Still getting the hang of this...

I'm still trying to get the hang of this mom thing ...

I awoke this morning to hear Jordan wailing in the kitchen because daddy left for work.  Didn't really think that much of it - if the girls wake up in time to catch him leaving they tend to get weepy because they don't want daddy to go.  To be honest, I don't either, but there are those small things like the mortgage, food, electricity, gas - you get my drift.  Anyway, she came back into my room so worked up and sweating  - she had REALLY been crying I didn't really think anything of it.  I knew that no one was going to get back to sleep so we all got up and got some breakfast. 

We had planned to go to the YMCA so I could work out and then we all would go swimming afterward.  I got the girls clothes out, they dressed themselves and Jordan was unusually moody.  She would be happy and laughing and alternately crabby, whining and crying.  We all got in the car and headed to the Y.

So, until today the girls have not had much more than a sniffle.  I was not expecting to be called down from the weight room within five minutes of arrival and told that Jordan had a 101.2 degree fever.  How did I miss this?  They must think I'm a horrid mother dragging the little one out with a fever like that.  Until this morning I didn't own a thermometer.  We went to the store and got some Children's Advil Fever and a thermometer.  As soon as we got home she went to bed for a 3 hour nap. That seemed to do it - the fever was gone, but she was still pretty lethargic.

One day I'll be able to look at my kids and be able to tell that they have a low grade fever or a hangnail or  needs a dose of Vitamin C like my friends can.  Until then I'm still getting the hang of being a mom ...