Wait for it.....
Wait for it ....
Drum roll please....
Mama's boy. He whines when I leave his presence. He stands at my feet, grasping at my pants and sticking his head between my knees. He pushes off anyone else holding him if I walk by to try and jump into my arms. To be perfectly honest, it usually bothers me, ranging from very mild annoyance to embarrassment that he won't just go play with the other kids. At his school (mommy & me class on Fridays), it can be difficult to make it through my 30 minute discussion time when I hear him crying for me through the walls. It can also make it difficult to watch the other kids when he cries if I walk more than 5 feet away from him. It's not that I want him to be emotionally detached from me or want nothing to do with me, I just wish he could enjoy play time with other kids or be calmed by someone other than me when he wakes up scared at night.
But then some days, ...ah, there is nothing better. Some days I pretend that he's never going to love anyone more than me, not even during the teen years. Some days, like today, he'll come over to me during playgroup and without any sort of explanation or apparent reason, he'll lay his head on me, look up at my eyes and clutch my shirt. We stayed that way for 10 minutes straight and I didn't care that Timmy was ignoring the toys and his friends and being outside at the park. I didn't care that I couldn't have a conversation with my friends without a baby all over me.
The other moms kept asking if he was sleeping. Nope. He was just being a mama's boy. So they took a picture and said "aww."
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Hahaha, I feel the same way, I wanted my kid to be independent. And she is, but there are phases where she has separation anxiety, and stranger anxiety, and is super clingy. I know soon enough my kid will want absolutely nothing to do with me, and will probably refuse to acknowledge me in public, so I'll take as much snuggling as I can get now! :)
awww, that is so adorable! Rarely, Jacob will do that and I absolutely love it. Wow, Timmy is getting to be such a big bow!
I hear you on the Mama's boy. I have one too and at times it's hard to take. But that picture is too adorable.
I don't know where you live, but the fact that you are in white jeans and no coat in mid-March makes me want to move there. So jealous!
I've even added you to my blawg roll so that I can keep up with your warm temps and sunshine. :)
I realize this is 100% unrelated to your post...but do you dye your hair? Because the color is phenomenal in that adorable picture. I'm secretly hoping you *do* dye it so that you can share with me your coloring prowess. Either way, I'm jealous. ;)
aww, thanks! I don't color my hair, but it does change color on its own... in the summer it gets lighter, and over the past decade or so, it has become almost red when the light hits it a certain way.
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