I was never a germaphobe when I first had kids. This affliction didn’t strike me down until I gave birth to preemie twins who had less than a 50% chance of surviving the first night. When you spend countless weeks pilgrimaging to the NICU you learn that sanitizing is an art form. Now that the twins are much older I have learned to relax my urge to bleach everything (and everyone) they come into contact with.
We’ve been going to a parented program since September and every week we sit in a small room with the same group of fellow moms with their snot factories and I think that given it’s now the middle of March, it would be safe to say some of the moms need a punch in the face when it comes to teaching their kids the use of proper hygiene. I hope at least one of them reads this!
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Dear Mom of the spitter,
I have sat across or next to you and your son for almost 7 months. At first I thought that when your kid would come to class with a little cough or a runny nose, it was no big deal because I know that it’s impossible to avoid “common” illness germs. I have sat in awe and wonder watching how you manage your son’s constant sneezing and coughing (how can 1 kid have a runny nose for 7 months?). It is a rare occasion that you’ve been diligent to remind him in your annoying sing song-y way to, “cover your cough my love” but today was punch-in-the-face worthy. Not only did you neglect to prompt, remind or demand that he cover his constant coughing in class today but you failed to do so after I told the teacher (in front of everyone) that one of my children is having surgery in 4 days. And to make matters worse, your germ monster spit at my kid!
Yes, you read that right, he opened his mouth and spit at her! He called it his missile launcher.
And YOU DID NOTHING! W-T-F!
You didn’t make him apologize, you didn’t apologize for him, you didn’t even tell him it was wrong! Seriously?!?! I’m sure you could tell from the disgusted and yes, judgemental look on my face that I was NOT impressed and trust me lady, it was all I could do from not calling you out on your constant lack of respect for others who are exposed to your coughing, sneezing, interrupting, attention seeking, whinny and now spitting kid!
It’s not rocket science, it’s just an elbow to cough in and keep your damn spit in your mouth where it belongs!
Sincerely,
The Mom who will set your shit straight if it happens again.
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I too have preemie twins and can totally relate. I have not encountered the spit but I hated when they were little when little kids would sneeze in their face. When my boys get sick its life threatening, so keep your germs kids away.
I have to speak up as a mother of a kid with allergies and asthma and tell you that coughing, sneezing and runny noses does not always equal sick germs.
Now she doesn’t launch missals at other kids…