There are some mornings when things just don’t go as planned in our household. This morning has been one of those.
For a start, I woke up late — later than usual! And, I was supposed to go to work. Yup … I know that’s bad. My excuse was that it was very difficult to get out of bed as it was too cold to start the day. Anyway, I woke up about 15 minutes later than usual. The boys had already woken up and playing by themselves in their room. They were waiting for me to go collect them and start our morning routine.
I warned the boys first thing when I saw them — to be quick because we are running late. Was I thinking they have concept of time? What was I thinking? Anyway, the morning started well until breakfast when one of the boys decided to play up and refused his milk. It took a bit of effort to get Mr A to drink his milk and then Mr C decided to take his time to swallow his toast! He was more interested in teasing his brother then eating and that really made me mad. The thing was, the more I hurrried him, the more he slowed down! That was really frustrating. Especially so when I am rushing for time. The boys eventually finished their breakfast, were finally changed and ready for day care. We were all ready to roll out of the door when Mr A announced ” ma ma, wo poo poo” (mum, I have done a poop)! *SIGH* What to do? Have to clean him up. Time check: we were 10 minutes later than usual. Not that bad, I thought.
While I was washing my hands at the back, I heard a loud cry coming from the front room. Something had happened — Mr A fell down and hit his face on the floor! He was screaming and I hurried over to him. Thank God that there was no serious injury or blood.
After all that morning jazz, we were finally out of the house! Thank God that I was still rather calm and in control of things. I do have to admit that I was losing it at some stage. Well, what have I learnt? For starters, young children do not have concept of time like us. It is unfair that I rushed the boys so much this morning and expect them to obey me. Worst still, I got angry at them. I better wake up on time tomorrow!