Baby Mine

Transcript

Hey, baby. It's like you've had a really tough day. Hey.

Come here. Sit down. Want to tell me about it? No? Come here.

Hey. Hey. Just take a deep breath.

Come here. Yeah. What happened? Yeah? Hey.

It's okay. Take a deep breath. Come on.

In with me. Out with me. You can do it.

I'm sorry. Today sucked. I'm sorry.

I wasn't there to give you hugs and kisses and tell you it would all be okay until now. But it will be. I know it can really seem in the moment like everything is so overwhelming and I don't know about you, but sometimes it really feels hard to adult some days.

And sometimes I just, I feel overwhelmed to the point where all I want to do is just crawl into somebody's lap and curl up like a kitten and just close out the world. Just pet me and just let me be anyone, anything other than me right now. Because things are just crazy and tough and hard and I'm sorry that it was that way for you today.

Really. I understand. Come here.

Let me just put my arms around you for a bit. I think you just need some cuddles and some pets. It's okay.

Put your head on my boobs. That's what they're there for. They are a convenient head rest.

Let me just let me pet you a little bit and hold you. I think that's the best thing I can give you right now. It's okay.

Not everything has to be about sexy time. Sometimes it can just be this. Sometimes it can just be me putting my hands on you, petting you, telling you it's gonna be okay.

Yeah, today sucked. Sometimes the day just sucks. And it's okay to just curl up in a little ball and need someone to hold you and to tell you that it's gonna be okay.

We all have days like this. So, just close your eyes. Just stop worrying about being an adult for a while.

Just stop stressing if you can. Let all of that just go out of your mind for a bit. Just let me be the one to carry the burden.

Let me be the one to carry the worries for just a moment, okay? If I have to, just let me be the adult. You know, I'm not really into the whole mommy-dom thing, but you know.

But if you need me to be the mommy for a minute, I don't mind. Let's see. What do I usually do when my kids are having a bad day? Let's see.

I wrap you up in my arms just like this. I pet your hair. I kiss you on the forehead.

I look in your eyes and I tell you it's all going to be okay. And right now it's perfectly okay for you to just take a minute. Take a breath.

Come cuddle up against me. It's okay to just let those stresses and worries go just for a minute. They'll be there when you want to come back to them.

But for right now, just go ahead and let me take the weight and the stress of it. Just imagine handing it all over to me. Go put it in a suitcase.

Put it right over here behind me. I got it taken care of. You don't need to worry about it.

Come here and just put your head against my heart. Let me hold you. Let me let you listen to my heart beating.

Know that I'm here. I am present with you. I'm holding this space with you.

I've been having a lot of anxiety moments too and sometimes it just feels so overwhelming. Sometimes I feel really guilty about needing to take those times where I just say no more. No more being an adult.

No more worrying about it. Just no more. I just need my head to be empty.

I need comfort. And it's hard to admit that we need comfort sometimes. But everybody does.

It's okay to not want to be an adult all the time. It's okay. You're allowed.

You do a lot. I know some days it doesn't seem like that and I know a lot of days you're beating yourself up telling you that you are not doing enough. You're not giving enough.

You're not working enough. You're not enough. But I'm here to tell you those voices, those little voices in your head that keep undermining you and telling you you're not awesome those voices can be really awful and they can really do a major number on your self confidence and they can really distract you from all the good work you are doing in your life.

So while it's impossible not to hear them you can hear them and not listen to them. And I know it's really hard and I'm not going to tell you that I have a magic fix at all to make you suddenly not have doubts or suddenly not be stressed because I don't. If I did I would be magic.

I'm only a little bit magic. I'm not that much magic. But what I can do, what I can be is a port in the storm.

And I can be that soft warm place that you can go and just let it all go for a minute. Give yourself a moment to not be in charge. Give yourself a moment to not be the adult.

And just relax. Let me wrap my arms around you. And I know that when my baby is most stressed the best thing I can usually do to get them to relax and to know that I'm here and that they're safe as I usually sing to them.

I think kids are predisposed to think their mom's voice is amazing even if they can't hear you too. So I apologize. And this is what I do when I just need to cuddle my little one and tell them it's going to be okay.

I have lots of songs that I use depending on how they're feeling but my go-to for the cuddling moment for just letting you know that you're safe is BabyMind because it's my favorite. So come here. Are you comfy? Are you feeling good? Just close your eyes, okay? I want you just to breathe a little bit.

In through your nose. Out through your mouth. I'm just going to caress your forehead a little bit and your cheek.

It's okay. Just let all of it just dissolve away. You don't have to be in charge anymore.

You don't have to be in control. I got you. You can just be my baby right now, okay? That's all you need to be.

I got you. You're safe. BabyMind, don't you cry.

BabyMind, dry your eyes. Rest your head close to my heart, never to part. Baby of mine, little one when you play, pay no heed what they say.

Just let your eyes sparkle and shine, never a tear. Baby of mine, for if they knew all about you, they'd end up loving you too. All those same people who scold you, they'd give just for the right to hold you.

From your head down to your toes, you're not much, goodness knows. But you're so precious to me, sweet as can be. Baby of mine, and if they knew all about you, they'd end up loving you too.

All those same people who scold you, what they'd give just for the right to hold you. From your head down to your toes, you're not much, goodness knows. But you're so precious to me, sweet as can be.

Baby of mine. You are, you are so precious. I hope you know that.

It's gonna be okay. It really is. Here, let me just keep on holding you, okay? We don't have to do anything at all tonight.

Let's just curl up under a blanket. Maybe watch some TV or something, okay? Just you and me.

We can even watch something comforting. We can even watch something animated. We're just gonna pretend we don't have any worries tonight.

It's just you and me, baby. I'll take care of being in charge. I'll take care of the worries.

And, just take care of you. Let you be, just be. Just be my baby tonight, okay? Tomorrow we'll face the world together.

But tonight, tonight, I'll take care of you. I'll go get some popcorn.