{"id":1525,"date":"2013-10-01T09:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:56:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:56:39","slug":"i-am-a-mean-mommy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/01\/i-am-a-mean-mommy\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a Mean Mommy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago when I wouldn\u2019t let Honeybun\u00a0do something she wanted she told me I was mean.\u00a0 I replied with \u201cI know, I\u2019m sorry you got stuck with the worst Mommy ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a010 Reasons I\u2019m a Mean Mommy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No Juice.\u00a0 Juice is the same as fruit, right?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 No, it is not.\u00a0 Not even close.\u00a0 Take apples versus apple juice: apple juice has 4x the sugar of raw apples and none of the fiber, vitamin A, Calcium or Iron (unless artificially added).<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No Kids Shows.\u00a0 We watch SOME TV with the girls, but not much and when we do watch it\u2019s either cooking, travel or dancing shows.\u00a0 (see\u00a0“My Mommy Magic”<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t share my toys.\u00a0 My girls are generally not allowed to touch\/play with my iPad, laptop, camera, phone, etc. (they have plenty of their own electronics, I don\u2019t need them screwing with mine).<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I make them take a nap.\u00a0 Every day.\u00a0 They need it and becoming raging lunatic monsters without it.\u00a0 (see\u00a0“The Needed Nap”<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"SONY<\/a>I\u2019m extra safe in the car.\u00a0 This means Honeybun\u00a0is still in a harnessed seat and Sugarplum is still rear facing and I don\u2019t have plans to move either anytime soon.<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I make them wear helmets.\u00a0 Always. \u00a0On scooters and bikes, no matter what. \u00a0(only exception was when Honeybun\u00a0used to ride her tricycle around our kitchen in Dublin).<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have a dress code for the park.\u00a0 Generally this means no skirts\/dresses and if I make an exception, bloomers\/leggings\/cartwheel shorts are required.\u00a0 Closed toe shoes with straps are ALWAYS required.<\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I like to sleep in.\u00a0 The girls hate sleeping in on the weekends because according to Honeybun: \u201cIt takes too long.\u201d<\/p>\n

9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No dessert.\u00a0 My girls sometimes think dessert is a right, not a privilege and need to be reminded that we do not have dessert every day (and especially not after every meal) and they must finish their \u201cgood\u201d stuff first because if they\u2019re too full to finish their dinner, they\u2019re too full to have dessert.<\/p>\n

10)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I make them walk places.\u00a0 We live walking distance to school, Target, 3 parks and many restaurants.\u00a0 I avoid the car whenever possible and Honeybun\u00a0is too big to ride in the buggy (plus I don\u2019t have one big enough for all 3) so she has to walk despite her protests of it \u201ctoo far\u201d or her legs being \u201ctoo tired\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few days ago when I wouldn\u2019t let Honeybun\u00a0do something she wanted she told me I was mean.\u00a0 I replied with \u201cI know, I\u2019m sorry you got stuck with the worst Mommy ever.\u201d \u00a010 Reasons I\u2019m a Mean Mommy: 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No Juice.\u00a0 Juice is the same as fruit, right?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 No, it is not.\u00a0 Not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mommys-life","category-family-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1967,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525\/revisions\/1967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}