I never realized how strong the mommy instinct is until waking up on Friday morning to a very crabby, clingy baby. This is not normal for him. I remember thinking to myself as I was holding him and putting on makeup with my other hand that maybe I needed to stay home with him instead of going to work. I took his temperature and it was normal so we left for the day. I had been at work long enough to turn on my computer when I got the call from daycare that he had a 101 degree temp. Crap. Now I would not have minded if I worked down the street from our house. Sadly- I don't and immediately thought- wow, I should have trusted my gut when it said stay home today. It was my turn to stay home so I turned my computer off, packed my things, trekked back to my car, and drove 45 min back to daycare to pick him up. We cuddled on the couch most of the day on Friday and Saturday. Finally on Sunday we had a mostly normal, happy baby again. Sigh.
Lesson learned: the next time my gut says stay home with LO, I'll be calling in sick.
The silver lining- we were only out of daycare for a day instead of the mandatory two. Thank God for the weekend!
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