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marrymemylove
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If I POAS tomorrow...
marrymemylove
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DH will be in meetings then on a plane and won't be contactable until he arrives home. He's taking the redeye from the other side of the country.
SIL is coming over to dinner with me and DS (and to help out with DS while I cook dinner, I feel bad leaving him alone to play while I cook).
If I have news I'll be sure to post it here but how in HELL do I keep my mouth shut to SIL? I can't tell anyone IRL until I've told DH obviously, but man it would be difficult.
And yeah I know it will probably be negative and that's probably a good t hing. But I can't help thinking of contingencies.
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Re: If I POAS tomorrow...
SIL is coming over to dinner with me and DS (and to help out with DS while I cook dinner, I feel bad leaving him alone to play while I cook).
WTF?
I might have guessed I'd get shyte from grace.
2 nights ago I left DS playing with his trains while I cooked dinner (pasta, not a long thing) and he ran in every 2 mins wanting me to come and look, play etc. He clearly did not want to be left alone, probably more so since Daddy's away. I don't like to leave the kid feeling alone. I'm not ashamed of that.
Edited to add - normally when DH is home he gets in, we have half an hour family time then one of us will go and cook while the other plays with DS. Yes he amuses himself quite happily nowadays while I read or nest for a while, but he doesn't like you to disappear into another room and be gone for 20 mins. I came back from a 20 min phone call from my bank once to find he had stripped himself and the sofa of all the cushion covers. He stood there buck naked and said "I missed you when you were in the kitchen mummy".
Ditto.
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Like I said, I am not ashamed of that. I like that my kid likes my company that much.
I find it odd that you would go off and leave them unattended for that long. THAT explains a lot to me about your attitudes.
This is hilarious!
why not bring some of his toys into the kitchen? ?DS has his own kitchen set in our kitchen and he "cooks" dinner (usually some flour and candy sprinkles) while I make the real dinner.?
I get the not wanting him to be lonely thing, but it's not that hard to include him in your activities. ?
This is my favorite exchange with you ever!
Yes it is. Our kitchen is very un-kid friendly. Unless DS wants to watch the portable DVD player at the bench he is basically underfoot and keeps wanting to stir things on the stove. No room for his kitchen (which is in his room).
Sometimes he will want to watch Thomas on the DVD and happily chat. Mostly not. As I say, mostly DH is home so it isn't an issue.
ALSO in case you missed it we had a mouse scare this week. The less DS is in the kitchen the better until DH is home and I can clean REALLY THOROUGHLY (until then all new groceries in plastic snaplock box and I only cook on the stovetop).
okay, just a suggestion. And yes, I missed your mouse scare. ?
We had a very small, compact kitchen in DC and somehow I was able to give Ethan a couple pots and pans and it seemed to work out so that I didn't need to invite company over to watch him while I cooked. ?But I hope you have a nice dinner w/ your SIL.
DD is always with me/us when we cook. She'll usually grab a book and sit down on the floor near the fridge and "read" to us. She does the same thing at my Mom's house when she's over there.
Just is just my opinion (so take it that way), but I'd rather comfort my DC (if he's needy as yours seems to be in this particular case) than cook dinner. I can always grab something.