I forget

Sometimes I forget that parenting is a learned process. Sunday we came home from church with Zach not feeling well. He said his tummy hurt and he almost fell asleep in the car. I knew he was feeling bad when I suggested he go put on some comfy clothes like sweat pant or jammies, and he put on jammies. I have tried to get him to put on jammies when he didn't feel good before, and he always resisted. I then left him home with Mike for about 45 minutes while I ran a quick errand. When I got home, Mike was asking Zach if he liked that. "Liked what, honey?" "Oh, I let him try some of my pepper jerky" What?????? His tummy hurts, he's sick.......... "Oh, I guess I'll be cleaning it up if he gets sick, huh?" BINGO