Reason #100 – A stranger on the street tries to save my son’s life
Reason #100 – A stranger on the street tries to save my son’s life
Oct 18I must really, REALLY suck at parenting when random people on the street feel the urge to intervene to save C’s life.
Call it a citizen arrest.
Yesterday we were merrily wending our way through the farmer’s market, stocking up on greens, reds, yellows and oranges for the week and tasting every single sample available (Yay, free breakfast! Hey, who are you calling cheap?)
Mangos were sickeningly expensive – an extortionate $4 per kilo! – so I didn’t buy any, but since C loves them I got a piece for him to sample. The boy was in mango heaven.
Little did I know the horror that awaited us that day…
C was enjoying his mango so much I just stood there for a while, letting him bask in his mangoey glory.
Yum, mango yum.
Yum yum yum.
Mango mango yum.
Yummy yummy mango yu..
“OMIGOD ARE YOU LETTING THAT CHILD EAT THAT MANGO LIKE THAT!?!?!? HE COULD CHOKE ON THE PEEL!! I WOULD NEVER ALLOW THAT!!!!”
Dear Lady Who Annoyed The Crap Out Of Us With Her Hysterical Ostrichmongering: Piss. The. Eff. Off. I don’t know what kind of wusses you have for children, but my C can happily chew, swallow and digest mango peels, rare steak and even rocks.
Maybe I should have also taken the time to inform her that the mango was not just unpeeled. It was also unwashed: full of pesticides and fly eggs and whatever grime was in the hands of the man in charge of a streetside stall.
Maybe she would have carried through with her threat of calling the cops.
Yum, grimy roadside mango with all the icky good bits on. Yum!
PS:
Adi watches in horror as C has a fit induced by choking / pesticide poisoning / germy bacteria / cooties.
We may never know which of them was the cause of death.
Call CSI.
You had me laughing through the whole grimy mango fly infested mess. People need to mind their own business and worry about their own kids.
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ofthesea Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
A good mom is one that laughs when her kid is eating a grimy mango fly infested mess. You and I, we rock!
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Someone seriously needs to trademark “School of Benign Neglect Parenting” before I steal it. Kidding…kidding… Great post!
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ofthesea Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Hey, don’t steal it – join us! Let’s start the Benign Neglect School of Parenting!
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lol
What’s wrong with people? You were right there with him, watching him. It wasn’t like it was choking right there and you had no clue.
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Jenn Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Woah, typo. “It wasn’t like *he was choking…” I apologize for calling your son an “it”. That was an accident.
Now I’m off to start my new blog “1000 reasons I’m a crap commenter”
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ofthesea Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Oh, please don’t worry – I call C “it” all the time.
http://1000reasonsimabadmom.com/8-i-call-my-child-this/
See?
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ofthesea Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
She was as outraged as if I had been duct-taping the mango peel to his mouth and nose before dipping him headfirst in a bucket of water.
(Damn, now I’m gonna have nightmares!)
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Babies need to ingest some germs so there body is trained to fight them. You tell that to the next stranger who insults your parenting. She’s got the kid that’s gonna get sick!
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
That’s the funny thing, she was not concerned about the (slightly) real risk of runnies – she was worried about the downright implausible chance that C might choke.
So not just a busybody, but one with her facts all wrong.
And yes, I make sure C’s immune system gets a regular workout! ;)
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I am in total shock. Utter disbelief.
Your. Child. Eats. Meat?!?!
How’d you do it?
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
At the ripe old age of 1 year and 1 week, C has 4 molars and 2 canines, along with all 8 front teeth. The boy was BORN to eat steak!
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Carrie and the Bear Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Bear has a buttload of teeth too. C needs to teach him a thing or two about real food me thinks.
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what would she have done if she had seen how my girls go down on an entire mango seed and all! Yikes
see here
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Your girls are adorable!
(PS – I embedded your link!)
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UGH! I hate people like that. The other day I was walking my son from a restaurant to the parking garage. It was less then a 100 yard walk on a sunny day. Someone woman passes us and snarkily states “Somebody needs a sun bonnet”. I wish I was ballsy enough to say “Somebody needs to mind her own damn business”.
Why do people suck so hard?
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Yeah… “And somebody needs a good dose of STFU!”
Next time, let her have it! Ostriches must be shown their place!
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Yeah Number 100!!!!!! How exciting! While I am not at all an ostrich, I have had to perform the heimlich (sp?) on my almost 8 year old 3 times. The offending objects were 1. a chip, 2. bacon & 3. a piece of hard candy.
The bacon incident was on Mother’s Day and NO ONE came to my rescue and we were in a packed restaurant and I screamed HELP!!!
So I might have hoovered and stared at C until he was through but I wouldn’t have said anything to you!
Cheers to #100!!!
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ofthesea Reply:
October 19th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Heh, I’ve successfully performed Heimlich on C a couple of times already and he’s just 1!
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A perfect example of my preferred method of parenting: benign neglect.
I heart you!
And pesticidey mangoes!
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 10:04 am
They are extra delicious!
We should found The Benign Neglect School of Parenting. Join now, and get a free glass of wine!
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CDG Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
refer a friend, shots all around?
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CrystalRae Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Ooooo shots! Can I join?
ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Sure! You just need to pledge your allegiance to the School of Benign Neglect Parenting!
I don’t slice my kids’ grapes up, which you know it against mommy law. They’ve managed to survive, somehow. Miraculous ;)
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Life is too short for slicing grapes.
And even shorter for anyone who tries to tell me how to feed my child.
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What the hell? I mean if he was doing a bit of soft-shoe on the canopy of the buggy I might feel a bit worried about him choking on the peel, but seriously, how did she have time to worry about him? I mean her kids could be choking on their bubble wrap right this instant!
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 10:08 am
How did you know about the soft-shoe slide? Were you stalking us??
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While I do peel mango’s for my kids – I gotta say – If I could get them free and at a farmer’s market – I’d tell them to eat them like an apple!
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 10:09 am
I grew up eating mangos straight from the tree, and to this day I eat them with the peel on. Somebody once said that it has lots of vitamins, and that’s as good an excuse as any!
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Oh my. The horror! Clearly she hasn’t heard of free-range parenting.
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ofthesea Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Ladies and Gentlemen: one of my blogging idols has graced my humble site with a comment. Excuse me while I go do a little dance of joy!
:D
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