I Want Mommy!

"I want Mommy!" is what I hear come from Kamden's mouth at least 15 times a day. It starts usually in the middle of every night. He either has to potty or has hit his head on the side of his toddler bed. He does not call out for his Daddy and if Kyle were to enter his room, he would scream "I want Mommy!"

This has been going on for a few weeks now. A few long, exhausting weeks. Kyle has tried to step in but Kam has a fit, a HUGE fit. It isn't worth his fit to have Kyle deal with him usually. I have to be the one to take him potty, fix his nighttime milk, lay down with him before bed. Anything and everything Kam wants when I am around, I must be the one to do it.

There are days - usually Tuesday and Friday - when I have no help with the kids that I feel my breaking point coming sooner rather than later. I make up excuses as to where I have to go after I lay down with him for 5 minutes. I say I will come back but I never do. He usually is asleep by then.

Don't get me wrong, I love this little man and everything about him. I love his surfer blonde hair, I love his smile, his laugh, his sweet cheeks but some times I want something else to come out of his mouth. And then I remember that this too shall pass and there will come a time when he will say "leave me alone Mommy!" or he will be too big to have me cuddle in his bed, kiss his sweet cheeks and tell him 100 times a day how much I love him.

So as I try to deal with the "I want Mommy!" for the 1st time or the 50th time in a day, I have to remind myself that this kiddo loves his Mommy so much and he tells me this with his cute, soft, sweet voice. At the end of the day, I am blessed to have a child want his Mommy so much.

I love you Kamden!