Munchkin has been sick the last two days. I am actually at the office on standby now to run home and stay with her, should OH find her still sick today. This is the kind of life experience that generally expands one's horizons. Not mine, but our toddler's. When you are sick as an adult it just generally sucks. When you are sick as a child, it can be almost like a holiday. I have fond memories of lying weakly on my parents' bed, watching horrible daytime television and eating Jell-O for sore throats. Mom and dad would check on me to see how I was doing and get me drinks. It was great.
As an adult I find myself mimicking what my parents' did. Munchkin has only wanted to eat mandarins the last two days and we've been pretty indulgent in letting her do so. OH has also introduced her to an insidious children's program from the UK called In the Night Garden. It is in content the successor to the Teletubbies. Of course the child got a stuffed version of the little blue man for Christmas, which at the time I was completely mystified (oh sweet ignorance!) but I see will be featuring prominently in our lives in the near future. Munchkin normally does not get to watch television - but of course she is sick! So all the rules are bent now into Being Sick Rules.
I have heard from others that kids can have something like an epiphany when they have this realization that rules are different for different circumstances. This epiphany reveals itself in the form of massive temper tantrums when they realize it's back to normal rules. No more psychedelic children's programming until she is older or we are on a long haul flight. I guess it is up to us when she is better to be strong and guide her back to normality.
As an adult I find myself mimicking what my parents' did. Munchkin has only wanted to eat mandarins the last two days and we've been pretty indulgent in letting her do so. OH has also introduced her to an insidious children's program from the UK called In the Night Garden. It is in content the successor to the Teletubbies. Of course the child got a stuffed version of the little blue man for Christmas, which at the time I was completely mystified (oh sweet ignorance!) but I see will be featuring prominently in our lives in the near future. Munchkin normally does not get to watch television - but of course she is sick! So all the rules are bent now into Being Sick Rules.
I have heard from others that kids can have something like an epiphany when they have this realization that rules are different for different circumstances. This epiphany reveals itself in the form of massive temper tantrums when they realize it's back to normal rules. No more psychedelic children's programming until she is older or we are on a long haul flight. I guess it is up to us when she is better to be strong and guide her back to normality.
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I never knew that being sick carried with it these found memories. Please don't forget herring ransom.
lol, dad you know how it turned out last time I tried to ship it.
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