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a letter to sbj

Dear sweet baby j,

First let me say that no son of mine will ever hear from me that he shouldn’t cry. If Rosey Grier can cry, so can you.

But it’s estimated that we will change your diaper 6,000 times, and if you’re going to cry every single time, it’s going to be a long childhood.

Really, son. Six. Thousand. Times.

Might it be time to “accept the things you cannot change”?

Love,
Mommy

P.S. I’m sorry that I didn’t get the seat of your bouncer properly attached to the frame, resulting in you sliding out the bottom and onto the kitchen floor. That would be an appropriate time to cry.

Published by reverendmother 7 months ago in sweet baby j

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  1. 1 cheesehead Dec 20th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    Please don’t hate me when I tell you that I LOL’ed at your “accept the things…” statement.

    (Remember, my my son is a big ol’ mean grown-up who doesn’t call his mother to let her know he’s alive when he is away in California for days and days on end. It’s a different kind of plight.)

  2. 2 reverendmother Dec 20th, 2007 at 3:47 pm

    You mean I need to take some of my own advice…? Touche!

    Crying baby doesn’t unravel me like it used to. Not pleasant of course, but it’s like, “AGAIN with the tears? Honestly, kid… grin and bear it with the diaper changes.”

  3. 3 Kelley Dec 20th, 2007 at 6:29 pm

    Tee hee! Too funny!

  4. 4 Xpatriated Texan Dec 20th, 2007 at 8:04 pm

    6,000 times. Oy. And me with twins…

  5. 5 Beth Dec 20th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

    And wait till he starts exploring the geography…..

    Beth

  6. 6 Kathryn Dec 21st, 2007 at 4:09 am

    I was going to type “All things pass” but then reflected that, given the nature of sweet baby J’s particular grief, this might not be much consolation… ;-) So love to all concerned, instead

  7. 7 ppb Dec 21st, 2007 at 11:18 am

    RM, you crack me up.

  8. 8 sherry Dec 21st, 2007 at 11:32 am

    Maybe SBJ has realized that he has to speak up in that #3 kid position.

  9. 9 Keith Dec 21st, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    My boys have always been pretty distractable on the changing table. Handing them just about anything stopped the tears.

    Aw, poor baby… Here, have, um… have a shoe.

  10. 10 will smama Dec 31st, 2007 at 7:31 pm

    Catching up with you and yours… had to comment that I laughed out loud here too although it was about the baby seat.

  11. 11 tracy Jan 5th, 2008 at 4:04 am

    So sweet and funny. 6,ooo? Whew…

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