Mother's Life Lessons #672 and #673

Over the past week I have learned two very valuable mothering lessons that I thought I would share for any mothers who have not learned these rules yet.

Lesson #672--Remember to put sunscreen on you BEFORE you put it on your toddler, who will want to run immediately into the very cool baby pool/play place. This lesson was extremely painful to learn after 2 1/2 hours of fun in the pool I emerged with a sun burn SO BAD I am sure it was sun poisoning. I never went to the doctor (although everyone said I should) but was nauseous for 2 days and could not wear a THING without it being excruciatingly painful. That was last Thursday. If you can imagine the color of a clown's nose, or lobster, or cherry tomato, you can imagine the current color (still) of my shoulders and legs. My back has faded and subsequently started to peel. According to my husband the coolest part of the sunburn is getting to peel the skin. I hardly agree, but let him indulge in his 3 minutes of fun peeling my back skin (ewwww...) I should have thought about this lesson since we had just recently returned from an air trip to CT and we were dutifully instructed, if air masks should fall, to place ours on BEFORE helping Morgan. Apparently the same concept applys for sunscreen application.

Lesson #673---it is not advisable to place your toddler in the tub directly after dinner. This is especially not advisable if your toddler has yet to have a bowel movement during the day. Needless to say, I now have to add bleach and scrub the tub and tub toys to my list of chores for the evening. If you require further explanation about this lesson, feel free to contact me.

My hope in sharing these lessons is that other mothers will be spared learning these lessons the hard way. Have a nice evening!