommy FAIL and FYI

Ugh. Yesterday I had two pretty bad mommy moments. I say Mommy FAIL because that's Fox's WoW lingo for something that goes wrong. In an attempt to clear my head and I thought I'd share here.

Mommy FAIL #1:

We went to my father's house last night for a welcome home party for brother who just got out of the military. He did a tour in Iraq, then another in Afghanistan, then spent the last few months stationed at Fort Hood Texas. He's finally out, for good and moving back to the area. Woo Hoo!

Anyway, a lot of family was there. The kids were all running around and acting wild. We have almost all boys so they were rambunctious and having a lot of fun. Fox was wrestling with his cousin, who is younger and smaller than him. There was a flip and suddenly the cousin was hurt. We thought his hand was broken so his parents rushed him to the hospital. Thankfully it turned out to be "just" a very bad sprain.

I was so mad. Thankfully, my boys have never broken any bones and here Fox is breaking someone else's. Everyone was gracious about it saying things like "boys will be boys" but I don't believe in that phrase; I was furious. I banished Fox, who already felt terrible, from my sight because I was afraid I would say something hateful I would regret.

So, rather than consoling my upset son, I came down on him too. Bad mommy. I eventually cooled off and had a calm talk with him about why it's important to be easy with those littler than you; but I still feel bad for not being calm and kind from the start. Ugh.

Mommy FAIL #2:

Bram played hard all evening too, we were all exhausted by the time we got home. We finally made our way to bed just after midnight (our usual bedtime around 9). At 2AM Bram (who sleeps with us) woke up crying and wanting to nurse. I nursed him for about a half hour, on and off he'd whimper "ow", grab his knee and cry for a moment. I figured he was just overstimulated and overdid it at my Father's house and would just fall asleep. I was wrong.

He kept crying on and off, so around 2:30 I gave him some children's Advil to help whatever was bothering him. I was exhausted so I was not happy about having to get up...I was short and grouchy with him when he didn't want to take the medicine. By 3AM he hadn't gotten any better, in fact he seemed more uncomfortable. He was now complaining of his knee, his ankle, his elbow and chin.

Very irritated now, because I couldn't tell if he was half-asleep-dreaming or really in pain, I growled (you know that frustrated mommy growl?) and snapped on the light. Guess what I saw? My baby covered in hives. Yep. There I was mad because I was exhausted and had less than two hours sleep while my baby was telling me something was wrong.

I don't know what he ate. I'm guessing something was cross contaminated with tree-nuts...but I really have no idea. I don't know if it was something he ate here or there but by 3:45ish, with a dose of Benedryl in him he was comfortable and fast asleep.

So no, yesterday was not a good mommy day.

FYI:

In other, less FAIL news, I am (again) changing the name of my music meme. It will now go by CM3. Do you love it? I love it! Mothering4Money suggested this title when I mentioned needing a change due to the fact that there were other Music Mondays out there. It's a hip abbreviation for the official name Crunchy Mama Music Monday. I'm excited to use it tomorrow :)