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Friday, July 20, 2012
Parents like Batman, too
Posted By Ailen Arreaza on Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:41 PM
When I first heard that a three-month-old was one of the victims of the Batman movie shooting, my first reaction was to say to Tony, “Oh my God, whyyyy was there a three-month-old at the movies? At midnight? What is wrong with some parents???” My husband nodded in agreement, he didn’t understand what business a baby had at the movies either.
However, as I’ve thought about it further, I’ve come to a completely different realization: I have no business judging those parents.
I can’t believe that, two kids later, I still jump to the same initial conclusions about bad parenting that I did four or five years ago. At least now I’m wise enough to catch myself and recognize when I’m being Judgy McBitch.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Five reasons why baby Pau is a little turd*
Posted By Ailen Arreaza on Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM
1. He's a tease: During his first week home, Pau slept for four hour stretches at night and hardly cried during the day. I bragged to anyone who would listen about what an easy baby he was and thanked my lucky stars that he was so different from baby Luki. Oh, how wrong I was! These days Pau is waking up every two hours at night and cries inconsolably whenever he's awake and not attached to my breast. Basically, he only has three settings: 1. awake and feeding, 2. awake and screaming, 3. asleep (but never for more than two hours at a time)
2. He consistently saves his biggest poops for the 2 a.m. diaper change: Look, I'm not even going to complain about getting pooped and peed on during the day when we are fully conscious and can react swiftly, but it's a low blow to attack us when our guard is down and our eyes are semi-closed. The worst part is that he also has his eyes closed and remains unperturbed by our disgusted moans and groans.
3. He refuses to let me eat: Maybe it's his way of helping me lose the baby weight, but whenever I sit down to try to get some nourishment into my body, baby Pau starts screaming and does not stop until one of my boobs is in his mouth. Even if he's asleep and in another room, even if I just fed him, even if all I'm trying to eat is a cheese cracker, he always starts crying.
4. He behaves for grandma: If my mother could have a signature expression, it would be, "you're doing it wrong," so it's pretty annoying that whenever Tony or I are unsuccessfully trying to soothe or burp baby Pau and she intervenes, he immediately cooperates. It's like he revels in making us feel inadequate.
5. He's too cute to stay mad at: I mean, really, who could with a smile like this?
