I had Cael in the stroller and he was crying , screaming to be exact, for reasons I could not even tell. I tried to take him out of his seat and carried him, but that did not seem to help. We were at the grocery and he isn’t having it, he was screaming and crying, wouldn’t take milk nor won’t take any toy as he usually does. Everyone around just started staring at me, in my head, “Don’t judge me Hahahah I am trying all my best to calm him down. Nothing is just working.” I paced around the aisles hoping he calms down, Daddy is few shops away, was at Staples sending out important mail. I wanted to cry in frustration but in my head, what’s that going to do? One person asked me, “Didn’t you get him a pacifier?” I just laughed uncomfortably and replied, “Yeah, he hates it. He takes it out of his mouth or just spits it.” To be honest, both David and Zofia never grew up with it too, Cael just absolutely would not take it. Ughh. Frustrating when you run out of things to do. Calm down Mama. It's normal for babies to cry, but it's society just makes you feel like it is wrong when Babies cry in public. I hate that. Looked around, no breastfeeding stations. No chairs. No lounges. I decided to leave the supermarket, left the shopping cart. I told Cael (just turned 6 months) as we headed out the door and started walking outside towards Staples, “It’s okay baby Cael, don't cry, we’re going to see DADDY!.” And boom... just as I said the word Daddy, he stopped crying and started looking around for Daddy. We walked around and he was at peace, waiting for a few minutes and we saw Daddy, Cael reaches out to him, then Eric asked me, “You want me to hold him?” I passed Cael to him, he didn’t cry anymore after that. Eric gave me a teasing grin.
Emotions were confusing. I tried to hold back my tears. There are days he prefers the Daddy more than Mommy, of course because Daddy spends most of the time during the days with him, I spend time with him after work until evening and sleep together, then all my weekends are with him. Told myself, stop being emo! This is a great thing. I appreciate my husband spending a lot of time with Cael as he works at night and I work during the day, though sometimes, it tugs my heart too, because when Cael was a newborn, the first 5 months, whenever he cries and inconsolable, Daddy passes him to me and he instantly calms down. It used to make him emotional too that he would keep looking for Mommy for comforting and he felt helpless. Like I said, balance is a great thing. There will be days he would want Mommy yet there will also be days he would keep looking for Daddy, either way, it’s all great, we know we both are there for him, no competition here. Right, Eric? Hahahahaha!
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