Friday, October 31, 2008

Crazy Mommies

I have come to realise that we, as mothers, all think we are chill in someway and some other mommy is the crazy one because she loses her mind over something seemingly trivial from our point of view but obviously is a big deal to her. And in Packrat's words, we're all crazy in some way or other. I know I wig out big time over certain things and I know that I can't understand why some other mothers wig out over things that to me are well, no big deal and my kids do it all the time.

Well, let's start with me

  1. I lost it totally when my then 3 month olds were given papaya and offered ice cream as a calcium supplement.
  2. I get very nervous giving the twins anything with sugar or oil in it. That's me channeling my insecurities onto them.
  3. I cannot stand it when Evan, obviously a boy and has obviously boy clothes ends up in Jordan's very obviously girl clothes.
But that's just me.

I have Mommy friends who:

  1. Will not let their children drink any other type of water except their filtered water from home.
  2. Will not allow any kid to touch her kid's face. It's made of porcelain you see.
  3. Wear clothes that are not brand new or branded.
  4. Eat anything that was frozen. All food has to be cooked fresh. No frozen meats. Kid does not eat out.
  5. Fly any other carrier but SQ because the cabin pressure in other planes might be too much for the kid.
  6. Insist that come rain, shine, hail or sleet, the child must go to bed at x hrs xx mins regardless of occasion or situation. That means activities or the possibilities of activities are severely limited.
All this definitely comes from being a concerned mommy but at some point, I ask myself, are we reinforcing the bubble effect and overprotecting our kids?

I know of a mommy who totally flipped out because I let my children play in mud because of the germs and bacteria. My defence is I wash their hands. But I flip out at the thought of letting my kids stay up till 10 on a regular night so like I say, there're lots of marbles on the ground and some of them belong to me.




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