the babe, the boy, and me....

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

is this wrong....?

For as long as I can remember, The Boy has always been interested in whatever it is that I am drinking. If I have a glass of water, he needs to have it. If I have a soda, he needs to have it. If I have a coffee, he needs to have it. It's not that I don't want to share (well, it's kinda that I don't want to share), but it's The Boy who really doesn't want to share. He wants to take my drink and make it his own. I'd be happy to give him a sip of this or that if that's where it would end, but that's not where it ends. It ends with me in utter frustration, wondering why I can't do anything without being harrassed. I mean, I just want a drink of water for goodness sake!

The result of this has been that I simply avoid drinking things around The Boy. I don't think I thought the issue through and came to that solution... but over time, that's what I've noticed is happening. I just don't drink around The Boy. Since I am around The Boy pretty much all day, what that means is that I hardly drink anything. As a survivor of 12 (count them, twelve) kidney stones, not drinking anything all day is not a very appealing option for me (besides the fact that not drinking anything all day is probably not a very appealing option to anyone).

Out of sheer desperation recently, I simply poured part of my drink into a small cup and gave that to The Boy. OMG, it worked! He walks away with his own cup and is happy with that. I am relieved. The result of that, however, is that now The Boy simply asks me for his own cup of whatever, whether I am drinking it currently or not. Today it was tea. So, I made The Boy a cup of tea. I used decaf. Just plain decaf Lipton tea. It felt so odd the whole time I was making it. Serving tea to my 2 year old just seemed unusual.

My question is this: Is it wrong? Is there any reason why I shouldn't be serving The Boy tea? I mean, besides the fact that he's a bit young to learn how to hold his pinky finger out as he sips?

4 Comments:

Blogger CrunchyCon said...

Decaf? I don't see a problem with it. Even if it was caffinated. He's your kid.

7:59 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Less sugar than hot chocolate which Lucas now thinks he's entitled to daily! :)

11:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would have no problem with decaff tea at all. Geez, Thaddeus sounds exactly the same re:drinks and I've resorted to the same thing.

11:50 AM  
Blogger OCMama said...

My kids get tea, regular and decaf. I make it on the weak side though. My mom drinks more tea then any other human so my boys associate tea with "danny" (their name for my mom) Ok so long-winded point being its ok in my book!!

4:15 PM  

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