So how bad is it, really...? I used to read this magazine, back when I still had time to read magazines...and they had a section that rated how bad different things were. I LOVED reading that section. They looked at common things that many people may or may not already do and give you the facts on it and the verdict on whether it is "not that bad" or "really bad" or "kind of bad".
I feel like this question enters my mind about one hundred times a day. Being a mom of an infant and a little boy, I am constantly performing risk assessments in my head. The funny (or not funny) part is the verdict. Obviously my risk assessment calculations are purely subjective and many times performed under times of heavy stress, excessive tiredness and desperation, which very much skews my analysis and the level of risk that I assign. But really, how bad is it to eat your lunch on top of your nursing baby? What if your lunch is soup? Or my personal favorite...what if you are enjoying a nice cold brew (after 9+ months of depriving yourself such privilege), while your baby happily chugs her milk below? How bad is it, really???
How about this scenario, which happens all too often for any mother of little ones. What if you're out and your baby drops their toy on the ground? What if they drop it on the ground in the parking lot? In the bathroom? Now, what if the toy that they drop is a teether? A spoon that you are about to use to feed them with? Their pacifier? Really, how bad is it to give it back to them?
Like I said, this phrase enters my mind so many times every day. And based on my field research analysis of other moms...I think the more kids that you have and the less sleep that you get, the less bad things really are. Funny how that works. :)
Happy Friday everyone!
*Disclosure: the actions above were either shared with me by other Super Moms or were my own personal experiences. No children were harmed following the assessed risk. ;)
~Jackie
