In what surely must be my proudest moment of environmental awareness, I realized that I’ve now boiled the same kettle of water four times.
First time, it was before supper, when I had a hankering for a cup of hot chocolate. And then I thought, well, I’ll be eating with Jade, and we’re already having mashed potatoes and corn, which she can’t have, and corn is a former favourite of hers. So I’ll forego the hot chocolate for now. (She didn’t care a whit about the corn, by the way. She was having carrots and she pointed at our corn and said, “Carrots!” Strange. But better than a tantrum.)
The second time was after Jade was in bed and I thought I’d go ahead and have a hot drink. But then Halia decided she’d have enough of the swing. So I nursed her for a bit and then realized it was getting late enough to get her ready for bed. So I did.
About forty minutes later, I came back upstairs and settled down to read the latest posts in my feed reader. The water went on again. And then I heard a wail that meant Halia wasn’t asleep, as I’d though.
Another forty minutes, some of which was spent sitting on my bed contemplating my knee as I waited to see if the grunting and snuffling baby next door would fall asleep, and I’m back upstairs. I boiled that darned water for the fourth time and I finally got to have my cup of hot chocolate. As a consolation, I even stole some of Jade’s whipping cream and whipped it up for myself as a topping. Yum!
At least it was only about a cup of water, not the full two litres the kettle holds. That’s gotta count for something, right?
You know, I’ve meant to write this earlier… but I’m really unbelievably taken aback by how MATURE Jade seems about this whole “not allowed to eat X” thing.
I know that personally I have like ZERO willpower, and meticulously measuring and restricting my food intake would be unbearable.
Amazing to think that a toddler would have an easier go of it than me…
But then I guess maybe the toddler makes the connection to the seizures, and for me it’s just “I’m a little chubby”
LOL! Im glad Im not the only one with a grunting and snuffling baby 🙂