Comments on: Nobody doos this!

By: breederx

breederx — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:12:22 +0000

Sounds like my life. . .lol, nice to know there’s someone who’s being honest about it

By: jon

jon — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:38:36 +0000

Do you have a special savings account set up for the future therapy sessions for the kids??
Just Kidding!! Great post.

By: Mom of 3

Mom of 3 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:47:23 +0000

OK, I once locked myself in the bathroom with a newspaper and a pile of magazines and listened to all the wailing and crying and door pounding. Great story and very reassuring to the rest of us!

By: Meredith

Meredith — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:17:02 +0000

These are my answers, I too have an identical 4 year old, blonde eyed, curly hair extrovert. This is what I do.

I wrap her in cotton wool first thing in the morning (bought in bulk).

I attach a 1inch think rope around her waist (keeps the cotton on) and then attach it to my wrist.

When she’s at Kindy I give the teacher the same ‘You will not let her out of your sight’ glare that I give every morning, (I did put this in writing the first day of school).

I give my best evil stare to people she does talk to and try to look my crazyiest best, (the foaming tablets I keep in my bag work well).

I try to teach both my children not to do anything that you are not comfortable with. No matter if they know the person or not.
They must always be within our sight.
They are never to wander off.

In Australia there have been statistics showing that children are ‘abused’ by strangers 5% of the time. The other 95% are from PEOPLE THEY KNOW.

I never assume other people, whether they are family or friends, are trustworthy.

By: pnuts mama

pnuts mama — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:58:08 +0000

oh jenn, i think i am in love with you…
how great is it to just kick back and have fun with these young ones, sometimes when i do, it occurs to me that my mom *never* would have dropped everything to blow bubbles in the living room, and i plan on doing things like that as often as we need it with no regrets! goodbye guilt!

By: Co

Co — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:06:40 +0000

Andi: Yes, your boy will love running naked too but he will shake his little boy part around and your girls will go running away screaming. I have three girls and then my two boys. Boys are a shock. We look at our boys and say “he’s a boy”. We don’t understand beyond that. But they are great.

Jenn: Love the post. You really rock.

By: Velma

Velma — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:28:17 +0000

This is my house, too.

I spent a good portion of the afternoon in fake agony playing “Step On A Crack, Break Your Mother’s Back” in the mall with my daughter. Yes, who knew that grunting and muttering “OW! Stop that!” to your giggling child would make a shopping trip go so much more easily?

Or that you can buy yourself a lot of laptop time (albeit 40 seconds at a time) playing “Fetch!” with a child and a straw?

By: andi

andi — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:15:00 +0000

Complete madness. As it should be. Sounds exactly like my house, only times two. I can only wonder if my soon-to-be wee boy will enjoy running around the house naked and shrieking as much as his sister does.

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:41:40 +0000

We and our friends are firmly in the camp of “making memories” – as in, the kids will remember when their moms and dads sat and talked in the kitchen until after midnight and paid them no nevermind, but they won’t remember every single night when we shooed them to bed promptly at 9pm. Also, we tell the babysitters, keep ‘em safe and happy, and anything else is just a bonus. We set the bar low, I guess. But the kids ARE happy and do have wonderful memories.

Nothin’ cuter than a naked kid’s butt! – or a “nakey baby” as we call the undiapered toddler.

By: the new girl

the new girl — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:43:40 +0000

Every time I read your site, I am reminded that I have to do way more kegels.