WMEA: Worst Mom Ever Alert!!!

Alright, I have to make a confession. And yes....I am beginning to feel a smidge of guilt that I honestly do this, but hey......I want the extra 30 minutes of sleep and that is all there is to it. 

With summer here and kids not needing to get up and out the door first thing in the morning anymore, I encourage them to sleep in, "keep quiet" when they wake up", and to "find something good to do" which hopefully doesn't involve coming in my room to ask me questions or tattle on siblings. 

However, one of my little turkeys....I mean children...ALWAYS comes to my beside with the EXACT same question, the exact same look on his face, the exact same "please" coming out of his mouth, at nearly the exact same time of the morning. In fact, if you will notice in the picture he not only brings an otter pop back but he nearly stabs my eye out each morning with at least one pair of scissors. 

Can I please have an otter pop? He says with every dimple he can show. PLEASE!!!

Any good mother would recognize this as a perfect moment to teach and nurture. Helping the young Innocent and ignorant mind to understand that the first meal of the day should be a healthy and balanced meal filled with nutrition and blah blah blah.

But me.......I take the easy route. I think, well otter pops are made out of 100% all natural fruit juice. Aren't they? And at least by allowing my child to eat this I am teaching him self reliance in that he can prepare his own breakfasts for himself. And the reasoning goes on. 

So, I give in and say..."sure!"

You know the saying... An otter pop a day, keeps the kids at away :) (for 30-45 more minutes at least)

But, in my defense, and before anyone condemns me to "The Worst Mom Ever Hall of Fame" I must brag on myself a little. 

After recognizing the unhealthy nature of this habit that was forming with my littlest boy, I took some remarkably proactive action to nip it in the bud. I decided that it was not a good idea for him to be running down the hall with scissors each morning so I began keeping them on my nightstand so that I can just snip the top with a much higher level of safety. 

I can sleep much better during that 30 extra minutes each morning knowing my 2 year old isn't running around the house with scissors.