The Law of Unintended Consequences

So, when Linette and I bought an ISight camera for Katie for her graduation, we bought one for ourselves so that Linette and Brett can talk and see each other when she's out of town. Great idea, no? No.

Last night we tried it out and Brett loved it. We talked for about 30 minutes or so and there was Mommy on the computer in her PJs talking to Brett. Then it was Brett's bedtime and we had to say goodbye to Mommy. Bad Idea. There was great wailing and gnashing of teeth (and throwing of Lamby and kicking and hitting). We're talking full-on 30 minute total meltdown. "I want to talk to Mommy!!!" for thirty minutes. Linette and I both ascribed it to him being overtired. I finally got him calmed down. We read a little Winnie the Pooh, had a small glass of milk, and went to sleep.

This morning, almost the first thing, Brett says, "I want to talk to Mommy."

"On the computer?"

"Yes, Daddy"

We then had a little discussion about how he acted last night and how he had a total meltdown. Brett assured me many times that that wouldn't happen this morning.

Sucker!!!

So, we call Mommy and get her on the computer and talk and see each other for about 15 minutes. Then both Linette and Brett had to go (one to another NSF meeting, the other to eat some peanut butter toast). Guess what?

"I want to talk to MOMMY!!!"

Meltdown redux.

It took about 20 minutes to calm him down including a call to Grandma (he also wanted to talk to Pop Pop, but it was nearly 8 o'clock and he hadn't had breakfast yet).

So, the ISight was a nice idea . . . in theory. In practice, not so much.

The only other thing I have to say is, Katie, be careful how you use your ISight when you head off to Johns Hopkins. We may be having to read Winnie the Pooh to your Mom to calm her down.