Child-rearing

[ladyjanelly]

There's a disadvantage to raising a kid of a different race than me.

I have failed my Kendra by lack of knowledge.

When I went to wake her up on Thursday her face was swollen.  One eye almost shut and the tip of her nose and her lips.  Like bad-swollen.

We tried benedryl.  We tried Ibuprofin.  We tried Blistex.  

Nothing helped.

Today while Sam and I were out at a cookout/armor building thing she called her grandmother.

Apparently that's how Kendra reacts to sunburn.

I feel like a bad mommy. 

Comments

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

that Bad Mommy mojo is a killer. i've had it wake me up in the middle of the night and make me cry. the responsibility for a young person is heavy, and as others have said above here, we can't know everything. it sounds to me like you did all the things i'd have tried, too. i'm glad her grandma recognized what was happening.