Similasan and JuiceBoxJungle sponsored me to write this post, and they asked me to talk about the things I’ve missed because of kid-illnesses, and to mention this sweet contest!
So now that you all know Gavyn was a very sick child due to his congenital heart defect I can’t say I really missed out on much because he was little. It’s not like he could go out Trick or Treating, and he didn’t understand Christmas. He couldn’t go outside and have tons of fun yet and he wasn’t running around. He was just to young. I will tell you what I missed the most was holding my newborn. The newborn that was stuck in a PICU bed with monitors, tubes and IVs. Watching nurses poking him and watching a mouth open but no sound because he was intubated. I didn’t get to breast feed but instead had to go to a breast feeding room to pump my milk for my very sick child who was barely holding on to life. It would just make me so sad to see the not so sick children and their families holding their child, loving them, kissing them, but not me. I was only able to hold his hand, rub his forehead and let him know that everything was going to be OK and he would be home soon. To me that is the most precious time with your baby and I did not get that. He was just to sick. So you can imagine when I finally got that chance he was in my arms until they took him away again. So that is what I missed the most with being a mom, trying to nurture him back to good health, get him off of medications and breast feed again.
And I did, I got that all, got to hold him, kiss him, breast feed him and play with him. See the first smiles and all the other firsts that are so precious. I didn’t care I had medical bills sky high from being on a limited income from not working. I lived in a Ronald McDonald house for so long. By the way they are just amazing. I didn’t care about anything else. My son was well again and that made this mommy the happiest one in the world.
So with the first smiles I have a great contest to tell you about. We all have photos of our children smiling, just brightening up the day of everyone around and Similasan and Shutterfly wants your photos. All you have to do is head on over here, upload your photos and you could win a $500 gift card. We could all use that so go and upload your bundles of joy and their amazing smiles!
So tell me. What have you missed out on the most while caring for your children?
