Be a sweetie!
Written by Helga
Monday, 22 February 2010 03:02
Being a mom trying to live green means so many things.
It’s about working to get unnecessary chemicals out of our lives. Cutting down on our dependency on plastics. Trying to feed my children the most wholesome, organic food I can possibly get them to eat (which, as you know, is my single biggest challenge. My children would rather give up their favorite toys than eat some of the foods I put on our table, delish or not! Pardon me while I pull my hair out).
It also means teaching my children through example and sometimes endless lectures (gotta work on that, their eyes glaze over after a few minutes) about being thoughtful and kind.
“It’s not always about you.” is a familiar refrain around here. I am BIG on being thoughtful. Think about others before yourselves. This is not an easy task for an 8 1/2 and an almost 6 year old. But, I suppose, we start early and hope it sinks in. My children, in turn, assume that most adults are thoughtful and think of others before themselves.
Not always so!
Take, for example, the public rest room. Anywhere. Your kids have to go. Your little boy has to go into the ladies room with you because you can’t let him go into the men’s room by himself yet. (Well, I’m not ready to let him, anyway. He’s ready). Both kids want to go into their own stall by themselves because they are ‘big kids now’ and they don’t want you in there. I understand! Great! Go pee or what have you, by yourself, I’ve been there enough for that. Go solo, child, with my blessing.
Then comes the howl of indignation.
“Mommy! I sat in PEE! AHHHHH!” This, to a child, is the height of grossness.
Their little legs can’t squat over the bowl like adults can. They don’t think to check and wipe the seat. And really, who wants to wipe up some strangers pee pee from the seat before they sit down? What?! No hands raised? I didn’t think so. I don’t want to, either. You were probably squatting because someone else pee-peed all over the seat and didn’t wipe it off.
So you might have read this on the bathroom wall in middle school, it gets the point across, and it bears repeating.
If you sprinkle when you tinkle,
Be a sweetie, wipe the seatie
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Love this. So gross!! Especially with kids.
Couldn’t find a contact link for you so thought I would comment on this post to try and get a hold of ya!
Saw you over at Simple Mom posting about the OCM not working for you – bumps and such. Me too!! Am wondering if your skin has cleared up and if you learned anything about why your skin broke out… Maybe the castor oil?