Someone commented on my Instagram post the other day asking if I was ever happy. I don’t usually focus on those types of comments because 1) they usually say more about the person commenting than about me 2) I don’t really care what other people think of me and 3) Often times comments like that are just made to stir the pot/get a response.
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I could tell you I’m happy for all of the generic reasons: I have two (relatively) healthy kids, a caring husband, a nice house blah blah blah. But I wanted to share the things that have truly made me happy in the past week because I like to keep things real.
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1) Seriously I’m so happy because my severely constipated kid has pooped four times this week. We saw a peds GI doc a couple weeks ago and I finally feel like we have a good plan to address his constipation. This makes me happy for two reasons: my kid is so much happier when he is pooping regularly and if we can finally get him to poop regularly then we can officially start potty training!
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2) My 3 yo asking me to dance with him around the house at 7 am
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3) Making silly videos outside with my kids because they truly think they’re going to be on TV and then watching said videos with them and hearing their hysterical laughter.
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4) A pediatrician that is taking my older son’s symptoms seriously. This kid hasn’t been himself and is on his third antibiotic in 3 weeks and now steroids too to kick whatever this superinfection is.
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5) The look of excitement on my kids face when my husband returned from his business trip with “chocolate desert rocks” and a toy airplane.
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6) My kids leaving me the fuck alone long enough for me to shower and have some self care for the first time in 3 days.
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7) Connecting with other moms who have “been there” and who totally get where I’m coming from with my challenging child
