Friday, September 09, 2005
Always a bright side
Well, this is a plus. Apparently, Lourenzo has taken to me faster than he's taken to any babysitter. Awww... warm fuzzies inside!Yeah. It's a good thing, though. It's nice to know that my "parenting" skills are somewhat developed. This is much more like parenting than most babysitting jobs, I've decided. I'm much more a constant (and disciplinary) presence, and not a "treat," like a Saturday-evening babysitter that you can con into a late bedtime. Not that I ever, ever did that as a kid!
Anyways. I think, though, that the hard part, for me, is coming into his life after 5 years, and having no idea of the context. I don't know all his triumphs and challenges and likes and dislikes and fears and experiences. It's a very strange juxtaposition of being a parental figure, and being very aware that I'm not.
It's funny, though. I don't look like the typical "nanny"--you can usually tell, especially in parks, especially in Manhattan, who the nannies are. I don't look like most of them, and Lourenzo looks enough like me (Caucasian with brown hair) that I've gotten a number of comments already about "my child." I'm beginning to feel like I should wear a plain band on my left ring finger, just to protect my reputation! And my parents were worried about my pictures with Jakes...
Ah well. We're getting there. It's only been a week, but we're getting there, and we're figuring this thing out together.
I took some pictures at the park today--I'll post them later on this evening. Right now, I'm off to Target to buy hangers. And potentially a laundry basket. Oh, the exciting life I lead in the "city that never sleeps." Heh. I think you need to be a lot more outgoing with strangers or else have a lot more friends in order to really take advantage of that! Tomorrow. I think I'm going to go bowling with some people from church, so that'll get me out, with someone other than just myself!
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