Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Selective parenting

Monday morning 8 am. My husband is eating breakfast, our baby crawling happily on the floor, I am rushing to the bathroom. I hear my husband ask: "Hey honey, do you want to allow the baby go through your purse?" What a question.. "Noooo my love, I do not want her go through my bag."
I say no more not to start the week being annoying. But it obviously was said with an assumption.

5 minutes later I return to the dining room just to find my daughter in complete charm having emptied the full contents of my big bag to the living room floor. She has a focused look, mouth in a serious roll and hands processing out kleenex one by one. And my husband is eating breakfast.
"Loove, why didn't you do anything?"I scream. My husband lazely turning his head towards the mess: "Well Honey, I thought You might want to tell her she is not allowed to your bag."
"And why exactly did you think I would like to do that?" I ask.
"You do it so well."

I do it so well. I see. So it has started now. The game. My husband's strategy is obvious.
The "Who's in the good cards" game. "The Good cop, Bad cop" game.
Above all, he bursts out laughing when I confront him!
He admittedly does not want to forbit our daughter in order to stay in the Limelight in front of her adoring eyes. Mommy can do this part of parenting. What a fare share of work.

P.S. So the solution for rainy days is: what you do not see you obviously cannot forbid.. 


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