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How to feel good about yourself

Twin boy, girl and I have been trying to understand feelings this afternoon. 

 They seem to have a grasp on it as twin boy likes to express his vocally at any given moment and is prone to Oscar winning performances over the tiniest thing. A refusal of a biscuit before teatime can lead to dramatic swoons followed by Oscar winning hysterics and heartrending pleas.

  Twin girl on the other hand is excellent at crushing feelings in the same way one would crush a bee underfoot after it had stung you. I discovered this fact when I collected her from school today and refused her request to go to the park.  When she realized I was standing firm she declared I was a meanie and said she wished she had a different mummy. 

 My first reaction was to retaliate playground style and recant to her the effort and pain it took getting her and her brother into the world, however I managed to bite my tongue and chose to handle the situation grown-up style by using this comment as a means to explain how you can hurt people’s feelings. 

It went a little something like this:

Mummy: How do you feel when mummy shouts at you?

(Please note I have three children it would be ridiculous to pretend I don’t shout on a regular basis)

TG:      I don’t like it it makes me sad 

Mummy: how do you think mummy feels when you say you want a new mummy? 

(I wait expectantly for the connection to be made and the penny to drop and the sorry to follow)

 TG:      Well mummy, I wouldn’t want a new mummy if your tummy was small, but your tummy is big and I don’t like it so I want a mummy with a small tummy, yours is squishy, will it be small again ever, why is it so big? 

Now mummy fully understands her feelings and they are stinging.

 Weightwatchers on Saturday then!

Comments

  1. Louyorks says

    October 5, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    nothing like kids to make you feel good about yourself!!

    Reply
  2. Tilly says

    October 5, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    Out of the mouths of babes and all that!

    Reply
  3. henrietta pretty says

    October 6, 2010 at 6:28 am

    OMg. I’ve had requests for mummy swappage before but never on such terms. Ouch!

    M2M

    Reply
  4. MTJAM says

    October 6, 2010 at 6:48 am

    Ouch!

    Reply
  5. Michelloui says

    October 6, 2010 at 10:43 am

    Why, that little…

    Oh, sorry, didn’t mean to go there. 😉

    We had something similar once. It wasn’t a request for a new mummy (and it wasn’t about my tummy, thank god because it would be an easy target) but my daughter decided to not cuddle dad when she was irritated with him about something. So I decided to not cuddle her until she knew how to cuddle again. She lasted 3 seconds.

    Reply
  6. Kate says

    October 6, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    My 5yo told me I had a big bottom one day. I wouldn’t mind but it’s considerably smaller than it was. 🙂

    Reply
  7. PhotoPuddle says

    October 6, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    Aw, poor you!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      October 6, 2010 at 5:31 pm

      Thanks kindly for all the comments, day one of diet went badly! Will start again tomorrow! X

      Reply
  8. jumpingbean says

    October 6, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    Ouch!!!

    Reply

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