If your child has a bad habit, I'm about to make you feel a whole lot better about it.
Maybe your little one picks their nose, draws on walls, enjoys stripping off their clothes in public. Maybe they bite their nails, throw their food on the floor or paint the dog.
Well I bet you my son can top all those.
Today I am home with three sick kids (yes even my 5week old is sick!). They are coughing and snotty and just plain miserable. And it's all Bradley's fault!
Don't believe me? Think I'm mean to blame my kid? Read on.
For a couple years now I've struggled with this whole toilet training bed wetting business. Mostly Kaitlyn has been the centre of the drama, but Bradley has been quietly on the side causing his own set of issues.
His is gross. He doesn't just wet the bed like a normal kid. Are you ready for it?
He wee's on his bed-the whole bed pillow included-and rubs his face in it and lays in it!!!!!!!
Now do you feel better about your own kids bad habits?
Yeah, so now that you have finished throwing up. . .
Bradley wee's his bed and lays in it...all night.
We have tried everything to get him to stop. Nappy on backwards, all in one pajamas with buttons or zips, getting up and changing his sheets in the middle of the night to try keep him warm. We even used those long sleeves sleeping bags and put it on him back to front so he couldn't undo the zip!!
Unfortunately he has outgrown all in ones and sleeping bags. Now he wee's his bed and lays in it all night. He wakes up freezing cold which leads to him getting a cold-which he then shares with everyone.
In the weeks leading up to me having Isla he got sick (and nearly ended up with bloody frost bite he was so cold!) and shared it with us. We told him that he needs to stop because mummy couldn't get sick so close to having the baby. Well I did end up sick and I gave birth while coughing and with an upper respiratory infection.
When Isla was born we told Bradley again that his little 'habit' needs to stop. If a tiny baby got sick it could be very dangerous.
Well he didn't stop, he didn't learn his lesson. He got sick again after a cold night and a wet bed.
I tried my hardest to keep him away from everyone. I turned into a clean freak disinfecting everything. Making him use hand sanitiser, not letting him near Isla etc etc...
Two days later Kaitlyn got sick. Cough, runny nose and slight fever. I was not impressed. Kaitlyn missed out on school and was grumpy.
Then yesterday my little Isla started coughing, and let me tell you hearing a 5 week old coughing to the point of almost throwing up is horrible. She's been sneezing and has a runny nose.
Oh and then today I woke up with a headache and a tickle in my throat, so it looks like I'll be the next one to go down.
Needless to say I'm pretty pissed off at Bradley. I'm trying to be sympathetic towards him being sick. But all I can think is "you did this to yourself, don't come crying to me"
I have explained to him that he has shared his sickness and made Kaitlyn, Isla and me sick. That he got sick from wetting his bed and getting cold. But last night he AGAIN wet the bed and slept in it.
I called mum a couple days ago (because she can sew and I can't) and asked if she had any ideas. I am actually ready to put Bradley in a freaking straight jacket if it will solve the problem!!
Mums been shopping for all in one suits that we could 'alter' but apparently finding boys ones is hard. So mum got a girls one. She said to me "I'll try find one that's not too girly"
"I don't care if it's pink with purple butterflies, this kid needs to be stopped."
Hopefully early next week I'll have a slightly altered girls onsie that we can put on Bradley to stop him from getting to his willy. Oh did I mention he wears a pull-up to bed? He literally pulls his willy out of his pull-up so he can pee.
So I hope I have made you all feel better about your own kids bad habits. If anyone knows where I can buy a size 3 straight jacket...well let me know.
Now I'm off to attend to my sick babies... Enjoy your weekend
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