I have noticed that there comes a time that almost every new mother feels like they are a bad mommy. Sometimes this happens when they are pregnant but more often then not the feelings of being a bad mom emerge within the first few months of life. I, luckily, did not give myself too many expectations for the type of mother I would be. For once in my life my plan was to have no plan and to let my son be a baby and my job was to keep him safe, healthy, fed, warm and clean. And this is what I have been doing for almost five months. One thing that I have felt strongly about it the TV. I do not want my son plopped down in front of a mindless box. I want him to be playing and interacting (Now I am by no means bashing on putting on something that will catch his attention so I can make some food, go to the bathroom or shower. I am saying that the TV should not be the babysitter and should not take the place of good ol human interaction.) with me and others around him. Braylon is very alert, vocal and loves human interaction. I attribute this to the fact that he is read to a lot and me and Colin talk to him all the time. Anyway, back to why I am a bad mommy. The TV has been on ALL day today! And I mean ALL day. You see last week I got Netflix. I do not have cable and being in grad school the past two and a half years I have had very little time to watch movies or TV shows. Well, I have discovered the obsession of Dexter. I am addicted to say the least. I have almost finished season two today. It is just so good I cannot turn my eyes away. I have been talking with Braylon and playing with him too. So I guess I am not a horrible mommy!
In other news, today I was singing twinkle, twinkle little star to Braylon and he was singing with him. Now he was not saying the words but he was mimicking the tone of my voice and the length of the words. It was super cute!
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