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A Mothers Rant about life part 1 |
| Written by Amie Kerlin | |
| Monday, 10 March 2008 | |
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Share it:       ok so just now my 2 1/2 year old daughter was tugging on my hand saying something about finding her "cat". So off we go to the toychest looking for what i am thinking is a toy cat of some kind.... not so. I realize that after being a mom for almost 11 years, I still have trouble interpreting kid-speak. After spending 10 minutes or so pulling out every toy cat in her toychest ranging from life size to pinky size, she shouts "There my cat!" Cat apparently is really kid-speak for CRAYON... who knew? During the search for the crayons, I couldnt help but notice how many teeny tiny toys she has in that toychest. Yes I realize that children under three should not have such tiny toys, but she doesnt stick toys in her mouth anymore and she will be three in three months so its OK. Besides, more than 2/3 of those teeny toys belong to my older two girls anyway and they get "borrowed" by my two year old and get lost in her toychest. The other 1/3 are actually for ages 2-3 and are aptly named "little people" (they start them off young). Anyway, my question is.. Why do toy companies even MAKE those darn things? My kids rooms are FULL.. and i mean full to overflowing with Polly Pocket, Barbie fairies, Barbie pets, littlest Pet Shop, and the like. Now in case you are not familiar with these toys, they are only about three inches tall and if THAT wasnt small enough, almost all of them come with CLOTHING. Now you can imagine that since the dolls are only three inches, the clothes are miniscule! How many 3-11 year olds do you know that are capable of keeping these clothes and dolls in one place so that they dont get lost? Thats right NONE (at least I can say that I dont know any!). At my house, we are constantly vacuuming up tiny belts and bracelets (yes they come with microscopic "accessories" too) and stepping on mini crowns for the princess themed ones. These toys while capable of bringing the biggest smiles known to man on the faces of the children who recieve them as gifts, are also capable of causing the most high pitched yelps from adults in the same household when stepped on in the middle of the night. Thinking about these tiny toys and the craziness they can put my household in also makes me realize that being a parent--even in a world where EVERYTHING is getting smaller (except perhaps for the mom's waistline) and where we are always bandaging our newest "princess crown" injuries to the bottoms of our feet with disney princess "tattoo" band aids, is still a great experience that I would not change. ok, ok, so i might CHANGE some things, but I would not give it up entirely for the world. Crowns off to the parents who know what I'm talking about and still plan on taking their kids to wal-mart this weekend so that they can add to their "collection" of polly pocket accessories. Dont forget the band-aids while you are there! Copyright 2008 Amie Kerlin |
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