Eating Money

My daughter was at a bar with her mom and her boyfriend, swallowed two quarters, began choking and the paramedics had to be called. I know that sounds awful so let me clear it up. The bar is the one her moms boyfriend works at, it was closed, and her mom gets paid to clean it every afternoon.

Kiddo has never done anything this crazy before so I am wondering how she got the idea. Her mom said she saw the quarters go into her mouth and the next thing she knew she is choking. One got all the way down and the other lodged in her throat. Kiddos mom yelled for her bf and called 911 and he got the one she way choking on out, and a cook in the back did the heimlich and Clare threw the other coin up. Then the fire department showed up and checked her out. Kiddo is completely traumatized by the entire incident. She is almost three and talks about everything. When I dropped her off at her moms the other day the first thing she said to her was, "Momma, I was bad. I throwed a fit and I was bad." Pretty much what happened. I asked her what happened today and she asked me not to ask her about it!

It really scared her mom. She called me right after it happened and you could tell she was upset. She signed up for a CPR class at the Red Cross and encouraged me to do the same. I think I will also, you never know when it will come in handy! The funny part is when I put her pajamas on last night I found a quarter in the pocket of the jean skirt she was wearing!

Headed to a wedding for the weekend. Have a good one!

Brownies and Births

Some friends of mine are getting ready to have a baby and told me tonight about going to baby class to get prepared for the upcoming birth. I remembered back to my days of going to that class with the ex. I really had no idea what to expect, I wasn't even expecting to be expecting at that time in my life!

We did the class at the hospital closest to us and where we were planning on having kiddo. We did not have health insurance at the time and it looked like we were in good company. Lots of teenagers and their moms. There was only one other one other couple in the entire class. It lasts for about six weeks from what I remember, and I got some use full information out of it. Nothing I couldn't have learned reading a book.

The final class the nurse asked us to bring in a snack for the entire class. I don't remember what we brought, but there were some interesting choices on the table. My personal favorite was the box of Little Debbie brownies. I stuck with those since they were individually wrapped. We all go down to the lecture hall in the hospital and get comfortable with our food and she pops the projector on and shows us an actual birth. What the crap!?! We are all eating food and drinking soda here! Come on lady! I have never seen this happen before and stop in mid bite. It's like watching a train wreck. The educational video ends, lights come up, I toss my brownie in the trash and get pushed down the hall to the parking garage by the ex telling me "Come on its natural and beautiful." Or something to that effect.

Even though I was a bit shell shocked, I was prepared when kiddos bday finally rolled around and would highly recommend any first time dads to go to the class. Moms, you already know what to expect, so make your husbands/boyfriends go with you!