one small step for Momma, one giant step for Toddlers
I took the boys to the gym day care today to let them get used to it. They didn’t want to leave because they were enjoying all the new environment. Tomorrow I’m going to drop them off and go do a little cardio work out and see how they do without me.
I haven’t written anything about something yet because one of the first things my mom taught me last year when they were born was not to say it out loud. Because once you do, the opposite will happen. I’ve seen this several times over the course of the 15 months, so I’ve kept my mouth sealed shut about the fact that for some reason, our boys have NOT been getting sick. I’ve felt guilty reading about my fellow twin moms and their recent experiences with two sick babies and then whole sick families. But after what I saw today at the gym I am just throwing caution to the wind because the boys are about to get exposed to GERM Central. There were toys all over the floor which of course get stepped on, get touched and go into who knows who’s mouths. I saw a baby with a snotty nose and no one wiping it. Logan immediately went for the shoes that the older kids left laying around and their socks. Honestly, the boys putting someone’s shoe in their mouths is probably safer then a toy held by a sick kid. But it is what it is. I can only hide them away in my safe little sanctuary for so long. I need this and I’ll be a happier Momma if I have an hour a few times a week to myself, even if it means exposure to germs. Bring it on! They need healthy immune systems anyway.
*sigh* It may not be like school or a full time day care but this just feels so much like another one of those steps in letting them go. Putting them in a room with other kids of all ages to interact with. No Momma or Daddy around to intercept or interact. I could get myself all worked up wondering where Forest will go when he wants a lap to sit in like he does ours. ‘Cus they do that, our boys do, they just *plop* themselves down in our laps all the time. It’s so cute it hurts. Anyway, my point is, this feels like a big deal for me and I’m equally excited and anxious at the same time. I guess that’s a good summary of all parenthood… “equally excited and anxious at the same time.”
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