Someone I can relate too...
So, I was recently trying to explain to someone that I wasn't really INTO being the mother of an infant. Its not a role I enjoy in any way shape or form, it doesn't suit me, I don't find infants endearing, I'm not into cute, etc. I like my kids fine, I just don't find this phase particularly enjoyable. I much prefer a child who has grown a personality. That takes roughly 4-6 months? Maybe more?The reaction I got was something akin to "well, hopefully Clio will never find out you don't like her as much as Rora"- now, I may be being overly sensitive, and I was definitely under-caffeinated, but that was the gist I got.
Now, as Rora has gotten older, I like her better and better as her personality and "self" develops- I believe as Clio grows up, the same will be true. Right now, she's a lump of cry, sleep, cry, eat, cry, poop, cry, pee. Fun? Hell no.
Anyway, I just read this item at www.dooce.com, and I TOTALLY relate. That's it exactly. And its okay. It doesn't mean I don't like her, don't love her, love her less- anything like that. It just means that there are different kinds of Moms in this world, and not being the one who's head-over-heels over the pooping-eating-crying machine is okay.
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