My husband and I headed off to Menards this morning to look at flooring while our son went to our neighbor's house. We don't get a lot of help since we don't have any family in the area, so we were pretty excited about being able to really take our time and go over our options. We left Menards after just over an hour with carpeting and hardwood flooring picked out!!! I couldn't help but suggest we get a little treat at Burger King before heading home. Our son loves to ask "can I have a bite" for just about everything we are eating, it was thrilling to eat a bit of junk and not have to worry about being a bad example for food choices.
We weren't home long before it was already nap time. My son sure put up a fight today...well I guess I shouldn't say that. My son is amazing about going to sleep, his way of "fighting it" is a bit of whining and then quietly playing in his bed instead of sleeping. He did eventually sleep and so did the rest of us!!
About 3hrs later I awoke to a very dark, very quiet house! It was past 5pm and everyone was still asleep. My thoughts always lead to "is he still breathing?" I can't help it!!! Becoming a parent has really shown me how scary life can be. Knowing people everyday experience loss doesn't really help. As a young adult you think "it won't happen to me" but as an adult I know very well "it CAN happen to you."
So what did I do? I braved the creaky door and check in on him! Sure we still have a baby monitor plugged in but at times you just can't hear his breathing and I figured I would just go straight to the source. Besides, he had already slept long enough, though I don't believe in waking a child, I wasn't going to worry to much if it did happen.
I'm happy to announce he was quietly sleeping like the little darling snuggle bug that he is!
Am I irrational? Yeah, maybe a little...but maybe that is just want makes me a great mom! Or that's what I like to tell myself. :-)
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