Yvonne Belisle
November 13th, 2001, 10:02 AM
THE SEVEN WONDERS OF
A MOTHER'S WORLD
Mommy to the Max
By Debi Stack
mommy@maxedout.net
Copyright 2001
The world is full of wonders: the pyramids of Egypt...the Grand
Canyon...what any woman ever saw in Woody Allen. But a mother's world has
wonders all its own. Below are just seven that I find both awesome and
unanswerable.
A mother wonders why... fussy babies will demand for their mothers to hold
them standing instead of sitting, even though the babies' position doesn't
change at all. She stands-the baby calms. She sits-the baby cries. How can
infants, who will put any disgusting object in their mouths without
hesitation, have such high standards for posture?
A mother wonders why... the gravitational pull of a kitchen floor is
directly related to how clean it is. No one seems to drip juice or drop eggs
on a dirty floor. But on the very day that we scrub and super-shine our
floors, plates of syrupy-pancakes topple of their own accord.
A mother wonders why... a child can ignore a certain toy for months and
scornfully reject it as being "for babies" until he spots it on the garage
sale table or in the give-away box. Suddenly, he clutches the rescued item
protectively, tells you it's his "favorite" and looks at you as if you'd
just shot Bambi.
A mother wonders why... her preschooler can spend 45 minutes taking a bath,
use an entire bottle of shampoo and yet emerge dry and dirty from the waist
up.
A mother wonders why... her husband's way of telling the kids goodnight is
to swing them in the air, wrestle with them on the floor and chase them
through the house until everyone is sweaty and someone gets hurt.
A mother wonders why... her own mother, who forbade elbows on the table and
other abominations, allows a toddler-grandchild to make his own indoor sand
pile by pouring boxes of cereal on the floor and then calls the resulting
mess, "Adorable!"
A mother wonders why... even on days when she's too maxed out to fix her
hair or put on makeup, she hears her children say, "You're the prettiest
mommy in the world."
A MOTHER'S WORLD
Mommy to the Max
By Debi Stack
mommy@maxedout.net
Copyright 2001
The world is full of wonders: the pyramids of Egypt...the Grand
Canyon...what any woman ever saw in Woody Allen. But a mother's world has
wonders all its own. Below are just seven that I find both awesome and
unanswerable.
A mother wonders why... fussy babies will demand for their mothers to hold
them standing instead of sitting, even though the babies' position doesn't
change at all. She stands-the baby calms. She sits-the baby cries. How can
infants, who will put any disgusting object in their mouths without
hesitation, have such high standards for posture?
A mother wonders why... the gravitational pull of a kitchen floor is
directly related to how clean it is. No one seems to drip juice or drop eggs
on a dirty floor. But on the very day that we scrub and super-shine our
floors, plates of syrupy-pancakes topple of their own accord.
A mother wonders why... a child can ignore a certain toy for months and
scornfully reject it as being "for babies" until he spots it on the garage
sale table or in the give-away box. Suddenly, he clutches the rescued item
protectively, tells you it's his "favorite" and looks at you as if you'd
just shot Bambi.
A mother wonders why... her preschooler can spend 45 minutes taking a bath,
use an entire bottle of shampoo and yet emerge dry and dirty from the waist
up.
A mother wonders why... her husband's way of telling the kids goodnight is
to swing them in the air, wrestle with them on the floor and chase them
through the house until everyone is sweaty and someone gets hurt.
A mother wonders why... her own mother, who forbade elbows on the table and
other abominations, allows a toddler-grandchild to make his own indoor sand
pile by pouring boxes of cereal on the floor and then calls the resulting
mess, "Adorable!"
A mother wonders why... even on days when she's too maxed out to fix her
hair or put on makeup, she hears her children say, "You're the prettiest
mommy in the world."