Mommy-a!

Posted on | April 11, 2012 | 13 Comments

Mommy-a!

Mommy-a!

Mommy-a!

John yells this fifty thousand times a day.

When he needs a drink.

When he needs a hug.

When he’s hurt.

When he needs his bum wiped.

When he wants to tell me he loves me.

When he’s dropped a toy.

When he’s  got a hangnail.

When he wants me smile.

Or frown.

Do you get the picture?

And only I can solve the problem, whatever the problem or question or request is.

Not Daddy.

Never Daddy. Not right now.

Not for the past two weeks or so. And it’s grating on my last nerve.

So the other night as we were getting ready for bed and my husband was helping, John started in.

Mommy-a!

Mommy-a!

Only my husband was dressing him and is perfectly capable of doing this without my help or input.

John kept yelling for me.

My husband kept saying, “What do you want? I’m right here. Tell me.”

John kept yelling.

I was in the kids bathroom and if I left John would totally see me. So I hid behind the door.

For about four minutes. Which doesn’t seem long now, but was an eternity at the time.

My husband dressed John while John yelled for me and my husband insisted that he could help if only John would tell him what he wanted.

No such luck.

Finally John was dressed and had stopped yelling for me. He walked out into the hallway.

I left the bathroom.

He saw me.

“Mommy-a! I need to ask you something!”

“John! Ask Daddy. He can help you.”

“Will Sarah and I be in the same room at the Y tomorrow?”

Oh.

Yeah. I guess only I can answer that one.

So I untill John is through this stage I suppose I just keep answering him, knowing that it’s only a stage and it too shall pass.

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13 Responses to “Mommy-a!”

  1. Kmama
    April 11th, 2012 @ 8:55 AM

    Buster is like that with me. Buddy always prefers Daddy, but Buster prefers me for the most part. It is maddening, but I try and remind myself that someday I will miss this.
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    Kim Reply:

    I know someday I’ll miss his wanting me, yes.

  2. Kimberly
    Twitter:

    April 11th, 2012 @ 9:57 AM

    This drives me nuts…and I know that when he is out of my home and onto his life I will chew these words and want him to be back here with me depending on me.
    Sigh.
    But yes, it is annoying. Especially when they can say your name in 29374283742 different tones.
    Kimberly recently posted..Different

    Kim Reply:

    Isn’t it amazing how many different ways they can say one single name?

  3. Amber Lena
    Twitter:

    April 11th, 2012 @ 10:49 AM

    Oy, I can so relate. They have gotten a bit better, but for quite a while, my twins BOTH did it to me. I almost went crazy.

    Kim Reply:

    No joke. And with the twins, good times!

  4. Diana @Hormonal Imbalances
    April 11th, 2012 @ 2:23 PM

    Yeah. I won’t miss those moments. Other ones? Yes. Being small? Yes. Having them scream down the hall at me repeatedly until my ears bleed?

    No.
    Diana @Hormonal Imbalances recently posted..The Timeline of Hugeness

    Kim Reply:

    lol. Yeah, I won’t miss being the ONLY one who can wipe his bum. :)

  5. MommaKiss
    Twitter:

    April 11th, 2012 @ 2:28 PM

    OK – is this like “MommyAGHHH!” or “Mommy Aye”? Either way, I get ya. I hear the first…dragged out ahhhhh” at the end.

    I swear, Mr. Kiss could be standing IN the fridge, and they will walk up 2 flights of stairs where I’m in the shower to ask me for a glass of milk.
    MommaKiss recently posted..All in how you look at it…

    Kim Reply:

    It’s ‘Mommy-ahh!” And that’s exactly what he does! I can be in the shower and he needs me and only me to get him milk. Sigh. But I know it will end. And then I will miss it.

  6. Meredith
    Twitter:

    April 11th, 2012 @ 3:19 PM

    I can relate too, J is like this, and always has been. He is most especially this way at bedtime, no one and I mean, no one, else can put him to bed without hysterics. I too comfort myself with the idea that it is only a phase, like everything else and with the fact that I am lucky to be able to do it, someday I know I won’t be able to fix everything in his world so easily.
    Meredith recently posted..Getting Sentimental About the Awesome Around Here

    Kim Reply:

    I try to remember exactly this. You said it so well!

  7. Jess
    Twitter:

    April 23rd, 2012 @ 3:52 PM

    Lol. I’m sorry mama. It’s good to be loved, but mama needs a break!

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