Saturday, 13 August 2022

The one with the greeting-card sentiment that betrays a desire to keep children under control.

Synopsis: Elly forgets that there are things called video cameras because she wants to be all wistful about how she can't bottle baby giggles for when she needs them. If she can, she looks like someone who's terrible with technology.

Summary: The Mom Martyr list has this handy little entry: "You do things for your kids they can do themselves or find yourself wishing they wouldn’t move to the ‘next stage’ because you love the dependence they have on you."

Also, she doesn't really want bottled giggles as much as she wants to be a new mom forever. The second they start to think for themselves is the second she's abandoned and forgotten.