Thursday, March 19, 2009

Children are Expensive

You have to cloth them, feed them, and take them to the doctor when they are sick. Yesterday, H spiked a fever just shy of 104 degrees. Now, I'm not a mom to panic and call the doctor over every little thing. But that seemed like a high fever and my normally uber talkative little girl told me she "really didn't want to talk right now."

Took her to the urgent care clinic after dosing her with children's tylenol and she just stayed curled in my arms, dozing on and off, for the 90 minutes we were there. So so so so sosososo unlike her. By the time I delivered her home, went back out to get a prescription filled and other sick child supplies and tucked her into bed, it was 9 pm.

Yesterday's ledger:

Doctor's visit - $30
Sick kid stuff (Medicine, foods, and doctor prescribed popsicles) $15.34
Internet bill - $19.10
Wedding present for cousin - $5.33

Don't worry, i'm not that cheap - the 5 buck wedding present is a picture frame to go along with some of my grandmother's handwritten recipes and some kitchen linens I intend to sew from my scrap stash.

5 comments:

  1. That's a beautiful wedding present, and far more meaningful than anything that can be found in a registry... is H1 okay?? :(

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  2. H1 is great today. Her fever is gone and she's as talkative as ever. She's just pecking at her food, but the doctor said not to expect her to eat too much, just to keep her hydrated.

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  3. What was she temporarily afflicted with? That's good she's better!

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  4. She had her first ear infection. I guess that's what I get for letting her socialize at the germ infested Y daycare!

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  5. ha!!! :) bad mom, you! can't win, eh?

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