Wanna know what kinds of things this crazy mom worries about?
An upcoming trip to the dentist. Josh will be working so I'll take Thomas with me. What if he doesn't sleep through it? What if he wakes up and starts to be fussy? What if he cries while my mouth is full of fingers? What if I bite the fingers off and jump up from the chair and dash to my child's carrier to rescue him? Will they charge me for their hospital bills? What if he cries and I don't have the guts to bite the fingers and instead I try to talk and it comes out like everything I say with a mouthful of fingers "ah ay ae ih cah eeh" (my baby is crying)? And what if because I'm such a gutless pansy I don't get to rescue him? What if either of those embarrassing things happens and Lisa (the lady who works on my teeth, and also my Aunt) tells the whole family and we are the joke at every household dinner for eternity?
Talking about the upcoming blessing with Josh (back when it was "upcoming" instead of "recent") I asked him all the details of how the circle works. How do you hold the baby? Do you just have to hold him straight out with both hands - you'll use both hands right? I mean you're not just gonna try to palm him and count on the other guys to support the rest of him, right? They don't make you put your hand on someone else's shoulder do they? Promise me you'll use both hands! (He didn't promise. Rude.) Well when you hold something straight out like that your arms are going to get tired - what if you JUST started, but your arms are too tired to hold him, do you just quit? "The name you'll be known by....will be Thomas -" ugh. You're heavy, I'm putting you down. What if my baby never got the rest of his name because he's so heavy and too hard to hold straight out like that? Josh wasn't worried at all about either of those things. Weird huh?
I'd like to think the baby brings out the psycho-worrier in me, but probably I've always been this crazy and now I just have something small that brings new topics to worry about.
All mothers worry. It's in our nature. Oh, and, at he dentist. It's okay if Thomas cries. It's good for his lungs. :)
ReplyDeleteThe eye doctor didn't even notice when Taege was crying, but he didn't even get mad at me when I got out of the chair in the middle of my exam either.
ReplyDeleteThomas was a perfect angel at the dentist! That is all I could tell the family about your visit and also that he is the cutest sweetest little Thomas I know!!! I love that you were brave and brought him to my office. I loved getting to stare at him! I love his little face...too sweet! Besides you have to get him use to the dentist so when you blink and he is 3 he can have a turn in the chair! :D
ReplyDeleteRyann was kinda naughty when we were at the dentist (2years old) but they gave her a Care Bear anyway. Whoa--that was too long ago. We've gotta go again.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm kind of terrified about the whole blessing thing, too. And I still have 5 months before the baby is even born. Thank you for that, Amy :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to have you come over sometime next week if you still want to. I really want to see baby Thomas & you too!
I brought my little sister to the dentist with me when I went...just in case. :) And I think new baby Rachel slept the whole time, anyway, but you just never know, right?
ReplyDeleteSo this part "The name you'll be known by....will be Thomas -" ugh made me laugh and think of the moment in Monty Python and the Holy Grail when they're discussing the castle of Aaaaaghhh.
ReplyDelete"Perhaps he was dictating." Ü
Just in case you don't know what I'm talking about (how could anyone not know and love this movie?) here's a link. Ü
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiT_5cr3tYI