"Oh, you are THAT kind of Mom......."

This morning JD woke up with the chicken pox! I knew something was up last night when he hugged me good night. I thought that he was burning up. My husband assured me that JD was fine. JD headed up to bed and laid down and fell asleep almost immediately. Not one paragraph in a book, not one word! I knew something was up then. When I awoke from my slumber (that sounds SO much more pleasant than the actual tumble out of bed that occurs from the screaming alarm at the god awful hour of 3am), JD's bedroom light was on. I went into his room to check on him. When I leaned over to kiss his forehead, I thought that I saw a little zit. My first thought was that he is only 8 (ALMOST 9), could he have a zit like that already? I inspected his face a little closer and decided that his hair must have been a bit dirty and the sunscreen blocked a pore and it would be fine later. On my drive into work, I decided that it was a pox. I knew George would tell me I was crazy. I called home about the time JD should have been getting up for school. I asked George if he had any zits on his face and George said not that he had noticed. So he called JD over and I heard him exclaim... "WOW!" He came back to the phone and said that there were 5 or so zits on JD's face. I knew right then that my suspicions were right. I told George to check his back and belly since that is where they typically start. He asked JD to lift up his shirt and I heard George say, "HOLY! What the!" I knew then. George came back to the phone and I said "Chicken Pox!" George didn't think of that. So, I asked my mom to take JD to the doctor's office for the very expensive confirmation that indeed it was Chicken pox.

When I told people that JD had the chicken pox, many asked me if I knew there was a vaccine for that! I had three people say, "Oh, you are THAT type of mom!" If you mean the type of mom who does her research and mulls things over and discusses with the doctor what might be right for MY child... then YES, I am THAT type of mom. Every child is different. Every family situation is different. Heck, even families change year to year..... No one person can decide what is good for anyone else. Stop judging. I AM the type of mom who adores her child and would do anything for him. Now, where is the calamine lotion.....