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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Can This Day Be Over PLease?

I'm only writing this post just for the sake of remembering today (although its one I would like to forget) since I am using this blog also as a journal. Ok so Emree has been sick for about 2 weeks now. First she ended up getting the chicken pox from Gavin, and now she has had a very high fever and NOT sleeping for more than 2 hours at a time, if I'm lucky. Shes so congested and is very lethargic, its so sad. So today I took her to the Dr's after Rey and I staying up literally all night with her, switching off holding her. Rey got 2 hours of sleep and had to go to work all day, and I got 4. This has been going on for days now and we are EXTREMELY sleep deprived. The Dr. said she had a really bad ear infection, so bad now that its oozing stuff (nasty I know) which is causing the fever on top of having a cold. Poor little lady. Alright so after the Dr's appt. I had to stop at Target to fill her prescription and buy some diapers. This is where it all begins. We get there and I have all three kids with me of course and I thought ok I'm so exhausted that I am feeling dizzy, Emree feels like crap and I have to be here for at least a half an hour lets make this as easy as possible. SO I go and get the extra stuff I needed and I told the boys that if they were good I would take them to go look, ONLY, look at toys while we were waiting to pass the time. I strictly told them that we were NOT buying anything just looking and of course they agreed and, yes they usually are very good about just looking and not buying. Well NOT today. Braxton saw some toy that he wanted so badly and would not let go of it or give it up. He is so spoiled already and there was no reason to buy this toy. I told him calmly that his birthday is in a couple of weeks and he would be getting lots of toys for his B-day. Oh no, this did not go over well. I'm not kidding you the child went out of control, and I don't mean a tantrum, I mean like he turned crazy on me. He started screaming and throwing the biggest fit I have ever seen. Me with no sleep and a 5 year old going crazy was not a good mix. I now have Emree crying (who had just finally gotten to sleep) because Braxton was jumping up and down in the cart, shaking her car seat, and Gavin who is starting to cry just because the others were. Now we are getting all sorts of dirty looks from everybody, and I'm at the point where I feel like crying cuz I'm totally embarrassed and don't know what the heck to do with all of them. I could not get Braxton to stop screaming for the life of me. I even dropped the famous "You wait until your Daddy gets home, and I promise you will have something to cry about. Ugghh I was so frustrated with him. Now just a side note this behavior is way out of the ordinary for Braxton he almost is always good when we are out. I don't know what the heck got into him. He knows that this kind of behavior is totally unacceptable. Ok so with three screaming children I make my way over to the pharmacy and asked if my prescription was done. She said yes but they had to wait to check on something with the insurance. GREAT! The lady working was very nice about my kids, she said she had twin boys that were four years old and she understood my situation. Alright so I finally get my prescription and I'm heading out to the front of the store to check out the rest of my stuff. By this point I cant hold back my tears, I am so stressed and feel so stupid with everybody looking at me. I even had two ladies say " its sounds like that boy needs a spanking". I wanted to smack them! Of course they only had 3 lanes open and they all had long lines. THEN at last a cashier comes up to me and offers to take me in another lane. I knew they just waned to get rid of me, and that was fine by me. By now the whole store has been hearing Braxton scream for 20 minutes, which felt like an eternity. I said to her " thank you and I'm sorry" she was very kind and said she remembered those days with her own kids. FINALLY we are out of the store and I can really release the tears now. I get the kids loaded up (Braxton and Emree are still screaming) and what do I do??? I call my Knight in shining Armor (who's at work) on the phone to save me from this craziness. He calms me down and said he would come home early to help me out. What would I do without my Rey. So right after that I call my mom for support in the mean time and to vent. Just talking to someone who knew how I felt made things a little better. Well we get home and what do the kids do...they all fall asleep. Hallelujah!!! When Braxton woke up we had a nice talk with him about the way he acted and told him what his punishment would be. Well first off we told him that he cannot play with his new stereo that Grandma just gave him (which he loves) for 2 days and he had to be in bed an hour early tonight since thats the total time that he was out of control for. He actually accepted his punishment pretty well, until he realized that Gavin got to stay up while he had to go to bed. Oh well dude...Gavin listened to mommy today and you chose not to. So like I said I know this story is super long but I mostly had to document for my own sake. I'm hoping that we all can get some very much needed sleep tonight and that tomorrow will be a much happier and nicer day.

13 comments:

THE TOKI TRIBE

Don't you just love those days! Poor Emery, I hate when they are that little and sick. Especially chicken pox. Just so itchy and fevering and then she can't breath on top of it!!! So sad. And by the way, don't you just hate it when other people say something when your kids are acting out. I get soo irritated and always want to say something back to them..whatever!!!! Well, I hope tomorrow brings you a better day!!!

Tyler Jorgenson

That must have been tough. I'm glad you made it out without a declined credit card or a diaper leak.

:)

kim/ Gramma Stokes

Well, I knew you would hear from Sarah!! As I was reading your sad story, I thought of Sarah and how she would comment on this one for sure. Aren't kids the best? Hang in there it will get better.
love ya,
Kim

Amanda

Oh my goodness, I am so sorry! I hate it when people say things. Most likely those people don't have kids or they've forgotten what it's like anyways! I'm glad everything turned out ok and I hope Emree gets better and sleeps better for you!!

Leora

Welcome to mommyhood. The joys of a sick child.

Such is life eh?

aubri

Wow. I cannot wait to have more than one kid. Just kidding! I guess those days are just inevitable. I hope things get better and that all of the kids start feeling better, especially baby Emree.

That's so sweet of Rey to let you sleep 4 hours when he only got 2 especially when he had to work and then to leave early to help you out. He really is your knight in shining armor! He's the best!

Gary and Julie

I'm sorry, but I just love that story. I realize I only have 2(but Devun is sometimes like 2 just on his own). That story is just the topping on the cake to our conversation the other day:) Although, I do have A LOT of sympathy for you. Hope you have a GREAT day!!!

♥Mommy Of 2♥

Oh Melaine, what am awful day. I swear, it always seems to all happen in the same day if anything bad happens! It amazes me how mean people can be when it comes to crying children. Hope little Emree is better too.

♥Mommy Of 2♥

Sorry for the mis spelling Emery:)))

The Horvath Crew

I think we've all had a few of those days, and no they are not fun at all. Just think if you ever have one again(hopefully not) that your not the only one who has had one of those days. It will all pass :)

The Fast Family

oh Melanie, Im so sorry. That story totally stressed me out. Glad you got through it. love you.

Http://whatmeeganmakes.com

Oh, my sweet daughter in law. Do you not remember the story of Rey crying for 3 straight hours because we did not go to the Bank, McDonald's, and the store in the order I told him we would? I am so sorry you have to have these kinds of days. But, really, honest and truly it goes so fast. And, I promise you will not regret or change a thing. I am glad you wrote it all down. It will be carved in your heart for a very long time. Thanks for being such a good mom. Love you.

Barb's blessings

This brought back memories! Mine was in Gemco -- two kids ages 3 and 4. They had been at a birthday party. In Gemco the bathroom was near the entrance and the food at the back of the store. The cart was full and everytime we got to the back of the store where the meat counter was Roger would ask the meat guy "Is there a bathroom in this store?" After the third or fourth time I gave up and left the cart and headed for the front of the store. Before I could get Rachel out of the cart she threw up on the floor where I had parked it in an empty check stand. I took them both to the bathroom and just walked out the front door (and never went back there to shop again). Everyone has one. You will laugh about it someday!