Comments on: Three Moms at the Park http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1027 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 20:49:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-8926 girldetective Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:32:22 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1027#comment-8926 When Drake really got into the loud, insistent "mommommommommom" habit, I tried to stem this by responding in a soft voice, "I only need one 'mom' to hear you." Then on one of the zillion instances that I was distracted and didn't respond immediately,, my husband G. Grod said, "That's not true. You didn't respond till something like the seventh 'mom'." I laughed. He was right. And I apologized to Drake. And I've tried (and often failed) to respond at the first 'mom'. It's funny to hear Drake admonish his littler brother, "Only one 'mom', Guppy!" When Drake really got into the loud, insistent “mommommommommom” habit, I tried to stem this by responding in a soft voice, “I only need one ‘mom’ to hear you.”

Then on one of the zillion instances that I was distracted and didn’t respond immediately,, my husband G. Grod said, “That’s not true. You didn’t respond till something like the seventh ‘mom’.”

I laughed. He was right. And I apologized to Drake. And I’ve tried (and often failed) to respond at the first ‘mom’. It’s funny to hear Drake admonish his littler brother, “Only one ‘mom’, Guppy!”

]]> By: Jane Plane http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1027&cpage=1#comment-8924 Jane Plane Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:14:49 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1027#comment-8924 The thing that's annoying about Mom #2 is that she's couching her own irritation at hearing a kid yell unanswered into a commentary on someone else's mothering skills. Anyone with one kid, much less four, knows it's impossible (and not even a worthy goal) to instantly respond to every "MOM!" It's not bad mothering to not immediately answer one's kid, although it may be semi-impolite to let one's kid shriek ceaselessly at the playground. The thing that’s annoying about Mom #2 is that she’s couching her own irritation at hearing a kid yell unanswered into a commentary on someone else’s mothering skills. Anyone with one kid, much less four, knows it’s impossible (and not even a worthy goal) to instantly respond to every “MOM!”

It’s not bad mothering to not immediately answer one’s kid, although it may be semi-impolite to let one’s kid shriek ceaselessly at the playground.

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