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TriadMommies wishes all of our member mommies the best Mother's Day ever. Whether it is your first Mother's Day or your children are grown, we hope it is special. Being a mom is the most important job we will do in this life, and it is the one thing that binds us all together. Happy Mother's Day to all!
There are some great opportunities to come out to an event this week. There are daytime and evening events, events for families or moms only. Check out the calendar for all the details, and we hope to see you at an event soon!
Monday 5/14:
Mocha Monday coffee meetup in Greensboro
Tuesday 5/15:
Park playdate in Greensboro with the Breastfeeding group
There is a deep, dark (and sometimes very smelly) secret of child rearing.The moment our baby is born, we are transported into a world of bowel movement awareness.From their first cute little tar poop, we are overjoyed and thrilled that all body functions are a ?go?.Adding to this focus, doctors have new Mom?s make lists of new baby?s defecation habits, and so it begins?our poop obsession.
I
never in my life would have thought this much time; effort and interest
would be devoted to my child?s poop. The first innocuous breast milk
diapers, the ones where people gather around and swear it?s the cutest
thing ever. Then on to the not so pleasant surprise when they start
eating baby food (who knew poop could be orange?). To the real room clearing poops where everyone runs for the outside gagging, leaving Mom to do the dirty work. Oh joy.Moms start swapping diaper blow-out horror stories over mid-morning coffee, laughing hysterically at how bad it can really get.
I
used to call it ?going boom-boom?. I thought that was a more palatable
way of stating it. However, when DS came up to me one day in the dark
hallway and said he had ?A boo-boo on his finger?, and I kissed it?only
to realize my sleep befuddled brain mistook the term boom-boom for boo-boo. About a hundred gargles rinses of Listerine later we decided to just call it poop.
The
size, texture?the fact that some stuff just doesn?t break down in the
body. All fascinating to a Mom (of your child ONLY?I could care less
about anyone else?s pooping habits!). When your
child went, how much, was it enough, going before you leave on a trip or
take a nap or go to Church. Suddenly everything revolves around your
child?s bathroom habits.Dealing with constipation, accidents and praying you have a change of clothes?all standard in a Mom?s week. Of course there are the poop charts, potty parties, potty training DVD?s, treats, stickers and any type of bribes in your child?s currency.
I?m assuming this obsession with poop will all stop one day, perhaps when DS has mastered it on his own. But until then, I?m still on the poop watch. Lucky me.
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