I saw this picture some months ago and I laughed hard…..at the man, who has to compete with his baby for his wife’s affection and bed space and the baby who knows what he wants and surely knows how to get it….like they say “by hook or by crook”……nevertheless by all means. But today, I am not laughing because I am now “haunted” by my 3 yr old…Isy.
In recent times, my husband and I would want to spend some time alone in the comfort of our room and do what ……..you already know what! But it is always difficult when Isy is around…..he watches my movements, he notices eye contacts and want to keep me busy….with him. On this particular day, we needed to spend some time alone without the kids and we put on their favourite cartoon channel, gave the both of them drinks and snacks and sneaked into the room.
And so the much needed “quickie” had not even started when Isy pushed the door open, walked in like he was the owner of the room, jumped into the bed, smiling and giving me that “what did I miss” look. I looked at my husband and I burst out with laughter….and tears too! We both were not finding it funny and we decided to lure him back to the sitting room with a can of Pringles, which he accepted…..though not willingly.
This time, we agreed we were going to lock the door, and then we found out that Isy had put a toothpick stick in the key hole, the key could barely enter the key hole……we couldn’t lock the door. We had run out of ideas on how to keep him away and also lost all the energy…….but we knew we had to do something and very fast. Can anyone outsmart Isy?
Right now, I am thinking he is getting jealous of me spending time with his father instead of him, or maybe he is thinking we are planning to have another child and no more attention for him…..he loves attention, and filling up his tummy is not just enough attention.
Guess what! This morning, I woke up with a brilliant idea and it’s titled “How Jayne got her Groove back; getting rid of Isy”. I need to get my groove back and I need it badly and so I have decided to change his bed; get a comfy bed with pillows, colourful bed sheets, preferably cartoon character, re-paint his room and also have a heart to heart “Mommy and Isy talk” that will be reassuring him, that no one can take his place and “fear not, Isy. Mommy isn’t going to have another baby soon” and “you are my sunshine, my only sunshine…………
I plan, but with Isy you can never tell……….fingers crossed.
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