Sometimes overlooked...

You know, it occurred to me over the weekend how vital mothers are to the development and growth of their children. As I was sitting with my youngest playing with him, my wife asked "you wanna try giving him his 'sippy cup' for the first time"? I gladly said "yes!". As I watched my little boy grab both handles of the cup and draw it to his mouth like he's done it a thousand times before, I realized how much my wife, and many good mothers like her, are truly the foundation to healthy development for their children. I can admit that I would have not thought to start giving him his sippy cup since he's 7 months old, I figured that he's still too young. But mothers somehow have this innate sense to know what is absolutely best for their babies.

Another example is that our oldest, who is now 2 and a half years old, was still using a binky (or pacifier) to go to sleep, again, about a week ago, my wife said, "we need to stop giving him binkies to go to bed because he's a big boy and he doesn't need those any longer". And with potty training, she is simply amazing and patient, working on potty training our oldest as well. She knew right when to start potty training and she always takes the time to check to see if he has to go when he mentions the word "pah-pee" (that's how he phonetically says the word 'potty').

There are many more examples of my wife's technical baby know-how, too many to list here. But in my opinion, mothers should get an annual salary for all of the hard work they do. I will admit that their duties are much more difficult than the ones I encounter in the office daily. I don't ever want my wife to think that I, even for one second, overlook all of the amazing things that she does for our children to give them the absolutely best childhood and to help them grow into amazing little men.

Thank you honey, I love you.

(*NOTE: By the way, I do help out when I get home from work and on the weekends with those topics listed above. I love being a very involved dad in the development of my boys as well. I just wanted to spotlight my wife and give her some major credit because she deserves it!)