My public service announcement

Ok so, Sophie has got a nasty cold kickin right now. Stuffy nose, icky hoarse cough. Well,2 days ago I go to walgreens. I ask the pharmacist what, if anything I can give her for her cough. She says to give her mucinex for kids. 1/2tsp every 4 hours. sure, ok, sounds good to me. So I buy it. I give it to her, on the second attempt bc she spit it at me on my first try. We go on about our day blah blah. Ok so when Sophie gets sick, Bc of her sensory integration she gets EXTREMELY out of hand. She gets very elated and hyper,almost drunk. She doesnt 'look' sick when she is sick. she looks like a maniac monkey child running around just really hyper. Anywho, towards the end of the say she starts getting VERY VERY sassy. Im talking straight out violent. Slapped me in the face twice,threw a remote at Bills head(Although I admit I secretly laughed at this)and tormented the cats more than usual. So this continues and only gets worse.

It was so bad this afternoon that I called the pediatrician BC she was completely and utterly out of hand. Im talking to the nurse and explaining to her what was going on and I nonchalantly mention that she has been taking mucinex. the nurse stops me saying "WHAT!? Well, how long has she been coughing!?!?" Uh, 3 days, constantly for 3 days.

So, the nurse is all, "OMG who told you to give her THAT?" Uh, the pharmacist did....the bottle says its for ages 2-6. Sophie is almost 3. So she continues to tell me that the AAP has not approved any cold or cough medicines for kiddos under 6 (Which I knew,but I thought they took all the disapproved stuff off the shelf!)

Apparently the active ingredient in cough meds can cause violence and erratic behavior in small children. FRICKING LOVELY. Explains EVERYTHING.

So,folks, moral of this story is: If your child is under the age of 6, Dont listen to your local pharmacist if they say it's ok to give him/her cough medicine. you will not like the outcome!

If there is one thing you never want your mother-in-law to mention

It's your sex life.

So some of you have heard stories of my mother-in-law. Those of you who haven't, she is a one of a kind kook. I love the woman dearly but she is out of her damn mind.

So, she calls the other day and says she wanted to stop by and see Sophie. OK, fine, whatever. So she comes over and says she has something for Bill. She....she handed him 3 cialis tablets. What in the fuck? Seriously? Did she actually just give my husband,her SON, a handful of erectile dysfunction tablets? She says to him, "Now I don't know if you are having any issues but your dad was and these pills have made him a phenomenal lover".

I just started laughing my ass off. I mean seriously, WTF?

Do you believe in the paranormal?

You know, ghosts/spirits? I never used to. Until I met my husband. He is,as I call him...A big geek. He has always been really in to the show Ghost Hunters on the SciFi channel. When I first saw the show I was all "Pfft! Please, that is SO not real" BUT if you sit down and really watch the show you'll slowly become a believer.

So what made me even think of this you ask? Last Saturday Sophie was in her room playing and I happened to be walking down and heard her talking in her room. She was saying "Hi,guy! Pet my ca ca(cat) please. Plesae guy." So I Look in her room. nothing, nada. she was standing there staring at the corner of the room talking to something/someone.

Fast forward to yesterday. Bill was home from a half day and was laying Sophie down for her nap. Im in the kitchen cleaning up from lunch when he yells "uh, honey, come here please, NOW!" I run in there and again, Sophie is looking at the corner and he said that she was talking to whom she was calling "guy". *shiver* NOTE: I did not tell Bill what had happened the saturday before in her bedroom.

So. Is there some sort of paranormal activity going on here or just a vivid toddler imagination? either way Im creeped out!