When momma’s away …
Aug 27th, 2008 by learningumbrella
I went out for a Mom’s Night Out last night (my first ever - what a great concept!), and left DH with the kids. I usually have time to fix them dinner, but this time I did not, so he would have to feed them himself.
Apparently, both kids told him they were not hungry, so he didn’t cook dinner. Then, right before bedtime, suddenly Carbon is starving. I think this is totally predictable - that’s why I make people eat dinner when I put it on the table whether or not they feel hungry. But DH just said “No” to food and let Carbon cry and have a “fit” and sent him to bed. So this morning the first thing Carbon told me was that “Daddy didn’t feed me at all and I was soooo hungry without you Mommy!”
But then he still hasn’t eaten all of his oatmeal I made him, so he can’t be that hungry.
“I was so hungry without you, Mommy.” Oy! He really knows how to hit the Guilt Button. *LOL* He should meet my 4-year-old, Trishy. I went to a Mom’s Night Out last week and she cried huge crocodile tears as I was leaving. I did feel pretty bad … not for *her* but for my other daughter who was left to babysit her!
That’s hilarious. I’m not sure what’s more humorous to me…your husband’s not feeding the kids or the morning pity party. S has been home alone a couple evenings a week with Sylv since she was 9 months old and there have been nights where I’ve come home to see he’s fed her something like corn chips and plain noodles. I learned really early that I have to keep cans of (no salt added) veggie chili on hand or she doesn’t get a reasonably balanced meal. I could, of course, freeze homemade, but that would entail work.