Motherhood is thankless a lot of times, or at least it seems that way.
Today I was on the couch holding Leila and Sofia, age 2, comes up to me and says, "mommy, I cut you neck off" and then she smiles real big and makes a cut motion at my neck. What? I almost had to laugh. This was at about 8 pm and I was just thinking, I have bent over backwards all day for you and this is how you repay me? by telling me you are going to cut my neck off? It was indeed laughable. I guess I should thank her 10 year old brother for vocabulary like that.
Before I laid Leila down for the night, I nursed her a bit. She suckled a little bit and then pulled off and then flailed her arms and smacked me in the face and pulled my glasses off. Now, I know she didn't mean to. But I almost laughed at that too. If you are a nursing mom or have ever nursed a child, you know it is a labor of love sometimes. If Leila is not smacking me in the face, she is pinching my side or scratching me with her baby razor nails.
Somehow I go on loving my children still and coming back for more when the sun rises again. I guess it is good I can laugh at these things.
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