The other day I 'snuck' my child into daycare. What? Yes, snuck my child into daycare. She had a fever and I knew it, but I brought her to daycare anyways (the moms out there are going to hate me because I am one of "those" moms). I had no other choice. There was really nothing wrong with her, except a fever and a slight, clear runny nose. Nothing to complain about...nothing that kept her awake at night. I thought I could get away with it.
The hubs is on a weird schedule because of extremely high workflow and they already gave him one day off, and I had taken two days off that week already. Now, if it was a job that I had completely secure, it really wouldn't be a big deal, but I am a fill-in for a teacher who had left in the middle of the year, and I am looking for a job next year. So, I really feel like I need to kiss some booty to secure a position.
Was it wrong? Yes. Am I sorry? No. I am not sorry because there are other moms that have done and would do the same thing in my predicament (how many kids do you see at the daycare will slimy green runny noses)? How many times do you walk into that daycare hoping that your child decides not to play with another child for that day? I am sure many times.
So, my week looked like this:
Monday-off, Tuesday--off, Wednesday--on, Thursday--on, Friday--off.
Wednesday my husband had off and so he watched my child. Thursday was the day that I snuck her to daycare (it worked until the last hour or so and they called me). Since I was worried about this fever that has lasted a week, I took her into the Urgent Care--they couldn't figure it out. So today is Friday at 5:00 pm exactly and my child is sleeping on the couch with a fever. She has slept a total of 6 hours today...
The question is: Will she sleep tonight?
Temporarily I am a bad mom. Will I do this again? Possibly, and I will call myself a bad mom again, but I will not be sorry for it because we all are bad moms at least once in our parenthood.
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