And Now We Are Sick

Was it the Dora pinata filled with candy? I've read that a huge dose of sugar can lower a child's immune system for several days...well we just had to try out that theory...and it's true. Just a week after the birthday candy extravaganza both my girls were sick and one week later they are still sick. This has been one nasty bug. It's not very often I have both of my girls slumped in my lap all day. I was not out of physical contact with Ivy for three days - which has had me thinking about the continuum concept again. The first couple of days were really hard. All I could think about were the million little things I wanted to be doing that did not involve holding children. By the third day I was relaxing into the full contact mode again and then today I was really enjoying it. It's true that the more you hold and cuddle your kids and the more you connect with them, the more you want to. Today I had the most wonderful time with Liv resting on my lap. We sat on the couch in the sunshine and chatted while I rubbed her feet. I'm reminded of a little sign that is on the door of Liv's yoga class that says, "Don't just do something, sit there" I have to do more of that - more sitting with my kids and less frantic cleaning.