「I don』t need your help, I can do it all by myself.」 said my 3 yrs old son

[:442:] 「I don』t need your help, I can do it all by myself.」 [:442:]

The morning of two days ago I was talking to my husband through phone. My daughter said to me, 「mommy, guess what, Jackie is wiping his bum by himself after bowl movement.」 「Or, really?」 I was so surprised. Then after I hung up the phone, I went to the washroom, and saw my son was really wiping his bum. Suddenly I was so happy and felt I was 「extra」 to son at that moment. Meanwhile I asked my son, 「 don』t you need my help? Why you don』t call me?」 「Mommy, I couldn』t call you, because you are on the phone with daddy. Now I can wipe my bum all by myself. I can do it all by myself.」 I felt so cheerful with a little bit sadness.

Sorry, I forgot to tell you. My son was only 3 and half yrs old. Usually after he has bowl movements, he call my husband or me to wipe his bum, whatever we are doing at that moment, we can hear 「cha pi」 very loudly, then he will wait for somebody to do for him. We get used to do it. Sometimes we even teach him to use manners, 「 mommy or daddy, please 『cha pi』 (Chinese pin yin) for me.」 However, he still used the simplest way 『 cha pi』.

Recently I found my son grow up a lot and know how to care about people. This morning he got up at 6:00 am, he asked me to tune in「 tree house on demand」 for him. He likes to watch TV Show 「Care bear」, which is his favorite program. Usually he wants me to company him to watch. We have two TVS; I』d like to watch GED on Channel 61 at this time. Then I talked to him, 「Jackie, could you watch your TV show here, and mommy goes to bedroom watch mommy』s program.」 「Ok!」   Said my son, which is out of my expectation.  「 Thank you for letting mommy watch mommy』s program.」 Said astonished me and meanwhile, I was going to bedroom. 「 Mommy, thanks for letting me watch 'care bear' all by myself.」 Said my son loudly.  I was so happy at the bottom of my heart and went back giving my son a deep kiss. In return, my son gave me a deep kiss, too. Suddenly I felt I was the happiest person in the world. Now my son can support me. How great! .

After he watched 「care bear」, he said to me, 「 all done, mommy.」 「 You want to watch more?」 「No, thanks, mommy. Now I want to play with you.」 Then I teased him,
「 What if mommy were very sick? (Recently I didn』t feel very well)」 asked me.
「 I will get medicine and make you  feel better.」
「From where or who?」 asked me.
  「From doctor.」 Said my son.
「How about mommy is very sick?」 asked me further.
「 Then you lie down on bed for two days and get some rest.」 Said my [B]7 Yrs old daughter.[/B]「 And I won』t bother you, mommy.」 Said my son right away.

I was so touched by my two children』s caring words. Being a mother is great, isn』t it?

yes. jackie feels he's a big boy. and he is, at the moment he shows he can help himself and let his mommy surprised for what he can do.

an ace to our growing up jackie!  [:468:]

Growing up with baby is something wonderful.
I mean perhaps we don't fully realize how to give your love to the beloved ones and how great you feel upon that, before we become parents.
The bady teaches us this, making us more mature and responsible.

Having children is nice...u could have a lot of fun, and when they learned how to do something by theirselfs, u can feel "proud"(don't know which word I need to use...hope u guys will know what I mean...)

btw, "cha pi" = what?
插屁？I though it should be "ca pi"(擦屁), and what I understood at the first moment I saw the word "cha pi", I thought it's 傻屁...lol

You are so smart. Now you get it.