Mothers of Boys

Ok, how do you do it? How in the world do Mother's of boys survive their childhood without having a heart attack or panic attacks at least once a day? I had such a moment today. Apparently we have these chili petin peppers growing in our backyard. If you don't already know, they are EXTREMELY hot, even more than jalepenos. Well Jackson decided they looked pretty tasty and decided to eat some tonight. When he started crying that horrible distressed cry, I immediately went into panic mode. It seems like when Jackson gets sick, it's always on the severe end, so I figured this was not going to end well. We washed out his mouth and gave him milk and bread to help absorb the oil from the pepper. Luckily after about 10 minutes, he stopped crying and trying to claw his tongue out, but his whole mouth area was splotchy and red. I now worried that maybe he was having an allergic reaction and his throat might close up. I quickly called poison control to see if a trip to the ER was necessary, but they assured me it was not. Sigh. My heart is still pounding 30 min. later. Lord, please let me live long enough to see my little guy grow up!!