The other day we were listening to Sal’s mp3 player and Cat’s in the Cradle came on. I thought it was funny I would put it on there, but it was a good reminder. But I might need more than just good songs to remind me.
Tonight as he’s going to sleep, I’m thinking about how some people might scoff even more at the way we raise Sal cause he wanted another “back massage” to goto sleep. So I’m rubbing his shoulders and putting up with him complaining about my sweaty hands (yes, I’m still sweaty 45 minutes after kettlebell class and 1 shower later…) and running out of patience as he stalls his way around falling asleep. Go to sleep kid – I’ve got things to do!
He sits up and I want to scold him and tell him to goto sleep when he says “I was nice to Akshat. We were playing with my LEGOs and I let him take some home so he could play with them and he’ll bring them back later and they will be in a different shape.”
That settled me down a bit and 2 minutes later he was asleep but I didn’t feel like I had to rush off to do anything anymore.