A note to myself

Let the children be children. Being children means

1. they will do things to annoy you
2. they will embarrass you in public like banging tables and shouting in restaurants
3. they will fight amongst each other
4. the girls will whine and cry
5. the boys will pinch and push
6. they won’t listen to you 90% of the time
7. they will argue with you
8. they don’t move when you ask them to do something
9. they watch TV all the time
10. they won’t brush their teeth when you tell them
11. they won’t go to bed when you tell them
12. they don’t eat what you serve
13. they will ask to eat what you don’t have or let them
14. they will dawdle when you are rushing
15. they will cry and shout loudly
16. they will demand toys you don’t want to buy
17. they will push you to the limit!

… but they will also

1. say “I love you” so very often
2. shower you with kisses, night and day,
3. call you mummy
4. massage your back when you said you are in pain
5. hug you 100 times a day
6. laugh at your jokes
7. talk to you when you have nobody to talk to
8. fight to sleep next to you every night
9. fight to sit next to you
10. touch your face and hair
11. sleep on your lap
12. praise ” you are so beautiful” to you
13. never forget your birthday, mother’s day, valentine day and give you wishes and cards
14. keep you company

So, give the children what they need which are love and patience.

Emir and the dentist

I don’t know what to say about Emir. Half of the time he will be most adorable and the next half, he will do what he likes. He also kept me surprised with all his unexpected antics.

We went to see the dentist for check ups last month and found out that he has holes in his teeth. Quite significant ones. I have overlooked this, I felt terrible. Fatini’s teeth was allright though , except for one which was filled up last week. Fatini even though quite hesitant to sit in the dentist seat, once seated will remain quiet until everything is done to perfection.

Today was the third visit for Emir. It had been difficult to get him to open his mouth, to sit still and to let the dentist work on his teeth. On the 2^nd visit a few weeks ago, he stopped the dentist, pulled out the instruments and the napkin and got up, saying ‘ I’m done’ while the dentist was still trying to fill up the tooth. We were offcourse (dentist, nurse and me) all tried to hold him still.

Anyway, today’s visit has improved, but still, he was rolling his body constantly, putting his legs up, etc and at one point actually told me a story, ‘you know mummy, when I was ….bla, bla, bla…” while the dentist still had his hands in his mouth! And we tried to stop him talking.

Anyway, the dentist had no choice than to expedite the filling job, the work according to him was not as perfect since Emir could not let him clean the tooth properly. Emir still have a few more visits to go. Hopefully he will be able to cooperate better next time.