With a screaming baby, a wayward dog pulling me straight towards a bush and a cell phone crammed between my ear and shoulder, I look like a person whose got too much on their plate. AKA, I look like a terrible mom.
I did the thing parents dread. I accidentally hurt my baby. I was bundling the poor little guy up for our evening walk with the dog. Trying to be a good parent and get him nice and warm. But instead, I caught his finger in the zipper of his BundleMe. There was that split second where I thought, wait a sec, maybe I didn't get him. But then came the whimper, the curl of the bottom lip, and then the full-out wail.
I scooped little Landon up in my arms and rocked him. I walked around with him. I kissed his boo-boo. I put his cold teether on his hand. But nothing worked. So I decided to continue with the night's plan and go for a walk. About 10 minutes, and lots of death-stares from ferry commuters later, my little man had finally cried himself out.
Just the start to a lovely evening tonight.
There are times when you just feel like the most awful mom in the world. I call them "Terrible Mom Moments". Besides tonight, here are a few of mine:
- the time I pinched Landon's finger in the car seat harness (why do babies' fingers end up in the worst spots???)
- the time I forgot to pack a warm hat for apple picking on a cold and windy day
- or when I forgot to bring socks for when he changed out of his footie PJs into real clothes at my in-law's house
- the time I squirted him right in the eye with a squirty toy at bath time (Oops!!)
Even though there are so many things I can pick out that I do wrong or have done wrong so far in raising him, it really doesn't matter. Landon's not going to remember any of this.
Babies cry. Children get boo-boos. Sometimes, you just need to take a breath, relax and take a walk.
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