'Tis True

Every morning I take my thyroid medicine right after I wake up, so I don't forget. I have a very special alarm clock that is small and male and wakes me up by putting my glasses on my face for me. Bet you wish you had one. Another feature of this alarm clock is that he follows me into the kitchen and watches as I take my medicine. Then, invariably, he requests his payment for being an alarm clock by demanding "E-dee, e-dee!" I stare at him for a few seconds, initially thinking that he wants his Aunt A, but then realizing that he wants candy. So, of course, I give him some.

Now before you cast me into bad parent hell because the first thing that I give my son to eat in the morning is candy, let me inform you that what he thinks is candy are actually vitamins. I am a sneaky, sneaky mommy. One Flinstones my first vitamin and three vitamin C and echinacea gummy bears, to be exact. Hee. Toddlers are sooooo gullible.