Today my toddler woke up looking for Totty (father)
He gets distraught when he wakes up and sees he has already left
He started to cry
I wanted to tune him out
Perhaps look through messages on my phone
As I do often when it gets too much for me
Then I paused
Breathed
And witnessed
He cried some more
And more
I did nothing
Except for some soothing sounds
Hmm yeah you like when tottys home when you wake up
After another minute he took his blanket and his pillow
Put it on Totty’s bed
Smoothed and straightened his pillow the way he likes it
And climbed into the bed
Layed down his little head
Covered himself with his blanket
and snuggled with his fuzzy lovey
Tears gone
Quiet.
Such a relief when they stop fussing!