Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Why I am a Bad Person, Part 1

If I could fix just one parenting issue with a magic wand, it would be to get the Baboo to sleep through the night.

If I could fix one more parenting issue with a magic wand, it would be to get the Baboo to eat proper meals at regular intervals. I thought I had it bad, until...

Another Mom was telling me that on many days her child just wouldn't eat OR drink milk all day. I found this hard to believe, until she told me the next part: at the end of the day, she sits her child next to the stove, tells her that it's hot and that she's going to burn her unless she eats. It was clear she was doing this out of sheer desperation.

My first thought: I am SUCH a better mother than you. I would never do that to my Baboo!

And then I felt like a bad person for being so proud of feeling better than her.

My second thought: Really? Even if he hadn't had anything to eat or drink all day and he was hungry and cranky and I knew that just a bottle of milk would make him his happy self again? Would I ever do something that crazy/desperate? I hope not. But... who knows?

And then I felt like a really bad person.