Learning to see through his eyes
I never thought I would become a nazi mommy. My friend’s kid is sick and so is she, and she’s wearing a surgical mask around the house so she doesn’t reinfect her. I used to laugh at this type of mom behavior, and now after going out to eat sushi and seeing how Tin got overtired being out of his routine and how being out affected his stomach (as he spit up his formula when we got home) and was so fussy going to bed – I wonder is it better to get out of the routine or to just be a shut in?
Hard to say – but let me tell you this – we’re exhausted – maybe we need the routine – between T not getting her routine nap and me not sleeping through the night because I get up and contemplate T2’s breathing – how in the hell could we have adopted a newborn!
Yet, tonight he got to light the menorah again – live – and he really is so amazingly well behaved given that the restaurant was not his idea.
And earlier today we had to get out of the hotel room in the afternoon so the housekeeper could clean – we’ve been just exchanging towels and trash because they never seem to come at an appropriate time and so since we had to get out, we went to the Indianapolis Children’s Museum for that 1.5 hour block of time between feed and nap.
Wow – it’s a pretty incredible museum. The architecture was nothing to comment on, but the exhibits were awesome. There is this entire exhibit on Egypt where a kid enters the world of an Egyptian kid – really cool stuff. And then there is a dinosaur and dragon exhibit that is complete with a paleontology lab.
My favorite parts were the drumming session where all the kids were on the floor learning to drum and Tin stood over his little bongo, slapped it and bust a move with his little diapered booty.
He loves seeing other kids and loved the stimulation of the exhibits – I have to admit I never had any desire to step in a children’s museum before – but afterwards we both had great ambition to make sure Tin sees as much of everything in the world that we could possibly show him (and he us).
