5.) The last time someone called you a name.
I sat on the couch outside Kainoa’s room listening to him scream. I wouldn’t let him stay up past his bedtime to put stickers on his polka dot wallet. When he threatened to do it in the dark anyway I removed the sticker book from his room. My job at this point was to sit there and make sure he stayed in his room. Kainoa happens to be a talking crier and I really enjoy listening to all of the things he has to say mid-hysterics. After I listened to him call me “horrible of him” I decided to go ahead and jot down all the things he had to say. This is not the first time he’s called me a name but it is the last time (for now). I believe I’ve been called an “Icky Bobbi”, a “foo foo” and other similar things, but here’s what he had to say about me this time,
“She’s not the boss of me!
She’s horrible of me!
She doesn’t take good care of me!
Nobody takes good care of me.
I only take good care of me on my own!
Everybody hates me.
Even everybody’s mean to me.
And I’m never gonna listen to anybody…anybody that’s mean to me!
And mommy’s being mean!
So I’m not listening to her!
…..Annnd I need to be covered up. Sighhhh….I need to be covered up.
And people are mean to me, I’m not listening to anybody.
Anybody accept me.
I hate her.
Cause everybody’s mean.
Even it starts with a m-o-m and a d-a-d.
Even mommy and daddy are mean to me.
I’m starting to have bad dreams. I can’t sleep! I’m gonna have a bad dream!
Comes out of his room to hug me, “Mommy? I think I can’t sleep cause I’m gonna have a scary dream…can you come cover me up?”
Looks like maybe I’m not so horrible of him after all!
EmmaJewel says
For some reason my first one didn’t put the right pic up…. so I posted again – sorry about that, couldn’t figure out a way to edit the entry – so #4 and #5 are both me… sorry!
Tiffany says
When you’re horrible of me, that means you’re being a good Mommy!!! :)
Medina says
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MJ says
HAHA! Maybe you need to stop being so horrible of him! Poor kid sounds misunderstood ;)
Karen and Gerard says
Aww, poor kid. He sounds so sad.
BalancingMama (Julie) says
Bad mom. (hee hee)
Kid tantrums are kind of hilarious.
Tina says
My! Quite a monologue for a tantrum. Mine is usually incoherent until he calms down. I hope he didn’t have any bad dreams after that!
Shana Norris says
I just read this quote on Mamalode yesterday – attributed to Bette Davis: “If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.”
My seven year old used to start sentences with “Even …” almost like he was substituting it for “and.” It was so cute. He’s stopped doing it within the past six months or so and I kind of miss it.
EmmaJewel says
I don’t know how many times I’ve been fired as a mom…
Makes me giggle to remember…
Betsy says
I need to start writing down some of the things my kids yell when their mad. It’s hard not to laugh sometimes!
Kat M says
I love the monologue! One of these days, you should record it to play back when he starts bringing girlfriends home (hee hee).
My son was never big on tantrums but, when my daughter tried it, she would crumple to the floor, lie face down and scream and cry as loud as she could into the floor boards. We would just step over her and continue on our way. She soon gave up that tactic.
Teresa says
That’s kinda funny….hating you and needing you at the same time. I bet he was exhausted after that.
Stephanie says
Awww, this is funny and touching all at the same time! You were smart to write it down, I always forget!
Laurie says
How cute and sweet and so very smart of you to write it down. My kids are grown. They don’t say cute things anymore. Like when I woke my 21 year old 10 minutes before his girlfriend was to get there to give him a ride to class. He said, “oh, sh__!” Yep, that’s what you get when they get older.
@PamelaMKramer - A Renaissance Woman says
Hurray!!!! I’m not the only one. I’m so glad because I really thought there was something wrong with me. My kids tell me I’m mean every single day and I quote, “You’re the meanest mommy ever!” Ugh…
On a brighter note I’m giving you a tip about those Bitstrips in your Facebook feed.
Mama Kat says
I don’t really have bitstrips in my Facebook feed do I???
Miriam Gomberg says
That was a brilliant idea to write down the silly stuff he said. You can blackmail him with this list when he is a teenager. Double the fun!
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May says
I admire the way you were able to maintain perspective despite the heinous label of “horrible to me”. That had to hurt!
May says
…maybe not as much as Icky Bobbi!
Alisha says
I love it!! So cute. I have written some of the stuff down over the years…it is so funny to look back on.