Smiling Mom

OK, I’m having a serious case of Mom Guilt. My blog entry yes­ter­day, Natio­nal Give Back Day, was an expres­sion of my frus­tra­tion with todd­lers and their bad beha­vior. I’m fee­ling like I put myself out there, in a very nega­tive way, and now kinda regret it.

Here come my inse­cu­ri­ties, cree­ping out!

So just to clear up a few things:
No, I don’t really want to give my kids away. Yes, they are dar­ling, 92% of the time. No, I’m not always that big of a b**ch. But some days, I am. At times I just feel like I’m going to loose it! Groovy Lady, I appre­ciate your com­ment and that you caught and empathi­zed with my exhaus­tion, and sarcasm!

So now reduce my Mom Guilt I will make a list of five things I find great and endu­ring about each of my kids. Thanks for humo­ring me.

BC
1. He is very visual. If I wear a pen­guin on my shirt, he asks if I’m going to work. (A pen­guin is my school’s mas­cot.)
2. BC has fan­tas­tic social skills. He’ll chat up anyone. Ask them their name, how’s their day going, etc.
3. When eClaire gets hurt, and I react a cer­tain way, BC asses­ses the situa­tion and will either run for ice or a band-aid.
4. BC loves his dad. His world revol­ves around Hubby. If Hubby stands lea­ning to one side, hands fol­ded, BC looks him up and down, and stands the same way.
5. BC is very com­pas­sio­nate. If I am sad, he wants very badly to make me feel bet­ter. If someone is sca­red, he wants to help them feel safe…

eCliare
1. She is very funny. If I burp, she pre­tends to burp. She’ll put her sand­wich on her head, or drink on her nose to get a reac­tion out of BC or me.
2. She loves to cuddle. BC wasn’t a cudd­ler until recently, so I never had the expe­rience of cudd­ling my baby until eClaire came to us.
3. She is inde­pen­dent. eClaire will spend long periods of time pla­ying by her­self, pic­king up items and put­ting them into a bag or purse. She enjoys tal­king on the phone, pla­ying with nec­kla­ces and pur­ses.
4. eClaire is a fan­tas­tic eater. She eats adult sized por­tions of just about anything I give her. She is not picky! Thank God.
5. eClaire is a very good slee­per. She sleeps for 12 to 13 hours a night, takes naps and goes to bed, almost always, with out a peep. She holds her “BB”, blan­ket, and puts her thumb in her mouth, and is out. If only all of us could be so lucky!

So my kids, in the big pic­ture, are about as easy as they come. But don’t all of us have those days or wees, once in a while?? I’m cros­sing my fin­gers and hoping for two kids who nap tomo­rrow. That’ll be the ticket!

Ok, guilt gone.

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