Monday, July 16, 2007

Surviving Motherhood

Gosh! Children can be such a trial to their parents. In my case, my one child seems to be multiplying by the minute.

It’s been raining these past few days and Nadiah is finding it hard to be cooped up in the house all the time. Especially on weekends. Last Saturday, she was in the room most of the time because of the rain. First she wanted to do painting. Painting sessions means it’s stripped to the panties and an apron over it. Why you asked me? Because no matter how big the apron is, she will get paint smeared all over her clothes. And which ever manufacturer said that the watercolor or crayons or felt tip pens are washable, they are all lying. Believe me, most of the colours stain forever.

Then Nadiah decided it will be fun to crush biscuits and insert it into her water bottle and in the process scattering crumbs all over the floor. And it’s up to mama to clean up of course.

While I was in the bathroom, I heard Nadiah laughing and screaming and basically having a whale of a time. So naturally I became suspicious. When I went to inspect, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Nadiah was jumping up and down with a pair of scissors in her hand and cutting away chunks of her hair. Right in the middle of her head! Some of the remaining hair barely measures an inch. Hair was everywhere on the floor. The previously cleaned floor, I should say. So out came the broom.

Can you see the short uneven lenght of hair?


After washing my hands, I heard Nadiah in front of the computer watching The Wiggles. When I went to check up on her, I noticed there was a puddle of water underneath her stool. She peed in her pants. Man!! Again??!! Thank God I had the foresight to remove the carpet when I started potty training her 4 months ago. Yes!! It’s been 4 months and yet she still doesn’t go to the bathroom to do her business. The main problem is that she does not tell us when she needs to go. We have to regularly take her to the toilet for her to go do her business. Most times we get it right on time but there are days when she just goes everywhere BUT the toilet every single time. Those are the days when my laundry loads increases.

Despite all these… I wonder why I don’t lose any weight???

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