CLingy...

I was dumbstrucked by these comments.

Comments made by my colleagues

who are Working Mothers, themselves.

Seriously.

But why?

I don't see what's the big deal!!

Whats wrong with

Mikhail being clingy to me?

If its not me that he's supposed to get attached to,

then who?

My next door neighbour izzit?

So what if he follows me around like a 12 o'clock shadow,

and there are days that he insists that

I, and not Keerook,

shower with him, change his nappies, feed him and carry him.

Total attention to the very last letter!

He even screams whenever he lost sight of me...

Come bedtime,

he demands that I

do the shadow puppet act with him,

after which, he'll rest his head on my pillow...

And the best part,

instead of gentel-ling his buddies,

(B)Ar-Neey & E(l)mo, that is,

he'll stroke my cheeks, while whispering sayangggg to me,

before he finally drifts into dreamland....

Am I complaining?

No, why should I!?

I take pride in the fact that

despite spending most of his waking hours with

my Mak, his Nenek,

he still looks forward to going back to his own crib,

spending whatever remaining pre-bedtime he has with me,

snuggling up to me,

kissing, hugging & giggling.

I dont want to wake up one day,

only to realise that he's all grown up and pass this phase

and look back with regret.

I dont want to come to a point

where I have to rely on Mak/Nenek

to cultivate the necessary sense of discipline,

when Mika misbehaves.

Can't these people see the bigger picture and rationality of it?

Afterall,

no one said motherhood is served

on a silver platter with cherry on top...