New Policy
The Child has always been a perky kid. From the time she was a toddler she would awake in the morning, bright-eyed and ready to go. With the advance toward teen-dom, however, mornings have gotten a little more soggy.
I decided this morning to institute a new policy. When I went to wake her I took with me a small cup of coffee, with sugar and milk. I turned on her lamp, sat on the bed and asked her to sit up. I figured she and I could have a tot of coffee together and talk about simple morning things for a few minutes, ease her into the day and that sort of thing.
When I gave her the cup she looked at me suspiciously and said, "Who died?"
"No one died".
She took a sip and scowled at me, "Alright, come clean, what did I do wrong?"
"You didn't do anything wrong. I just thought this would be a nice, gentle way to start your day". She still didn't seem convinced but she enjoyed the coffee and we're off to a nice start.
Kids.
I decided this morning to institute a new policy. When I went to wake her I took with me a small cup of coffee, with sugar and milk. I turned on her lamp, sat on the bed and asked her to sit up. I figured she and I could have a tot of coffee together and talk about simple morning things for a few minutes, ease her into the day and that sort of thing.
When I gave her the cup she looked at me suspiciously and said, "Who died?"
"No one died".
She took a sip and scowled at me, "Alright, come clean, what did I do wrong?"
"You didn't do anything wrong. I just thought this would be a nice, gentle way to start your day". She still didn't seem convinced but she enjoyed the coffee and we're off to a nice start.
Kids.
cobbled together by Moi at 7:21 AM
10 Comments:
Adorable.
And um, I seem to have a problem waking up too. I'll leave the key under the doormat.
Damn, Charlie. Why didn't I think of that. Although, and I realize this isn't very progressive of me, I'd rather The Child not turn out to be a fine young man. So maybe my method will still bear fruit.
JP, remind me: black or do you take it with sugar and milk?
Since school has started, Boy2 has not been as cheerful as usual in the morning because I have to wake him up most of the time. For the past few weeks, I've been getting into his bed and snuggling with him until he feels ready to face breakfast, which is about 5 minutes. Husband was upstairs yesterday when he woke up and upon entering the room he was stopped by an adamant, "No Papa, Mama must come snuggle!" When he gets too old to snuggle, I'll try your trick.
Nicole, The Child still likes the occasional morning snuggle. But I think she likes the idea of morning coffee even more.
I can just see it now: "Mom, tomorrow morning I'd like an Ethiopian Harrar latte, no foam, extra nutmeg."
But that's a very lovely story. Hopefully, one day she'll reminisce with her Childs about what a cool grandma they have.
Yeah, Jon, and all the grandkids will say, "We know, Mommy. Nana bought us our first Playskool espresso machine, remember?"
I thought Seattlans started giving their kids coffee at age 2. Entirely necessary and reasonable after being fed Starbucks-laced breast milk.
And, if you keep it up, she will expect said treatment from her future significant other.
Now, if you had trained her to bring you coffee in the morning...
Edy, Oh, we do. She's been drinking coffee milk since she was wee but now we've graduated to there being more coffee in the cup than milk. And I will forbid her marrying anyone who doesn't bring her coffee in bed.
(And yeah, you're right...I blew the training. Mother's Day doesn't count).
I am SO glad another Mom does this - [I didn't realize you were from Seattle] but I have always gotten strange looks and unwanted comments on the fact that when our kids were babies they could have Milk coffee on Sundays and now that they are in HS we allow them more coffee than milk, but still a lot of milk.
I thought after these years I was a bad parent [and the only one doing it] because I became so tired of the "Oh, that is bad for her...you will stunt her growth! with coffee" This as the person was talking directly to me [5'8] and my son [5'10 - 15 yo] and daughter [5'9 - 14 yo] -
Yeah, they're stunted alright!
Nice to know other people get it!
Thanks
Skippymom, Judging by the current growth spurt she's undergoing, I'd say it's a good thing I "stunted" her growth. She'd be a freak otherwise.
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