Keeton had a rough day today. It started with him waking up and climbing into bed with us (that isn't all too unusual). Somewhere around 5 he woke up crying, flinging himself all over the place. I know the time because I looked at the clock annoyed (I feel bad about that, now) thinking that I only had one more hour before my alarm went off. So, around 5:45 he starting screaming and holding his left ear...anyone who has kids knows why...
So, we were up at that point. Jeff took him downstairs to rest on the couch while I got ready for work. Jeff ended up being the lucky guy to tote both kids to the ped's office since I had a meeting in the afternoon. We both knew Keeton had an ear infection, but when Jeff called to say his eardrum had actually burst (he had fluid coming out of his ear), I felt like the crappiest mom ever...
Not only that, but some bully-two year old literally mauled Keeton while Jeff was signing him in at the doctor's office--he has scratches all down his face, and just barely missed Keeton's eye. I asked Jeff how that could possibly have happened and he said the kid was there with many other siblings--too many for mom to watch effectively and was essentially picking on any kid within his range of motion. I guess he punched a kid right after he scratched Keeton.
So, Keeton got antibiotics and a baggie full of Neosporin for his face. Jeff got a dinged car door--yep, leaving the office, a girl got out of the car next to Jeff and whacked her car door into Jeff's car. He was mad and once in his car, rolled down his window to point out to the girl's mom (who apparently "hid" in her car pretending she didn't see anything) what had happened. Getting no response, he drove off...
Not a good day for either of the guys, and I have to admit the whole thing left me with the question of why parents don't own up to their kid's behavior and at least get them to apologize for their actions, rather than acting as if they are completely in another world.
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