Doctor
Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 11:26 amThis morning London woke up complaining about her ear hurting. In my experience that can only mean one thing: ear infection. I called the doctor and got her in this morning. Surprisingly, her ear was clear. Not surprisingly, that darned tube is still in there. It’s been over 4 years. It’s just hanging out, not in place, but being held in by ear wax. The visit with the doctor was quick and we were out of the room sooner than Ashton wanted. He threw a fit (because he couldn’t play with the toys anymore) until he got a car sticker. We dropped by the pharmacy because Taylor had a refill waiting. As I was being helped, my kids both took off running out the door. I chased them down, gave a short but stern lecture, told London to sit down, and held Ashton. Of course London didn’t want to sit down so the whining and crying commenced. I started counting and the screaming escalated. Mind you, I stayed calm, but I was still the one being helped. A line was beginning to form. London let out a loud scream, angering an old woman in a wheelchair. I started thinking about this story. Finally I was done and turned around to leave with my screaming and flailing children, when I slipped on somebody’s spilled water and landed on the hard floor, injuring my knee and my ankle. At this point I just wanted to cry. I was hurt and I had one screaming child and another who just wanted to run away who I had to carry as I limped out of the pharmacy. My only consolation was remembering that I was not only on my way home, but would get to drop London off at school for somebody else to deal with for the rest of the day. She’s probably being a perfect little angel.
H.O.L.Y. C.O.W. You poor, poor woman. I can SOOOO sympathize with you. The worst is knowing what all the people around you are thinking about you and your parenting. And if only they knew your address they’d call Super Nanny on you for sure. Arg.
And seriously? That article? I missed that incident all together. That is the most outrageous lawsuit I have EVER heard of. Worse even, I think, than the one about the hot McDonald’s coffee. Some people. Sheesh.
I hope your ankle is okay. I read that article about the lady on the plane. The comments were a hoot. I loved the idea about all kids under the age of 10 being placed under a cone of silence in with the checked luggage.
And do people REALLY think that spanking a screaming child will get the child to stop screaming???
OK, so sorry about the horrible no good very bad day but I read the story and WOW. Stomp the life out of the child? Who is this woman? Good golly, I hope that someone plays a video of when SHE was a child in the next life, maybe let her listen to her own screaming fits.
I think I would have cried too. So sorry. I never take my kids to the pharmacy. The only pharmacy I use is Walgreens with their drive-thru service. I love it. All the kids are strapped down while I wait.
I just heard a thing on the radio this morning about people being tired of screaming kids in restaurants. Some place back in N. Carolina has posted a sign, “Screaming kids not allowed.” It seems that business for them has been favorable.
Oh boy Kierst! I’m so sorry about that. Hope you’re okay.