supervising from the couch: Pneumonia

Monday, January 25, 2010

Pneumonia

I'm really wishing I had made Rob go to the doctor on Saturday. Or yesterday. He'd be feeling human again by now if I had.

2 comments:

Melissa said...: Oh yeah, pneumonia is awesome stuff. It laid me flat for a good 2 weeks. I hope he stars feeling better soon.; January 25, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Swimmingmom said...: Hope he feels better. Last time I had pneumonia, it followed with lung surgery! Long story.... That won't happen to Rob!; January 25, 2010 at 3:28 PM

here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.