Things I swore I’d never do as a mom
17. Yell and whine so that I sound like I’m the same age as my kids. (Hey, it doesn’t happen every day, but it happens.)
16. Respond to questions of “Why?” with “BECAUSE I SAID SO.”
15. Make a separate dinner of plain macaroni for my 2 year old while the rest of the family eats something else (she WILL outgrow this phase, right?!).
14. Go out of the house without makeup and unshowered. I’ve done it MANY times since becoming a Mom.
13. T.V. I was not going to be one of “those” moms. We were going to do art & go to the park & on walks. After baby # 2: You want to watch Maggie & the Ferocious Beast for the 3rd straight hour. Sure!
12. Watch my daughter dump raisins on the not so clean floor & gobble every one of them up.
11. Let my daughter use a pacifier. (A pacifier for 3 years!)
10. Wear the same shirt two days in a row. And even sleep in it one night. (But, hey, I didn’t leave the house that day.)
9. Let my daughter wear the same outfit two days in a row. (The laundry didn’t do itself that week.)
8. Allow my daughter to wear her Disney Princess Dress as a shirt after she slept in it. (She wouldn’t let me take it off her and put a new shirt on. I have to pick my battles.)
7. Let my daughter eat cookies for breakfast. (Well, at least she ate eggs first.)
6. Open food in the grocery store and let my daughter eat while we shop. (Well it keeps her seated in the shopping cart and I get to finish all my grocery shopping.)
5. Allow my daughter to eat dinner standing at the living room ottoman while she watched “Dora the Explorer.” (At least she ate her lunch.)
4. Let my hair go for a week without washing it. (I think my record is actually a week and two days, but it’s hard to get motivated to wash and dry it at 10:30 p.m.)
3. Allow my daughter to eat chicken fingers & fries for lunch three days in a row. (OK, one week it was four, but she also eats oranges, bananas, grapes and pineapple, raisins three or four times a week.)
2. Use baby wipes to remove make-up and wash my face. (Whenever I’ve run out of St. Ives face cleanser and haven’t made it to the drug store. At least it has Aloe.)
1. Wash only enough dishes to eat dinner on that evening and serve Pop-tarts for breakfast on paper towels the next morning. (The dishes didn’t load themselves into the dishwasher again.)
I am laughing so hard!!I use the baby wipes for makeup removal on purpose. I heard Star Jones say that is what she uses. If I didn’t I would sleep in makeup, on the days that I actaully had it on my face. ALSO, I have done at least 11 other things on your list and some on a regular basis.
That makes me feel better than you have also done some of these things. I was starting to wonder if I am just crazy. I guess if I am crazy, then we are in the same boat together!
the great he-nanny sage says
she will only stay in the macaroni stage as long as you let her get away with it. she will not starve herself if what you cook is the only option.
the sage has spoken.
I assure you that after spending 24 hours/7 days a week with a 2 year old & having had no sleep…It is less of a hassle just to give her the macaroni!
i know but the sage has to say smart butt stuff
that is why he is the sage
The sage a smart butt? NO WAY!