That damn Momo had my son in a bind for a minute!! It annoyed me too. Every night he was up trying to crawl into my bed because he just couldn’t shake the image out of his mind. This wasn’t too long after he had a stint of sleeplessness because of an image of The Ring popping up unexpectedly in a Wengie video (I ain’t mad girl but damn!)

So, during the Momo phase I had deliberately waited up because I thought “at any minute he is going to come in…… any minute……. now……. zzzzzzzzzzzz”. I slinked off into a tender slumber, only for him to hover over my bed and frighten seven shades out of me. I had work the next day! My mind was in a midnight bellyflop asking all manner of questions “Why are you even here? What now? Why did I have you?” However, this is New Skool Parenting. You see with your child. You let them know that you are here through thick and sleepless thin. “Alright Tam, come into the bed. Just go to sleep.”

 

 

“Thank you Mummy” was the gentle response as he climbed under the covers. I started to drift off because the tiredness had hit me hard that night. Then it came…

“Mummy. I know that this may be an inappropriate time to ask this; but how many tears do you think you’d have to cry before becoming completely dehydrated?” I didn’t know what was worse, my gruff “JUST GO TO SLEEP TAM!” or the fact that I was up for the rest of the night trying to work out the science of how many gallons of tears that you would have to cry before you became completely dehydrated!

 

If your child asks the best of the worst questions at the most inappropriate times, this one’s for you!

Be the best that you can be!

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