Shenanigans of Uthmaan

As-salaam 

When you think of having a baby, you think that everything will be easy. Maybe they will fall asleep by himself/herself, your home will be constantly clean, and life will just continue as it currently is….

Well…. I am so sorry to tell you that is all a lie.

It’s hard being a parent, you have all these choices to make from the type of formula to use to the nappies the child must wear (oh this is an important one, coz you don’t want leaks), but once you’ve mastered all of this you think you okay and then out of nowhere, they are 2 years old and ……. full of attitude.

Yes, your baby has attitude and all you can think is when the hell did this happen?

I must admit though that some 2-year-olds miss this stage or are not that bad, Ebrahim was this child. Uthmaan…. ai Uthmaan, he is takes this stage to another level.

A few Saturday's ago we had an impromptu braai with some friends at home. Thankfully we only had to braai sausage (boerie braai).

By the time our friends arrive it’s about 5pm. Normally the boys would be chilling as “witching hour” is approaching, but as we have friends over, we allow them to play longer. This all goes well until Uthmaan…. tries to put his black motorbike (scooter) on the trampoline, coz he wants to ride while the other kids jump. So off I run to get my son away from the trampoline with his motorbike. I think to myself okay, crisis adverted. 15 minutes later Uthmaan has thrown the ball over the fence that divides the pool from the yard and is trying to open the gate to go and get it. Oh, did I mention he is still on his motorbike… so off I run to stop him. I manage to get the ball back and the kids continue to play.

As the sun is setting, I call the kids in from outside, I get the bath ready as once they bathed, they can watch a movie after supper and go and sleep.

Ebrahim is first to bath, coz he realized that if he baths first, he gets to play inside with his friends for longer. So, I did not have to ask him twice to get in and 5 min later he was done and ready to be dressed. Uthmaan, was the same quick in the bath and quick out.

After supper I put on a movie for the kids, while the adults sat in the kitchen for some well-deserved adult convo. 15 minutes into the movie all we hear is a crashing noise from the lounge…. Uthmaan decided he had enough of the movie and wanted to play with his toys while the other kids watched the movies, so off I run to stop him. The moment I walk into the room he stops playing and runs to the couch. I ask him to please sit still and watch the movie and he agrees he will. Back to the kitchen I go to join in the conversation. Not even 5 minutes later Uthmaan is up and running around in the lounge with his toy car making a noise. Back to the lounge I go to try and stop Uthmaan. The same thing happens as before, I walk in, he stops and agrees to sit and watch the movie.

Silly me believes that he will do this, but I ran up and down at least 10 times to get him to sit and watch the movie.

By 9pm, I’ve had enough and try and put him to sleep, but this is a mission on its own as he is too tired and can’t fall asleep.  Finally, I get him to sleep and come out of the room as my friends are leaving on to be told “Eish Ayesha, no wonder you stay thin, Uthmaan keeps you busy”.

I smile and say I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love that the boys keep me busy and drive me insane, it’s all part of being a parent.

Fast forward to a few days later, I get a message from Uthmaan’s school principal. They are going to start potty training next week……. you can only imagine the stories I will have about trying to potty train Uthmaan.

Till next time.

As- salaam

Ayesha