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Cranky

16 July, 2005
Posted in: Princess

Princess: Porridge!
Mr. Waffle: Tu veux du porridge?
Princess (sobs): NON! Cornflakes.
Me: Would you like some cornflakes?
Princess (hysterically): NO!
Me: OK, no cornflakes.
Princess: Yes cornflakes. In a mug.

In the supermarket, she demands a bottle. Mr. Waffle goes to the car to fetch it. She sobs “NO, bottle with a straw”.  We
haven’t got a bottle with a straw. “With a straw (rising volume), WITH A STRAW, WITH A STRAW”. Hysteria. Off to the supermarket checkout.  Mr. Waffle is packing, I am unloading the trolley. She is sitting in the trolley weeping at the unfairness of life. I pick her out to try to stop her.  A woman on crutches has to help me unload the trolley while I try to placate Ms. Cranky.

Back home, Mr. Waffle brings the shopping upstairs.  The Princess clutches a swim nappy which she has rescued from the pile of shopping.

Princess: Put it on, Mummy.
Me: Sweetie, you’re already wearing a nappy.
Princess (insistently sobbing): Put it on, Mummy.
Me: No, darling, you’re already wearing a nappy.
Princess throws herself full length on the floor and weeps on to the offending swim nappy.
Looks up with red eyes and says: Get in the lift, Mummy.
Me: No, sweetie, I don’t want to leave you here on your own, you might hurt yourself or somebody might come in and you might be scared.
Princess (still prone) sobs her heart out and yells: Get in the lift, Mummy.
Me: No, sweetie, we’ll go up together when you’re ready.
Princess remains sobbing into nappy while I sit on the stairs wondering whether I have the strength and energy to pick her up and carry her into the lift.
Princess sits up and goes to the lift door: OK, Mummy, I ready.

In the afternoon we went to the Glam Potter’s where L and her new baby sister were impeccably behaved. Poor old Mr. Waffle spent the afternoon trying to meet the insistent and varied needs of our girl (“fais pipi Papa” or “c’est à moi”, while wrenching something from L) while I sat and moaned to the  GP.

Home to cranky dinner (pas de SAUCISSE), cranky bath (I wan get OUT) and early bed. We’re shadows of our former selves. Mr. Waffle has gone for a nap to recover.

Comments
dmts

on 17 July 2005 at 10:50

I like the idea of cornflakes in a mug. I also like the idea of being able to lie prone in the lobby of our apartment sobbing into nappies, or anything – such a shame that I’m too old for either. I think you do brilliantly to be able to do it all and then blog in such a witty way about it. 1

belgianwaffle

on 17 July 2005 at 14:14

Yeah, Jack, I suppose you’re right. Mercifully she slept 13 hours last night and is all sweetness and light today.
Heather, you are very kind. Thank you for your sweetie. You realise that I now have a mental picture of you lying in the lobby of your building sobbing into a nappy while nervous Swiss people give you a wide berth.

jackdalton

on 17 July 2005 at 14:36

It all balances out in the end… see. And I for one think you are winning 🙂

Mikeachim

on 17 July 2005 at 23:40

A good night’s sleep exceptionally well deserved.
Try the nappy and laying on the ground screaming at people thing sometime. It’s a great stress reliever, a detox of the woe in your soul. No, really.
Think about how relaxed the Swiss all look. See?

Minkleberry

on 18 July 2005 at 07:44

I feel exhausted for you.

poggle

on 18 July 2005 at 11:22

Drama queen princess ..
Arf.

Kate_Sith

on 18 July 2005 at 11:59

Oh bless her. My nephew once chanted ‘Purple Cup, Purple LID’ for about four hours because the one he had was the wrong colour. You’ve got to admire their persistance.

belgianwaffle

on 18 July 2005 at 19:15

Thanks Jack, I hope you’re right. Well, Mike, they do kind of look relaxed don’t they? Thanks Minks, I fear it all lies ahead of you….
Pog, yes.
Kate, excellent. And slightly terrifying.

Linguistic prowess

16 July, 2005
Posted in: Princess

In the past two to three weeks, the Princess has begun to speak English. This welcome development was reinforced by a week spent in sunny Dublin.  Before this she spoke mainly in French with the odd word of English. Now, suddenly she is speaking in English sentences. I can tell you, I’’m relieved. And smug almost beyond measure.  Clearly, I have my comeuppance coming.

Comments
sus

on 17 July 2005 at 21:13

Or be mhaith leom uaichte roite (which I have no idea how to spell, having been born, bless my parents, far away from the 26 counties),which is particularly useful during a heatwave…

Locotes

on 18 July 2005 at 12:37

I’ll have one if you’re buying sus!
😉

sus

on 18 July 2005 at 17:51

*hugs Haagen-Daaz to chest and eyes Locotes suspiciously*

belgianwaffle

on 18 July 2005 at 19:07

Well, Locotes we are doing some good work on “la a caith me cois faraige”. Sus, do I see ice cream all round, how nice…

sus

on 19 July 2005 at 20:05

*comes back toting tubs of Haagen-Daaz for all*
Hope you?ve got spoons enough to go around BW!

Locotes

on 20 July 2005 at 15:19

waffle: Not bad at all – if you can keep bringing her when the weather is glorious the happy memories are bound to make it stick in her head.sus: So can I share now? No more suspicious looks??

sus

on 20 July 2005 at 19:16
(
Comment Modified) Well, Locotes, once I saw that under that Squirrel suit you had a Superman suit, all suspicions were banished.

Locotes

on 21 July 2005 at 17:20

That suit’s always been handy to have…

sus

on 21 July 2005 at 17:27

And under that suit there a…? 😉

belgianwaffle

on 21 July 2005 at 19:56

Sus, who knows? Thanks again for the ice cream though.
Loc, not so sure on the Gaeilge.

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