Motherhood

The joys (and jobs) of motherhood are endless. From diapers to school plays and everything in between. I am mother hen to two small children, both girls. Makayla Ruth Wadford 3, and Sophia Wren Wadford, 11 months. And along with all of the joys come all of the jobs, no one will ever tell you how much they just loved changing their babies' diapers, or how the highlight of their week was when their toddler started throwing up in the middle of the night. Nurse is one of a mother's many subtitles.

These past two weeks it has been my main subtitle. My two beautiful daughters both had ear infections, sinus infections and Sophie had tonsillitis. On top of all of that, she was teething! Running 103.5 fevers (like this afternoon), coughing, and runny noses have been my constant companions. Thankfully with the help of my mother, a cool bath, some baby tylenol, and some witchhazel we were able to bring her fever down. I am on watch tonight to make sure it doesn't go up again. That means I will be nursing the coffee pot all night and probably all day tomorrow. I didn't get any sleep last night either, but I'll be fine. I just want my kids to get well. When they are sick it's awful. They have been on antibiotics and c-phen drops for the last week and a half now. Sophia has to go back to the doctor on Monday so he can check her tonsils and make sure they went back down to their normal size.

Thankfully the girls are sleeping now, I went to check on them a little while ago. Sophie's fever is still down, which I am grateful for. Hopefully they will get a good nights rest and feel better in the morning.