I was skyping with my sister the other morning whilst trying to “feed” (I use this term loosely) B2 his rice cereal (which he doesn’t like and coughs/spits out everywhere). In the background of our picture, B1 then had a big toilet-training accident all over the floor. I can’t remember exactly what I said at the time, but it was something along the lines of “parenting is all about liquids, going in, coming out etc.”
Upon thinking about it, I thought that I had kind of hit the mark, at least with the current stage that I’m in with a 5month old and 2yo.
So here it is. According to me, parenting is all about Liquids –
- Trying to get liquids IN (drinking water, initial “solids”)
- Trying to get liquids OUT (blowing nose, baby poo’s)
- Managing the way liquids go IN (too much softdrink etc, not throwing over floor/parents/siblings)
- Mangaging the way liquids come OUT (toilet training, catching vomits, not getting poo’d/pee’d on during nappychange)
- Stopping liquids from coming OUT (blood, tantrum tears)
- Keeping kids IN liquids (baths, swimming)
- Keeping kids OUT of liquids (mud, rain – on days when need to stay clean/dry)
Last month was a home “date night”, but this month we’ve arranged for some special family members to come and look after the boys one night so we can go out for a coffee or dessert. It’s our first “date night” on our own since B2 was born, nearly 5 months ago. I’ve not had a very successful time lately getting the kids to bed, so hopefully we can get them to sleep so we can enjoy an hour or so out on our own. Will let you know how it goes!
