For me to pee apparently.
Every time I go into the bathroom my toddler and our dog have to follow me in there. FrenchFry (toddler) can be in the middle of an intense puzzle session and not have uttered my name for twenty minutes but the second I sneak off to the bathroom he's running down the hall yelling "Mommy!" and busting right in. And for some unknown reason the dog is usually right behind him.
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| My "Village" knows nothing of privacy... but they are cute. |
If I do actually make it into the bathroom alone then you'll find me sitting there long after I'm done taking a break from my little "village" and catching up on my Facebook and Twitter or maybe this blog. Yes I take my iPhone into the bathroom just like everyone else does - I just admit to it.
Just five minutes of no one repeating my name over and over can feel like a mini vacation. It's funny how much we push and are excited for them to say our names for the first time and then well... it can get a little old sometimes.
I started out as "Momma" when FrenchFry was around um... hrm, I may need to consult the baby book on that one (if I filled that part out). Eventually "Momma" morphed into "Mommy" which was somehow even better. Recently though my name has become "MommyMOMmyMOMMY!!!!" in a high pitched tone which just doesn't have the same sweet ring as the first few times my name rolled off his sweet little baby lips.
Before I became pregnant with my son, my biggest fear was that I would regret giving up my independence. I lived on my own for many years and bought a house by myself before my husband and I lived together. Independence and a sense of freedom have always been very important to me, and it was scary to think of giving that up. For me, it was hard to imagine what it would be like to be a parent before I had my son. Intellectually I knew that it would be rewarding but it was hard to imagine such intangible benefits without actually having been a parent. It was much easier for me to imagine the very real and tangible things that I did have in my life that would in many ways go away once we had a child.
Yes, when you are a mom you do give up most (all?) of that independence and freedom. And while I haven't peed by myself very often in the privacy of my own home in the past two years... I don't regret it for a second. Since the day that FrenchFry was born, I haven't wanted to be too far from him for very long. In part it may be because I work outside of the home that I am always wanting more quality time with him. Or maybe it's because one of my top Languages of Love is just that - quality time. (You can read more about my and my husband's love languages here).
I wouldn't give up being a mom for the world. Though I still wouldn't mind peeing without the village a little more often...
Just five minutes of no one repeating my name over and over can feel like a mini vacation. It's funny how much we push and are excited for them to say our names for the first time and then well... it can get a little old sometimes.
I started out as "Momma" when FrenchFry was around um... hrm, I may need to consult the baby book on that one (if I filled that part out). Eventually "Momma" morphed into "Mommy" which was somehow even better. Recently though my name has become "MommyMOMmyMOMMY!!!!" in a high pitched tone which just doesn't have the same sweet ring as the first few times my name rolled off his sweet little baby lips.
Before I became pregnant with my son, my biggest fear was that I would regret giving up my independence. I lived on my own for many years and bought a house by myself before my husband and I lived together. Independence and a sense of freedom have always been very important to me, and it was scary to think of giving that up. For me, it was hard to imagine what it would be like to be a parent before I had my son. Intellectually I knew that it would be rewarding but it was hard to imagine such intangible benefits without actually having been a parent. It was much easier for me to imagine the very real and tangible things that I did have in my life that would in many ways go away once we had a child.
Yes, when you are a mom you do give up most (all?) of that independence and freedom. And while I haven't peed by myself very often in the privacy of my own home in the past two years... I don't regret it for a second. Since the day that FrenchFry was born, I haven't wanted to be too far from him for very long. In part it may be because I work outside of the home that I am always wanting more quality time with him. Or maybe it's because one of my top Languages of Love is just that - quality time. (You can read more about my and my husband's love languages here).
I wouldn't give up being a mom for the world. Though I still wouldn't mind peeing without the village a little more often...
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| Yeah... it's worth it. |
Definitely worth every minute. Your 20 year old self would never believe you just wrote "pee" so many times. -Angela
ReplyDelete20 year old self would've said "I'm going ever going to talk about crap and pee - even when I have a kid!" Sorry 20 year old self... I've lowered my standards quite a bit.
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