A few people lately have given me some very nice compliments on my Mommy skills. While I appreciate those kind words, I feel in fairness to my children, I should present the other side of Mommy.
- I let the children eat off of the floor. In fact, I often encourage it. I have undone everything Alaina has been taught in pre-school about floor+food=germs in your body with one “The germs on our floor at home? You already have those germs. Go ahead and eat that.” I do not rush to clean up the scraps on the floor from the boys’ dinner because I know they’ll graze on that stuff later. Perhaps I miss the dog, perhaps I’m just the laziest Mother on the planet. Debatable.
- I try not to lie to the children, but I have been known to stretch the truth. For example, did you know that 9 out of 10 toys in our house have special batteries that can NOT be replaced? Also, chocolate chip cupcakes actually equal blueberry muffins.
- I do not, nor have I ever, sterilized a bottle nipple. Even with my firstborn I did not do this. No one is any worse for the wear, I assure you.
- On a warm summer night, I will remove the children's diapers and count a dip in the kiddie pool as a bath.
- Occasionally I will “not see” bad behavior if no one is in any immediate danger and they are occupied enough that I can get a chore accomplished. When I am done with my chore I will “see” them and put an end to it.
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On a cool winter night, I have been known to use wipes to "freshen" up the boys in lieu of a real bath.
Nice. :)
at our house, there are days that the high chair trays don't get cleaned between meals.
Sometimes one of our girls will spit up some milk on her crib sheet, and I just pat it dry with a burp cloth instead of changing the whole darn thing.
Love it!!! Very funny... and very, very true! Especially the last one, about not always "seeing" everything. :)
Love it! Especially the blueberry/chocolate chip equation... :)
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