Its bad enough to have your friends "Mommie judge" you when your kid is getting away with something because you're too tired of saying "no"...again. Or when she's climbing on all the furniture in your house and you don't seem phased. Oh, or when she plays "beep beep" in the driver seat of your car because its the only way she'll eventually agree to get into her own seat. Or you've given up on bringing every type of nutritional snack with you to the park and you're happy she at least ate some cheese flavored rice cakes.
But when Moms you don't even know pass judgement on you at the playground, at toddler group or the grocery store its almost too much to bear. I mean, we are all in this together. We're all overwhelmed and tired and not always at our best, right? And who knows what is taking place outside of that moment when you / me / the other Moms decided to pass judgement. Who are any of us to judge?
Trust me. I am hard enough on myself when I lose my temper, my child gets hurt, or forget to bring something important along. I don't need everyone else making me feel bad too. Like the time I turned my head for a split second and Vivi took a fall at the playground and the Dad next to me (on his cell phone I might add) guilted me into thinking I had to race her to the pediatricians' office because she "might have a concussion." (She was fine, no bump, not even crying and mad that we left the playground.) Or when she refused to sit in group for snack time but kept eating while standing at the table and no one, not the teacher nor I could get her to sit despite my best efforts (which included removing her from the table against her will). Or today when I lost my temper at my husband who asked me for help at the deli counter at the same time that my daughter was begging me for something to eat. Not my finest moment!! The faces on the Moms at Gelsons were priceless. Of course none of them knew that we were racing to get home for a nap and I thought hubby was asking me the same question for the 4th time.






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