Vocations

We have endured pretty much non-stop illness for the last month. Beau has had croup twice, a double ear infection and bronchiolitis, and for one night, what we feared might be meningitis (but wasn't, thank goodness). Jasmine meanwhile has had croup and bronchiolitis and mummy has almost had a nervous breakdown. 


I was feeling so relieved that we'd made it through winter with two whole months free of illness, but it came back to bite me in spring. I have got so used to seeing Beau with green snot coming out of his nose and red-rimmed eyes I've almost forgotten what he looks like well.


Fortunately he's a little trooper and pretty cheerful even when he's crook. He spent most of Thursday last week being lugged around in the back seat of the car while I did errands, happily playing with an empty yogurt tub. Not one whinge or whine, just big smiles every time I turned around to look at him, thrilled with his toy and a few seconds of attention.


Jasmine, on the other hand, has been very testing again lately. When Jasmine was a baby I thought she cried a lot because that's just what babies did. Then, when she started childcare I thought she cried a lot because she was sick so often. Then when she turned two I thought she cried (and had tantrums) a lot because she was in the terrible twos, and was also dealing with having a baby in the house. Now she still cries, whinges, whines and tantrums a lot but I also have another child who is so different that I've come to realise that it's just her personality. So I have started compiling a list of possible vocations for someone who is headstrong, determined, grumpy and sensitive. I've only got two so far, so if you have any other suggestions please let me know: 
1) Actress
2) Managing Director