I have been in a weird sort of little funk lately. Not quite sure what it is. Hubby would probably look at the calendar and say "yep, she is going to be in a funk" but I think it is more than that. Maybe it is the crazy weather that is nice one day and colder than heck the next. Who knows.
Anyway, things I am up to...I decided to join the 1,000 comment challenge for March. Seemed easy at first. Then I did the math. That is 40 comments PER DAY (from when I started). My kids don't need me for anything, right? I am finding a lot of new blogs, but you know, you can always just post more to help out the cause! And then I realized I may be a bit of a follower. I am now joining in on Theta Community, CCWA, Comment challenge, Friday Follow...oh so many. I have absolutely no idea where I was going with this.
I am beyond behind on my examiner articles. Either I live in a really boring town, or I am just WAY out of the loop. Which is totally possible I realized as I was at the grocery store on a Friday night and was totally the weird old lady staring at young people. I wasn't judging. I was honestly just trying to figure out what that big hole in these kids ears would look like when they are like 80. Although, for the girls I saw with the big holes in their ears, this may significantly help during labor. And their sex lives.....anywho
Saturday morning, Little Man has his second swimming lesson. He LOVES being in the water, he loves doing the monkey crawl across the wall, and he loves putting his head back in the water. Since none of the kids can actually touch, they are told to hold on to the side of the pool until the teacher gets to them. Little man usually just blows bubbles and bobs up and down. On this particular day, he leaned back a bit too far, all of a sudden I see my sweet boy bopping up and down, gasping for air and struggling to find the wall. The teacher was helping someone else and apparently the lifeguard was an idiot. Suddenly turned to slow motion as I scream "hey hey hey" and RUN to the side of the pool. I see the teacher look at me, straight down to my son, and she got him. The dumbie lifeguard had barely budged. In my opinion, her butt should have been out of the chair on the first hey (it was a terrified mom scream, come on....she didn't think I was saying hey hey hey to the cute guy in the corner). SO, my husband ADMONISHES ME! He said "babe" in that "get over here and let them do their jobs you are embarrassing me" tone. So I look at him and say "my child is drowning and you just want me to sit here?" I felt humiliated. I wanted him on my side. I wanted him to be angry at the lifeguard too. And I didn't want to feel stupid. I felt like I wanted to leave. Was I wrong? Should I just have sat there? Hubby did eventually apologize, but I still don't get what I did wrong, how he could possibly have thought that what I did was wrong. I apologized to the teacher since it wasn't her fault and she reacted quickly. I didn't mean to yell AT her, I just wanted to get someone's attention and FAST! I refused to apologize to the lifeguard, though. Had the instructor NOT been right there, I would have saved him faster than she could have. What would you have done?
Oh yes, and I am sure you have heard around the blogosphere how top mommy blogs was reset, so could you just hit this button for me pretty please?
20 of you are the "cool kids":
Are you telling me there is ear effing? Say it ain't so. Now. Like really...I need you to say it ain't so.
Good luck on your comment challenge. I did that twice and died.
Ok those HUGE holes make a HUGE stink, that is the NASTIEST smell when they stretch their lobes out like that seriously make you want to puke smell. So I cannot fathom how anyone would WILLINGLY go "gee I want holes large enough to store a towel put in my earlobe cause it is cool and stinks enough to keep me from getting any kind of lovin for the rest of my life." bleeccchh
I am with you on your son. AND I would have filed a complaint on the life guard. I think hubby was coming from a man's view of once the panic was over in a second or twoyour son would have found the edge. BUT like you I don't wanna take that chance since he is already choking on water..
Hey...
Wow..ok..you totally were NOT wrong. I have my little ones in swimming lessons..and abby is still too short to touch..... I'd be furious with the lifeguard.
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1,000 comments..wow...i wish i could..i actually would love to read blogs all day..and comment..but there are other things to do...like laundry..feed my kids..lol..
I would have done EXACTLY the same thing. You are not wrong. As a matter of fact, you would have been wrong had you just sat there waiting for someone to act. Think of the consequences of action vs. inaction. Nobody was hurt by your burst of "heys" but someone could have been VERY hurt had nobody noticed your little man coming off the wall.
I don't know about everyone else, but I would have done the exact same thing. If my baby is in trouble, I don't care how much I embarrass myself, or husband, to save her!
I. Would have done the Sam thing. Only I would have gone to talk with the supervisor about the life guard. Your child's safety was at rusk. As a mother ur allowed to act. As crazy as u like.
Good luck with 1,000 comments, that's quite the challenge.
I would have done the exact same thing if it had been my child. So no, you reacted exactly as a mom should. Don't let anyone allow you to feel humiliated when it comes to protecting your child. It would have been a scary moment and I think a lot of us moms would have had the same reaction. I'm glad he's ok.
You were totally not wrong at all! The same thing happened with Middle Kiddo over the summer when we were visiting the hubby's grandparents. I saw my baby sinking in that pool and without even thinking I was running to pull him out. I had him out before anyone even managed to turn around. After that, I didn't let any of the kids in the pool. Everyone thought I was overreacting but those are my babies and I'm not about to let them drown because no one was paying attention. I don't think you owe the lifeguard an apology because it doesn't sound like she was doing her job.
Ok. Ew on the holes in the ears. I'll never understand that one. And as far as yelling out to get someone's attention to help your child, YOU WERE NOT WRONG! You were being a good mother for your child. Aside from the real danger of drowning, you don't want your child to become afraid of the water because of a bad experience. I would have done the same thing, and I would not have apologized to anyone for it. I applaud you for watching and taking care of your kids. You speak for them when they are little. He needed help. You got that for him. GOOD FOR YOU! :)
Oh my gosh. I would have done the exact same thing, and then I would have blessed out the lifeguard, and probably notified the management.
But, I tend to be an overreacter. When it comes to my kids, though, I don't really think that is possible where their safety is concerned.
You was not wrong. I would have done the same thing. Like you said the life guard should have been up when you said Hey the first time.
Those ear hole things are bizarre but I think they're providing lots of business for plastic surgeons when the people finally come to their senses!
Jeff's son has those fkn ing things in his ears.. Jeff hates them..but that is what all this kids have around her.. a hole .. a huge hole... mangle flesh...stretched so far it reminds me of something... urghhh yep weird.
Oh hey on the yelling I would have done the same thing...hello watch my kid people.... or fear the rican rage.....
I am have been in funk all month.. I dont know what is wrong... sucks.
OK....I have a couple of things to say #1 -- those ear lobes are effing nasty! #2 -- you're brave to join that challenge. I try to just post when I feel moved to add a comment. Otherwise, naaah... they just get the stat of my visit! #3 -- HELL NO you didn't over react. Read this post...
http://mamadriggs.blogspot.com/2008/04/watching-your-child-struggle-to-breathe.html
You can NEVER ever EVER not be a momma when you're a momma!!!!! And tell that life guard to take a long walk off a short plank. Loser!
singedwingangel- seriously they smell? I never knew! Now I find them even nastier!!! and even more intriguing?!?!
I agree with everyone else... you acted with complete mom responsibility at the swim lesson. I tend to be a way under-protective parent and I would have done the EXACT same thing.
Good luck on the comments thats a great gold !Thank you for stopping by my blog i did a vote for you & became a fan on facebook & a follower too ! am going back to check out all the good stuff on your blog :) Be chatting with you soon
I hate the extended ear lobes thingy and everytime I see someone with one I cannot help by try and visualize what they'll look like as a grandparent with an ear like that. Hope your heart has settled down from the swimming incident- and I'm totally on your side!
I hate those earrings I'm afraid they'll get stuck somewhere
Honestly I would have shrieked in fear and then I would have went off on the lifegaurd for not paying attention. I don't think you were in the wrong at all. My kids are little fish they love to swim.
NOPE I don't think anything wrong with what you do. Rick does the same to me because he's embarrassed and thinks I'm over the top. Get over it!
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