Basic Parenting 101....

   Today, I thought I would share a little reminder of a basic parenting tip that I seemingly forgot.  DO NOT feed a baby/child, and then spin them around...This is not my first rodeo, so I should know better. But for some reason, I just finished bathing myself, Molly, her car seat, and a full load of laundry.  Molly is prone to car sickness, so this is even more of a faux pas for me as a parent.  Our car has paid dearly for her motion sickness in the past.  In fact, thanks to a Christmas air freshener, and an unfortunate vomiting incident, the SUV literally smelled like Christmas had thrown up inside our car for a few weeks.  Mommy took the easy way out today, and we had a frozen pizza for lunch.  Then we hit the road to find a play ground.  Colin requested East Cobb Park.  It's not one of my favorites, but I figured, why not?  One of the things I dislike about this park is the merry go round.  To me, this thing is a head injury waiting to happen, but my kids love it.  Colin and Molly set up camp on the merry go round for several minutes.  They seemed to be having a blast.  Awesome, the kids are entertained, it is a beautiful day. There is even a breeze to blow the mass quantities of pollen around the air.  I am always a little nervous when they are on this thing, ready for someone to fall off, and break a limb, but things were under control.  They were both sitting on their bottoms, and nobody was pushing, etc, so I let the fun continue.  Finally I noticed Molly kind of laid her head down.  I stopped the ride, and asked her if she was ok.  Molly says "I scary, I scary..."  I think she means scared, so I pick her up and carry her to a bench.  Apparently that actually means "I am about to projectile vomit my pizza all over you."  Lesson learned.  Molly and I are now covered in vomit, and a few mothers come over to help me.  They help me get out some wipes, and I attempt some disaster containment.  I tell Colin we have to leave, and of course he is completely devastated.  I leave the park with one sobbing toddler, and one toddler covered in her own vomit.  We get in the car, with promises of a possible return(just so I can get Colin in the car).  On our way home, I hear Molly say "I scary, I scary" again.  Oh no, here it comes...the rest of her lunch.  Fabulous, Colin is laughing, Molly is puking, and I have at least 15 minutes of driving to get home.  After her final session of vomiting, I look back to discover her sound asleep, taking the nap that I had been trying for two hours prior to convince her she needed.  When we pull into the driveway, I run in for a towel, pick up my sleeping, puke covered child, and place her directly in my shower.  What a way to wake up, but what else could I do??  I hopped in the shower with her, and now we are both vomit free :)  Now, I am taking the time for this little friendly reminder. Because I would hate for anyone else to be reminded the hard way...I think I will go open the car windows and let it air out for the rest of the afternoon.  Right now the car freshener is beach scented, so I predict my car will now smell like college spring break gone bad. Ugghhhhh...the joys of parenting