Here is how we found out that Jack was walking. This was back on April 27, 2009. We went to pick him up from my parent's house and my mom asked me "Why didn't you tell us that Jack started walking?" My response was "Because we didn't know."
I know that being a working parent I would miss the milestones of my kids. Jack walking, Charlie's first laugh.
I was going home on Monday and I bumped into the boys' daycare sitter. She waved at me excitedly and from far away, I didn't recognize her. Who do I know in this neighborhood? Nobody, except my family. As she got closer, she said " Oh my god, HI!!!! " I then recognized her.
Then she said, how about that little tooth huh?
Tooth? Jack??? Jack has his teeth. Did one fall out already? No, he's too young. She must be talking about.....
CHARLIE!!!
Charlie has a tooth? And I wasn't the one to spot it first, it was his babysitter. I played along however and went , oh yeah, it's amazing. Like I knew all along that my little baby was about to grow into a man.
She then went on and said how happy Jack was to see it and they kept talking about it. So now she saw Charlie's tooth first and she shared the joy first with my firstborn. Without me.
I work because we need money right? If we ever won the lottery, yes I would quit my job, but I would still send the boys to daycare because I would be busy trying to set up my non for profit art center.
So I know that working will make me miss the milestones, and it is something that I don't like, but what can I do? After I talked to the sitter, I walked home and was feeling low. But quickly brought myself back up and said " Hold up! That is enough with the whoa -is - me charade."
I quickly went home and wondered now what new adventures Charlie's teeth will bring us. And how much pain I will be in with his new found fangs while I nurse him.
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