Do two year olds know how to work the mommy guilt, or what?  I stay at home with my two little boys, so I rarely go anywhere without them.  They’re about as hard to pull away from me as my teeth.  I mean, it can happen but not without a lot of wiggling back and forth, pulling with extreme force, and a lot of whining. 

But get this:  my two year old has added a new weapon to his arsenal.  After all the untangling of arms and legs, crying, sweating and begging, he cocks his head to the side, puts on a sad face and says, “Momma, I miss you already.”  He says it so calmly.  He says it like he hasn’t just left permanent marks on my neck for the last 20 minutes after clawing for me to stay.

I’m proud of him.  He’s really taking it to the next level, don’t you agree?  But I kind of do feel bad for him.  He’s found out the hard way that guilt doesn’t work either.  After applying a little salve to my war wounds, I leave the little dude in my dust!

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Tags: Mommy Guilt, Pulling Teeth, Stay At Home Mom, toddler

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