"I want my Daddy." I hear this phrase a minimum of 50 times a day, almost every single day, Monday through Friday. It's exhausting. It's a strain on my patience to constantly repeat that Daddy is at work but he'll be home tonight. It makes me feel like chop liver. It makes me feel unloved.
I know that it's not a measurement of their love fore me, or lack there of, but knowing that doesn't stop it from being difficult to hear this over and over and over and over..... every single day.
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Understand the chopped liver comment. I hear "no one comes to the kids' parties" or where is Grandpa from the parents and it makes me feel like chopped liver. But like you said, it doesn't lessen the love they have for us, but it does make one question it!!!:) And we know your kids just love being surrounded by love so when one is missing, their love circle has been broken. Probably feels like an open window letting in the breeze and they want to close the "circle" to cut off the breeze! Love, Auntie
ReplyDeleteI like that analogy of "their love circle."
DeleteYour welcome! I've been reading and inspired!!!:)
DeleteOh my gosh, I'd feel the same!
ReplyDeleteI identify with this, and although I work full time, I am the one person who they see every night and every day (husband sometimes travels). I think in their mind it's just not possible for mommy to go away, so they never "miss" me because that's a concept they have never had to deal with. I guarantee if you started missing days in their lives, your husband won't stop hearing about mommy!
ReplyDeleteOh, Tony definitely does hear "I want my mommy" when I am gone
Delete(usually out grocery shopping). I know it's not just limited to just me that they say things like this, but that doesn't mean it doesn't wear on me when I hear it over and over again, day in and day out.
This is my life! I was nearly in tears the other day, because was requesting "Daddy" over and over again. I actually informed her that I was the one who injected myself, had seaweed shoved up my cervix, carried her for nine months, has scars from her birth and breastfeed her for a year. I know I shouldn't be jeaous, but it hurts.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to hear that they want someone else over you ALL THE TIME. Even though we KNOW we shouldn't take it seriously, it's impossible not to sometimes. I love that you actually told her that, though!
DeleteI get this too. But you know what I found out? When it's kids + Daddy, he hears a lot of, "I want Mummy!" : )
ReplyDeleteYes, they definitely do say that to daddy when it's just him and them. It goes both ways. He just doesn't have to hear it near as often because it's almost always me that is with them!
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