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Got a case of the Mondays? Diaper rash getting you down? Well, turn that frown upside down. It’s time for the first of many Memos From Mommy!
The idea is simple. Every Monday I will post my own memo to Kendall, a short open letter of sorts, a simple passive aggressive reminder. Then I encourage you to do the same.
In the comments section below, leave your own MFM to your child/children. They can be funny or sweet, just keep them short-ish, and use this as a chance to really get it all out. Have fun with it!
Every Tuesday a comment will be chosen at random by the Random Number Generator and that commenter will win a sweet prize from the week’s MFM sponsor. That’s it!
Now, let’s do this thing…
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The winner of this week’s Memos From Mommy, drawn at random on Tuesday, will win a $25 credit for ThreePeasCo.com.
Without further ado…
Now it’s your turn. Post away!
Sarah is the winner! Here is her MFM.
To: Anna
From: MommyMemo: Because of the horrendous gastro-intestinal “prelude” to my labor with you, I am now beyond paranoid every time I have the runs that your sibling will be coming early. It is for this reason that I bought the wall primer today, not so that you could play percussion well beyond your bath time.
Additionally, although slightly disarming the first few times, your use of the phrase, “I NEED it!” with such appropriate inflection will not hurry any fetching, retrieving, or securing along. Sometimes my priority is driving safely over fishing Pablo off of the floor in the back of the car, and you are just going to have to accept that.
Self-sufficiency is the road to happiness. You can feel free to use that little pearl of wisdom when you misplace one of your binkies tonight at 2:37 a.m.. In fact, I encourage you.Love,
Mommy
If you’ve read even one entry on here, you probably realize that I’m not afraid to throw out an f-bomb from time to time. Yes, I know I’m guilty of excessive four letter word usage. However, I swear, since having a baby I have really tried to cut back. Well, maybe not at first. I mean, at first he had colic and we moved across the country with a U-Haul, 2 dogs, a cat, a newborn, a 4 year old, and four severely sleep deprived adults, so there were LOTS of obscenities flying out of my mouth then.
But, as the months went by, we became more conscience of our foul language usage in front of Kendall and at least made an effort to try not to make “fuck” every other word in our conversations. It was just hard to be diligent when he clearly had so little grasp of language and how to use it. It’s not like a six month old is going to know any better, right? Well, as he got older, started crawling, pointing to things we got a little tougher on ourselves, but I can’t say we completely eliminated the word from our vocabularies.
It’s just so fucking useful. Like when that asshole on the toll road decides at the last minute that he needs to get in the farthest open lane so he can speed through the toll pass, and he cuts you off and you see you and your child’s life flash before your eyes – appropriate time to say, “Fuck you you fucking asshole! Why don’t you quit being such a fucking dickhead driver!”
Another appropriate time to express your irritation with a potpourri of f-bombs? When you get home from Ikea with a seemingly easy to hang, simple ceiling lamp, and proceed to spend the next 4 hours pulling your hair out and trying not to kill your husband because the stupid Swedish piece of shit won’t hang level. Couples therapy should be sold next to the checkout stands at Ikea (like magazines and gum are at grocery stores). I bet it would be a great price.
So it was in the midst of trying to get this lamp up last night, while simultaneously trying to not kill each other, that I hear Kendall in the background saying his favorite word, “duck”. It’s quite cute. He loves ducks. He will point to his rubber duckies and say “dck!” and he also correctly labels and identifies the bastard ducks at the pond that still won’t eat anything we throw at them. And sometimes he will just call anything a duck….and sometimes it just sounds like “uck”…. Fuck. He is just saying “duck” right?
Kendall is 11 months 3 weeks and 2 days old
What did you do for Earth Day? Kendall and I spent the day with as few lights on as possible (something we try to do everyday, but we were super conscience of it Wednesday), we walked outside and looked at the trees and grass and flowers, and when Scott got home, we headed to Home Depot to buy flowers (Begonias, which I’m told is a good idiot proof, Texas plant) to put in the giant pot in our back yard. The pot previously grew a Hibiscus that I killed… on accident, of course. Here’s hoping the Begonias can survive the Texas heat, my black thumb, and Kendall’s curiosity.
Since I knew Home Depot would be a long trip (my husband was with us, need I say more?), I made sure to wear my Oh Plah! bracelet. I’ve been wearing this, especially when shopping trips and doctors visits were on the agenda, for a few weeks now, and I love it! Kendall has been a chewing, gnawing fool lately, with two molars finally breaking all the way through in the last week. I love being able to take it off and give it to him to keep him occupied, and to keep him from chewing on less desirable things, like the buckles on the grocery cart straps.
And the Oh Plah! Isn’t just a cool, funky, functional piece of jewelry. It’s also VERY eco-conscience and baby safe. Made with NO BPA, Phthalates or PVC and of medical grade, non-toxic thermoplastic. Even cooler, they will recycle it for you when you’re done with it. Just send it back to the company, and never worry about it ending up in a landfill. And huge kudos to them for the very minimal packaging.
As far as the stylish factor goes, I think it’s pretty snazzy. It’s comfortable to wear (very flexible), and doesn’t *look* like a teether. It comes in a variety of colors. Here I am wearing it at a “Rock & Roll” birthday party we attended last week.
I think Kendall loves it so much because it’s something that’s so obviously not a toy, and something that’s mine. So when I take it off and give it to him to chew on, he’s delighted, almost as much as if I gave him my cell phone… at least for a little bit. Clearly, the bracelet doesn’t light up and beep at him, but it must give him some strange satisfaction knowing that he managed to get something of mine to put in his mouth.
The Oh Plah! is made by Roundhouse Design Collaborative and retails for $19.99 – $24.99. But, until June 30th, Baby Rabies readers can get 20% off with the code 409babrab20. Be patient, though. Looks like I’m not the only one who loves this thing! They’ve had so much interest in it that they are backordered until mid-late May.
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