Scabies

The doctor just recently informed us that my 3 year old daughter probably has scabies. It is soooo nasty! I feel horrible, my daughter comes towards me with her arms extended looking for love, wanting nothing else than the comfort of a father’s hug, and all I can think is “eeewww gross!”

I want her to “love” me more than my ex (her mama) so I usually let her do whatever she wants. You don’t want to brush your teeth? Fine, whatever they’re just baby teeth anyways. You don’t want to bathe? Fine whatever, I t’s not like I bathe very often either. But now it’s different. There is absolutely no way I’m going to let her go to bed without taking a shower first. Get those nasty bugs off her. But oh my goodness. As soon as she realized that I was going to give her a bath, and that I wasn’t joking, she starting screaming like I was about to kill her. She was screaming for half an hour like she was getting tortured by the Taliban. I was seriously worried that my neighbors where going to call the police. It sounded like a horror movie inside my bathroom.

Oh my goodness! That’s all I can say is “Oh my goodness!”

I’ve created a monster.