Today my daughter asked me about the tummy tuck again. I still haven’t even mentioned it to my kids. She got very upset today, even crying. She said that unless I promised her that I wouldn’t get a tummy tuck that she would ‘move out’. She packed her bags and even had my younger daughter packing her bags, both ready to move out.
When she would finally listen to me I asked her why she was so upset and she explained that it was because she likes me just the way I am. It took some convincing but I explained to her that ‘just the way I am’ isn’t healthy for my tummy. That I can’t pick up heavy things (including her), that it makes my tummy and back weak, and that parts of my insides are in the wrong place. A tummy tuck would fix those problems as well as making my tummy look the way it did before it got stretched.
I thought that perhaps if I showed her some photos of me before I had the twins it may help her to understand that mummy hasn’t always had a wobbly belly, and I would be the same person. She saw some lovely photos of me on my honeymoon. My tummy was flat and thin. I also had short hair! She was quite happy with the way I looked in the photo, including the short hair. So we have a deal. If I decide to have a tummy tuck, she can decide what I do with my hair- cut it, grow it, or keep it the same.
My youngest daughter wants to choose my hair colour! My son doesn’t know what all the fuss is about. Everyone is happy in the household- phew!
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