You know when you go to a baby shower and you're asked to write down a piece of advice about parenting? I always debate about how much this soon-to-be-parent wants to know.
Should I prepare them for conversations like these?
"Mom, you've been MEAN to me since the DAY I was BORN." You have to increase the volume and shrillness of that comment to get its full effect. Or you can just come over here and hear it in person.
Or this?
"Hey mom you really need to clean the bathroom," says child as they track muddy footprints onto the tile floor just as I stand back and admire how clean it is.
I usually settle on something like this, "Crying is ok. Your baby doesn't mind because she's doing it too."
I don't want to scare them too much!
