April 25, 2005
Stazi is almost walking -- OK, actually she is walking, she just doesn't quite seem to realize that it's an effective mode of transportation and not just a cool parlor trick for showing off in front of Grandma -- and her babbling is becoming a lot more meaningful. She's at that stage where you keep going, "Wait, did she just say [hello/Daddy/Give me juice/I do not care to watch Teletubbies this morning]?" No actual words that we can distinguish quite yet, although she is really close on "Dada."
Zeke's, you know, Zeke. He's doing 3-year-old stuff. He likes taking his trucks to the playground and pushing them around in the sandbox, and reading stories about Bob the Builder. He's very car-and-truck-centric. Mostly things with him are going well, except for the occasional bad scene at, say, Wendy's, when he runs away from us twice and the second time manages to get almost all the way out to the parking lot and then I yell at him in front of the entire restaurant and feel like a bad parent. Why can't I be like one of those other mothers, I always think to myself, the ones that patiently explain things to their toddlers even if it is the fifteenth time that day, and never freak out or yell or have to drag their child out of a restaurant in front of the disapproving stares of all the other patrons. I want to be like those mothers but somehow it never seems to work out that way.
Sorry. I know people mostly like reading the cute upbeat kid stories in this blog but sometimes I'm fresh out of those and all I have are the lame ones that make me sound like a bad mother.
Posted by Jan at April 25, 2005 8:47 AM
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In the entire world, only two or three of those other mothers are real. The others are fictional, or liars, or actors.
Posted by: DW at April 26, 2005 8:29 AM
I always think to myself, "as if your 3 year old understands more than, 'blah blah blah zeke, blah blah blah zeke.'" don't worry about yelling, that doesn't make you a bad parent. the bad parents are the ones who don't seem to CARE that their 3 year old is over at mY table!
Posted by: christine (jenna) at April 26, 2005 12:54 PM