Under nourished children of mine.

As usual, both me and my hub would wake up about 9+ on both Sat and Sun while the kids do much earlier and get themselves entertained. It's the weekends where it's the only chance we get to laze around on the bed a little bit longer after sleeping as much as our body says so, thus we would be out and about only much later, like say 10+. But the past 2 days, it was dragged on even further to, like, 11-12 noon.

When my mom called me up for just a tete-a-tete, I nonchalantly told her that we were still at home, haven't gone out for breakfast yet. That caused a tsunami from her, scolding me over the phone on what kind of a mom I am, depriving them of a normal healthy breakfast, causing them to be so damn skinny and under-nourished. The words almost at the tip of my tongue to say "Certainly a good mom, at the very least!", but of course, I kept my cool and learnt the art to just keep quiet and let her lash at me.

This ain't the first time she lectured me on parenting methods. Many things she ain't agree with me on how I possibly let them rule or probably spoling them in the process, in her opinions.

I did feel guilty for having breakfast/lunch at 12 that day. Papa wanted to eat dimsum but the place didn't offer 50% discount since it's chap goh meh. So, we went around to look for food. In the end, we went to have the much popular (but pricey, according to my hub's standard!) chilli pan mee. When we sat down, I didn't hesitate and ordered 5 bowls of pan mee, hoping that that would be able to fatten them up a bit to relieve some of my guilt.

My mom didn't have the mood to chat any much longer after that 1-way conversation and I just let it be. However, that did bring my mood down to the gallows and I was feeling a bit, ok, make that more than a bit, walk-not-stand-not-sit-also-not. I felt depressed and sorry that I had bring these kids to the world while I can't be up to it. I can't even give them a proper breakfast, for goodness sake!

After some time wallowing in self pity, I pulled myself up and decided that I should pump them up more from now and instruct them that they have to "wash up, brush teeth, shower, eat buns or cookies before turning on to watch TV" during weekends themselves, or else..... And korkor shall be the leader and make them milo or spread orange marmalade on slices of bread and ensure all these are done before I am up and about, or else...

Now, I can laze around on weekends morning with less guilt.

This morning, started another extra item, oat cereal drink, in their weekdays breakfast menu on the course to pump them up. Hope to see more flesh in the cheeks soon!