My children are bored
Friday June 28, 2024-Anapoima, Colombia-
I remember when I was a kid and I would say that I was bored. I’m not sure how it worked in your house but in mine, my dad had one typical response; “I’ll find something for you to do.” Let me tell you, that seldom worked to my advantage. I also remember him telling me that. “I wish I could be bored.” Well, my wife heard that from my oldest yesterday. I also got to see it in my son’s face last night. The presidential debate was on and he was disgusted that the tv was on and not for his pleasure. This “boredom” comes from my children’s lack of imagination. This place has so many options for entertainment that they wear it out and need to be handheld towards fun. Unfortunately, they have become accustomed to a screen being on in their face whether a kindle or iPad or the tv. When the do “play together”, they get irritated with each other. My irritation level is rising. It might be time to ground from their screen time.
See what I mean? To much screen time. I’m not innocent either.
It’s funny, when I would tell people how long we were going to be in Colombia, the looks I would get were priceless. There is a perception that this is just a long vacation. Well, we wish. There has been a lot of learning on our parts about the intricacies of our 7-month old. We’ve made some mistakes by having him out too late and my lovely children have witness that. It is actually a welcome break to NOT have to leave the house. Staying with a relatively boring routine is actually pretty awesome. At least until we can more accurately see what makes our little boy tick. And this has been all too common with Nani & Santi as well. I really don’t think those outside the family circle can see that, no offense to those of you trying to make sense of it.
on a positive note, they both love playing with little dude.
Little man still is a struggle getting anything beyond his bottle in his mouth. Lunch and dinner tend to have lots of tears and spitting food out of his mouth. We have got the bottle with juice in his mouth, that has been ok but beyond that? Good luck at this point?
Although this exchange video is pretty cute!