The 4 P’s of Motherhood
I’ve decided that there are four P’s to motherhood. At some point in your career as a mom you’ll experience them all. Dad’s get some, grandparents get some, the baby sitter might get one here or there. But you, moms, you’ll get them all.
You may be wondering what the four P’s are and may readily know what two of them are, but believe me there are four: Pee, poop, puke, and phlegm. That’s right folks — phlegm.
The four Ps became abundantly apparent one winter morning when Mazie was sick. Poor thing had some nasty stomach bug and had thrown up during the night as well as a whole host of other lovely symptoms. So a sleep deprived mom (me) sat in the rocking chair trying to comfort and nurse my limp lifeless little child with our trusty and ever vigilant cat by our side. I though I had things under control so my husband ventured out to the corner market to pick up a few key items. Just as I heard him shut the door to leave, Mazie started fussing — a tell tale sign of puke to come — rather than be puked on for the third time that morning, I positioned Mazie over the side of the chair where she promptly threw up… RIGHT ON THE CAT.
Who as any unlucky cat would, ran like hell out of the room aptly spreading puke from one end of the house to the other. Needless to say my husband walked back into the house just after the whole incident went down.
Ahh motherhood.
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OK Courtney- I enjoy your insights, but I’m going to have to call you out on what you will understand is an obvious pet peeve of mine: The “Mom” only assumption! Sure, almost all stay at home parents ARE Moms, but you know one Dad at least that IS part of the small but active minority. It’s why I cancelled my Parents Magazine (it was only OK anyway to be honest): that they ONLY wrote about Moms. I’ve gotten deep into the 4 P’s of ,ahem, Fatherhood, plenty and yep, at the end of it, it’s usually Mom who just comes home from work!
See you guys soon!