Peer Pressure...

I'm very open with Dylan and think it's important to discuss things such as drugs, tobacco, and alcohol. He's still a little young but Dyl knows about cigarettes and what they can do to your body. Since the 4th Dyl and I haven't gotten to sleep till midnight or later and Dylan was so tired! On the 4th Aunt Kathy had to have emergency surgery to remove half of her colon. Today we went up to the hospital to visit Aunt Kathy. Dylan had fallen asleep on the way to the hospital but when we got there woke up...extremely grumpy! We got out of the car and headed towards the hospital and all of the sudden Dylan sat down in the middle of the road, crossed his legs, put a big 'ole skowl on his face, and refused to budge. I started off with the usual lecture about how a car was going to come and run over him but Dylan couldn't care less about what I was saying. There was a man putting some stuff into his car and I said, "Did you wanna take a boy with you? He doesn't seem to wanna come with his mom." With that, the man said, "Heck...I can be stubborn, too!" He went and sat right next to Dylan, crossed his arms and legs, and then pulled out a cigarette, and asked Dyl if he wanted one. I don't think I've ever seen Dylan move so fast as he got up and ran towards me, crying "MOMMY!" all the way...Hey...call me a bad mom...but whatever works!