The Phenergan Fiasco

fi·as·co

 [fee-as-koh or, especially for 2, -ah-skoh]

–noun,plural-cos, -coes.

a complete failure

Well it is no secret that in less than 12 hours we will be leaving for America.......a VERY long flight. One that is going to be VERY interesting. We have been seeking some advice on what to do to help Julianna on the flight. The child health nurse suggested that I use some Phenergan to help her sleep as it is an antihistamine.

I went to the chemist to get some but was told that without a prescription it was not available over the counter for children under the age of 2. Immediately I thought "Ha, Ill go to another chemist." Apparently the chemist is also a mind reader, as she told me, "If you just go to another chemist you can buy it but they will not tell you the dosage for a 7 month old". Bummer

Luckily my friend Bronya happens to work in a pharmacy and pulled a few strings. I picked it up on Friday and tried it out on Friday night. As I am giving Julianna the medication, my mind is fast-forwarding to the fantastic sleep-in I am going to have on Saturday morning. Little did I know...........

On some children Phenergan actually has the opposite effect and can hype them up - Julianna is one of those children. She had a great time singing and playing and laughing as my hopes of a lazy morning were fading away.

So it looks like it is on to Plan B......unfortunately I don't have one.

Seven Months Tomorrow

Today was Julianna's last day of being six months old. Tomorrow she will be a whole seven months. I know it doesn't seem like a huge milestone but she is just growing up so fast that I have to savour every moment. She has now graduated from being an infant, to being a baby. Soon she will be a toddler and then a child. She is growing up too quickly.

One Down

I'm finally starting to make some packing headway. Yesterday I was able to finish packing Jonathan's suitcase. Now there is just mine and Julianna's left.

Unfortunately though today the Travel Gods have not been kind to us. Julianna woke up with a terrible cold. Her nose is running and she is constantly coughing. I also still need to let United Airlines know that we have an infant traveling with us and I can not get through. I have today's "to do" list but every time I cross one thing off I add two more things. I think I may need another holiday to recover from the stress of this one.

Just a Random Thought

I can see the purpose in most things but there is still something I'm not sure about.......I will never understand why dust exists. Was it just to be a tell tale sign that my house need cleaning??

Julianna Gets Strapped.......Not the Bad Kind

Julianna is just growing up so quickly. She is already sitting by herself and whenever we go out she is hanging out of her pram smiling at strangers and just taking in the world. Since she has started to get a little more mobile I have decided that it is probably time she started to get strapped into her pram. I never bothered too much before because it was always such a pain and the odds of her going anywhere were minimal anyway. But with her new found fascination with the world I decided it was probably time.

So tonight as we got out of the car in the shopping centre carpark I put her in her pram and strapped in. Jonathan asked me what I was doing and the conversation went like this;

Jonathan: "Why are you strapping her in?"

Me: "Well since she is starting to hang over the edge I thought it was probably time she was strapped in. Besides, al the lady at the gym creche always straps her in and there was that lady on the news who strapped her baby in and it was lucky she did because her pram rolled off the train station platform and was hit by a train. If she hadn't strapped her baby in the baby would have come out of the pram and would be hit by the train. It saved the baby's life being strapped into the pram. Sometimes I feel like I'm being a bit lazy and neglectful by not strapping her in."

Jonathan: "Well, have you let her roll in front of any trains lately?"

Me: "No."

Jonathan: "Then I think you're doing just fine."

I love that I have such a practical husband to keep me balanced.

All the Thanks I Need

I had a bit of a moment today. I love being a stay-at-home Mum, but sometimes I just get so lonely. Sometimes I feel that I still work as hard as I did when I was working full-time (probably even harder) but the difference is that now there is no recognition, no acknowledgement, no pat on the back for a job well done. I know that this recognition isn't necessary but lets face it, sometimes its just nice to get it.

Anyway, tonight after everything was done, Julianna was in bed and I was getting ready for bed, Julianna suddenly woke up. She started to cry and it wasn't just one of those "I'm hungry" or "I'm cold" cries, it was an "I'm scared" cry. I guess she woke up and realised that she wasn't being cuddled to sleep anymore. She was all alone in her bed in the dark. Since I was busy getting ready for bed Jonathan went into her and picked her up. She had big tears rolling down her face and her little bottom lip was stuck out. She was still crying big tears when Jonathan took her into the lounge room and sat on the couch with her. I came in and sat next to him and she lunged towards me with her arms held out. I took her and she nuzzled her face into my neck. When she did she finally settled down and fell back to sleep. I laid back on Jonathan and as we were laying there, Jonathan holding me and me holding Julianna sleeping soundly on my chest, I thought to myself, "I guess this is the thanks I asked for..... and its all the thanks I need."

Today was a good day to be a Mum.