Shouldn't I just let her sleep?

Today my daughter wasn't feeling well and came home early from school.  She also has a dentist appointment for this afternoon.  Are the two events related?

She gave vague "my tummy hurts" symptoms to the school nurse.  Sounds suspicious.

She came home and went right to sleep....which she never does.  She hasn't napped since she was about 3 days old.  Not so suspicious I guess.

But what to do about the dentist appointment?  Can we still go?  And by that I mean, I'm still going to make her go.  Is that wrong?  How sick is too sick for the dentist?  What if she throws up on him?

Shouldn't I just let her sleep?

Why can't there be an instrument you stick in their ear that tells you exactly how sick they are?  Like a thermometer, only way better.

Dad Blinders On

On Monday nights, I help out in my daughter's Christian Education class at church.  Basically, I sit at a table with a bunch of 5th graders and try to keep them on task.  I have discovered that there is a very wide range of maturity levels at that age.

Last Monday night, several of the kids that were there early were talking about things like dating, rumors about friends kissing, and how they were breaking up with their boyfriends/girlfriends.

Needless to say, my head exploded.  And I proceeded to cover my ears and scream "I can't hear you!  I can't hear you!" for the rest of the night.

I'll keep my daughter right where she is (asking for Barbies for Christmas, and watching Disney Jr. before school) as long as I can.

When she's 40, we'll talk about dating.