Xiao Qing Ge

Thursday, April 26, 2007

(another) Journey of parenting

Today after the playclass, the team of mama and son went to kino to look at some books. Jude was delighted to see some comics on the shelves and busied himself as usual. I was nearby finding my book.

Then i saw that he had the books sprawled all over the floor. They were brand new books and he was playing with his saliva. grrrrr... I told him in a firm voice that he had to clear up the books if he was not going to read them. The immediate reaction was a really loud screeching whine and attempting to start the lie-on-floor-and-spin stunt.

It was really embarressing because there were some ladies nearby and they were all looking as if to see how i was going to handle the situation without pulling my hair out. stress

(this is the kind of situation when u wish u could just escape by scooping him up and scoot out of the shop, but i was not going to let Jude walk out of there without putting the books back on the shelf himself)

go down to his level. look into his eyes. firm voice. warning number one.

books back on the shelf.
end of the embarressing moment.
but many more to come.
sighz.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Jude boy,

Don't be cheeky and listen to your Mama, ga goo goo?;)

Hello Mama,

You handled the situation very well! Wonder what i would do if i were in your position...spin on the floor and cry with Jude? ahahahahah!!

Regards,
Amelia

Fantasy said...

thanks cookies... if u do that, can u get someone to video it down and send to AFV (america's funnies home video)
HHAHA

TracY said...

way to go ... fantasy mama ...
:)