Oh my God, I am still wiping away the tears of laughter and utter exhaustion!
Awesome post! I will personally kick the shit out of Greg, Murray, Jeff and Anthony if I ever meet them. For those who don’t have kids yet, they are the Wiggles, Australia’s ultimate revenge for everything we’ve ever done to them!
Yeah, there are plenty of times that seem hopeless, but it’s all part of the deal. The nights I am crying as much as the baby, the fond wish to go to the bathroom JUST ONCE without an audience (even the 9 month old digs it), being able to actually blow dry my hair and wear some makeup. I cut most of my hair off last week, the baby was swinging from it like Tarzan.
I can’t tell you how much more I admire my mom, now more than ever.
I am working very hard at making sure our munchkin gets no Wiggles videos or Barney!! We’re a “Bear in the Big Blue House” household.
Being mom is fun but you find yourself saying things you never thought would come out of your mouth like:
Please don’t lick the stove.
Cat food is not in the food pyramid.
You also discover that at no other time in your life has anyone else’s bathroom habits been so fascinating:
“We’ve had only two poos today dear” is nothing I’d ever said before either!
Then there is the constant narration of the mundane and the neverending pointing punctuated by “dat” as my daugher demands my help increasing her vocabulary!
I watch her sleep or jump for joy when she masters something new or I hear her cackle with glee at some silly thing the dog did and I can’t imagine a better feeling in the world.
I wasn’t ready for mommyhood either… I think you never quite are “ready” … you’re just willing to give yourself over to helping another person through life and you do the best you can.
Look out tanookie- we were innocently watching Bear when this Wiggles thing started! At first it was just a short music video, maybe one song. Now they have their own damn show!
(this is on Disney channel)
PS- my son has tried to wipe himself twice today (he is 3)! I just wish he’d drop the used TP in the toilet instead of showing it to me!
“Henry the Octopus” and “Fruit Salad…Yummy Yummy” really pi** me off OH OH OH…and the Leapfrog toys…that all sound alike “A says A , and A says AH, every letter makes a sound, A says A and AH”. .Just wait 'til all my friends finally have kids sinister grin Sorry, didnt mean to get off topic.
Now on another note, Shirley, I’m afraid I had to cut and paste your post so I can mail it to a friend of mine. Absolutely hilarious, yet ironic, because when I experienced some of the things mentioned, strangely I wasn’t laughing!
The other day, my daughter went ‘pee pee’ in the potty. For some strange reason, I began dancing in the hallway in front of her singing “pee pee in the pot-ty”, and then my husband came and joined the dancing and singing. In the middle of it, I just stopped and said “OMG we look even more stupid than that man dancing half naked in the present box (gap commercial)”. I at that point, I felt like a complete putz, and finally realized my youth was now behind me.
OH OH OH…and the Leapfrog toys…that all sound alike “A says A , and A says AH, every letter makes a sound, A says A and AH”. .Just wait 'til all my friends finally have kids sinister grin Sorry, didnt mean to get off topic.