About Nadine Silverthorne
Nadine Silverthorne’s love of journaling began in Grade One with the entry, “I am the greatest dancer!” Two babies (and countless diaper changes) later, she has found her home away from home as editor of SweetMama. Don’t miss her humorous bi-weekly accounts of the joys and pains of working while raising them fabulous.
Crack Cracker
silver spoons canada
(Apr.30.09)
When I finally lost the baby weight after my first was weaned, my sister bought me a lovely pair of Seven for all Mankind jeans. It was a nice gesture. It said, "Hey, you've still got it."
They were so comfy that I started to wear them All. The. Time. But it wasn't long before I noticed that they were leaving me rather exposed at the drop-in centre. A note to fabulous first time preggo mamas: Low rise jeans do not work with kids you have to crouch for!
I have now learned the joys of belts, very long tops and the most perfect jeans that are not too high and not too low. But some mamas are still trying to rock the plumber butt it seems.
On Saturday, I walked into my daughter's music class to find the circle was already formed. The mom with her back to the door was sporting a lovely bare crevice that my eyes went to right away. I felt uncomfortable for her. Then I felt silly. I mean, I've pushed a set of shoulders out my nether regions (and had a set pulled out of an incision)! I've wiped body parts I didn't know needed to be cleaned. Why was this woman's butt bothering me?
It should be noted (before I segue into the second part of this story) that my daughter has a Goldfish Cracker addiction and hearing her ask for "Ca-kow?" is the cutest thing ever. Yesterday I came home to our new Stay-at-Home Dad situation and asked how the day went. "Oh it was so funny! We had lunch at the drop-in and there was a mom feeding her kid beside us. Her jeans were kind of low and I didn't notice that Lucy was putting crackers in her crack!"
If I was there, I would have died of embarrassment. Instead, I died of laughter. Dear mom whose butt my daughter filled with crackers, thanks for having a good sense of humour. And please consider a belt.
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