I think that every mom has their rite of passage that they must venture into before they can truly call themselves mom. Each child has their thing but each child will give the opening. For me, all three of my children have given me the same ceremonial blessing to make me feel truly like their mom. No, not the intense pain of labor or the watching them come into this world. Not even the late nights and no sleep gave me the label "MOM".
I have been vomited on. Not just spit up on. I talking, Exorcist (as everyone always seems to say, but it's true!). Michelle, definitely when she started taking formula. Carolyn, one time when I was burping her after eating and she apparently had eaten way too much. Both just one time and then it was over. Well, Leah, being the youngest, definitely wanted to make hers memorable.
Leah started off probably similar to Carolyn, I'm sure she ate too much or ate something she shouldn't have. Well, she does it once and I think, "Okay, they have all done this. No problem. It should be over now. Maybe I'll give her a few minutes to catch her breath and then she'll be good." Then again. "Okay, for sure you're done now. I've got to get cleaned up and finish dinner that is on the stove. People are waiting!" Leah and I carefully walk to the bathroom so as not to dirty anything else and take a quick bath. She seems to be all better. Brian takes her after we are done, and gets her dried and clean clothes on. She is still fussy. There is no one that she wants more than her momma right now. Brian passes her off. He is praising God in a few minutes when she does it again! So, I guess I will not be eating dinner with the family tonight. Not that anyone would want to be with us.
She was sick off and on for almost 4 hrs. I felt so bad for her. She had Pedialyte, water, and she tried to steal my cold dinner but NO WAY! It was breaking my heart as she was sick over and over but at the same time thinking, "Now I have to take another shower and I'll have a ton of cleaning to do.
Now I'm truly a mom to Leah. She has Christened me as no other child of mine can.
