FreeWriteHouseParty 200 Days Contest (Day 3): Mama, I want MILK!

I took this MILK bottle selfie with MomentCam!

"Mama, mama, mama.....meeelk, meelkkkk!" He had the cutest baby talk she thought. Her 2 year older toddler was throwing a fuss just before bedtime. "Sweetheart, Mama is finishing something. Can you please wait?" Her baby boy gave her a look of sullen accusation, as if to tell her that he was hungry and she was starving him even though he had a full meal and cookies for dessert after.

She continued to work on her report when he tugged at her clothes and looked at her with pleading eyes and a cheeky smile. She heaved a sigh of exasperation at his impatience and made a beeline to the kitchen to make a hot bottle for him. He happily toddled behind when he realised that she was walking to the kitchen. He reached up for the tin of formula that was within arm's length and clumsily handed it to her. "Be careful babe! You almost dropped it there. Would you like to help me make your milk?" He giggled and ran to get a tall stool to stand on so that he could reach the kitchen table top.

"You need 4 scoops for that much water. You want to help Mama to scoop to milk into the bottle?" His baby hands trembled with delight and he reached into the tin with the scoop to get the milk powder to put into the bottle and half of it spilled on to the kitchen top. "Oh no..oh no...Mama" he cried pointing at the milk powder littering the kitchen table. She soothed him with a smile saying "It's ok sweetheart there is more milk in the tin, Mama will clean it up later. Now you still need 4 scoops in there." He was more careful after that and managed to get most of the milk he scooped into his bottle. She covered it and shook it hard to combine the milk and the warm water. "Yay! All done!" She laughed handing him the bottle. He climbed down the stool and took it from her. "Drink, Mama" He replied. Then he happily ran to the room to lie down and drink. "Remember to pray before you drink your milk!" She called out to him as he left the kitchen.

She turned to the kitchen top now littered with milk powder...what a mess! Worse still, what a waste! Milk formula was expensive and things were bad enough that she felt horrible having to throw it away. How was she going to clear it up without wasting it? Using a wet cloth would do exactly what she didn't want which was to throw it away. Suddenly it dawned on her! PAPER! She ran to the study table to look for two new and clean pieces of photocopy paper. She would use one piece to sweep the milk powder and the other to receive it, then she could pour it all back into the tin. Good thing she decided to clear and wipe the table clean before making the milk as earlier that day, she had bought BANANAS for the kids and they had insisted on peeling it themselves!

As she was carefully cleaning up, she heard a scream and crying in the room. She rushed over wondering what had happened. "Mama! Meellkkk! Tor-tor take!" Her two-year-old was crying. Her 4-year-old son his older brother was hiding at the corner of the bed drinking from a baby milk bottle. 😱🙄😝🤣

Oh gosh, this is only Day 3 of the competition? 47o go. Yes! I am still at it and having more fun!
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