The Grumpy Baby

Clarissa was a grumpy little baby when she was young (she is still one grumpy girl now). Her favorite expression was to lock her eyebrows together and she doesn’t smile a lot. Everybody said she is a moody child. I can’t help feeling guilty about this because I always think that I contributed to her moodiness, as I was always very cranky when I was pregnant with her, and people said – cranky Mommy, cranky baby J

 

Not only she was grumpy, she was also a cry-baby. I remember the day after her first month (right after the confinement lady left), she was already crying non-stop, not because she has colic. It was simply because I was trying to wean her and at 2 months old, she was already fighting with me by refusing to drink her milk for the whole day.

 

She is still a cry baby now and whenever she cried, I will tell her that she’s a big girl now and should not behave like that. But she will answer by telling me that I always say she’s my “Big Baby” and so she can still behave like one. 

I normally tell her not to cry by reasoning with her, but I seldom stop her because I always believe that a child should be free to express her emotion, which means, if she feels like crying, she should do so. I would rather have a cry baby now, than having a daughter who will keep everything to herself when she grows up.

 

So, my dear child, it doesn’t matter what other people say, you are always Mommy’s “Big Baby” and you can always behave like one whenever you are with Mommy.