Things My Kids Do

[Marie E.]

I got to the point one day that I had run out of energy and suggestions when my lil 3yr old (now he is 4yr) would scream at the top of his lungs or cry, tantrums, demanding. I couldn't take it anymore!!!! I didn't want to spank, god knows he will never stay in the corner.

So, a thought popped into my head as I felt nuts from stress already. I thought, he wants to test mommy's limits and make her mad, than fine!! I will see how he likes it when he is called a different name. That will teach him how to yell at me, think twice.

So, I say some fake name "Hey, Charlie, are you ok? You still mad at me? Charlie?" Than he came running full speed ahead and said MY NAME ISN'T CHARLIE, IT'S (real name)!

I started laughing my butt off cause I finally got him back. To this day I use this on him haha.

The other day when a tv show was on, there was a man talking to a Charlie and my kid was like "You made the man on tv call me Charlie," I hate that tv!!"

It is my num one weapon for him if he gets me to my limits. He will scream to the tops of his lungs "I'm not Charlie," and he will slam his bedroom door shut while his older brother is laughing like crazy.

 

[intothelight]

Hi Marie,

This one made me smile. I remember when my children were younger, and all four of them would be simultaneously vying for my attention. The "mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom," would begin to grate on my nerves. So one day I told them I had changed my name, and to get a response, they had to figure out what my new name was.

Needless to say, they forgot whatever was urgent and had a blast trying to figure out my "new name". I used this repeatedly over the years, and yes, each one would "figure" out my new name at some point in time.

Just a fun way to diffuse stress and I had to be creative as I was definitely out numbered.

 

[momwithptsd]

I've changed my name a couple of times too. My favorite is putting myself in time out when I feel about to explode and I tell him that Mommy is in time out, so you can't talk to me until I'm not in time out anymore, and I will sit in the "time out" chair until I've calmed down. My son just laughs and thinks I'm silly, which defuses him and me, and calms us both down.

Today he put himself in the time out chair when he saw that I was getting stressed out. I was making his lunch and heard him whining, and asked him what the matter was, he said he was in time out, so I asked him why he is in time out, he said because I put myself there because you were getting fustrated with me.

I told him he could get out of time out if he felt like he could be happy, so he did. It was so funny and took me by surprise that he did that.

Reminded me of when I was a kid and I called my mom a name. So I immediately ran into the bathroom and washed my mouth out with a very little amount of soap (I figured if I punished myself it wouldn't be as bad as my mom punishing me), my mom laughed so hard and found more amusement telling everybody about it than dwelling on what name I called her.

 

[3boos]

I spent 29 years as a police officer and have been off work for 1 1/2 years due to ptsd. I take my daughter Laura to school every day, she is 4 and loves school, lots of friends there. Another little girl asked what Laura's mommy does for work. I said she was a police officer. Then she asked what I did. I told her to ask Laura. She ran off and I saw her talking to Laura. She came back and said "Do you buy groceries?"

 

[Heather]

My 7y/o daughter is sitting and eating her chocolate cake. She said to her cake, "you are sooo good" and her cake replied, "why thank you. I know I am delicious."

 

[popeye]

This morning my son asked my wife and I if he could have some of our coffee. I responded with the answer of " No you can't have coffee you don't have any chest hair." To which my son proudly announced while lifting up his shirt " I have chest hair!!" and without missing a beat my 5 year old daughter looks where he is pointing on his chest and says " That's not chest hair that's dog hair!"

Now that was just funny.

 

[amethist]

Yesterday I went out with my youngest daughter and my other daughters 2 kids, (my grandchildren).

We always sometimes buy granddad a present, we bought him a sponge bob toy that you put in water and it grows to 4 times its size over about 72 hours.

His comment in front of my youngest daughter and her partner today, about that today was.

"If I play with it in the bath I wonder how long it would take to grow".

Not a word was said as all 3 of us looked at him and changed the conversation very quickly.

It was only later when they had gone, and he asked about it and I explained how it sounded to the rest of us, that he realized what he had said. This is not the first time he has said something innocent, that sounded all wrong, won't be the last either. :rolleyes:

 

[jokuzzi]

My neice informed me that when good people die they get to live with Jesus and Kevin...who's Kevin?

 

[catjudo]

LOL...if my munchkin translation skills are working I would guess that "and Kevin" = "in Heaven".

I think it's hilarious when my daughter says something and she's clearly misunderstood what someone said and is repeating what she thinks she heard.

 

[livergirl70]

Thanks for making me smile, keep the kid stories coming. They are great what they come out with and do, it's all said/done so innocently. It's like when they show you up whilst you are out. Like you might be talking about someone nearby and they shout out "why don't you like that man in the blue coat?"

Well better go and get ready to go to the drs for my blood test

 

[angel2write]

I have three boys and one girl. The second boy, M, is a pistol. I walked in on him in the bathroom recently and found him drinking water out of my hair dryer. (Thankfully not plugged in!) When asked why he was doing this, he shrugged and said, "I couldn't find a cup."

M's little brother, P, is two and a half years younger. They are often partners in crime. I heard them giggling in the kitchen one day and banging around. When I investigated, I discovered that they had poured an entire bottle of 100% pure maple syrup on the kitchen floor. They were sliding across the floor, rolling, and doing break dance tricks. I would have been more amused if I hadn't mopped the floor two hours earlier.

We homeschool, and one day when I was distracted by the older children, the two little monkeys came in with discolored hands and asked to be washed. I thought they had been playing with their washable markers. I fussed at them for drawing on themselves instead of paper, scrubbed them, and threw them back into play. It was two hours later, after the paint had had time to dry and fuse with the carpet, that I found out what they'd really been doing. They stole all my tubes of acrylic paint, squeezed them out on the ladder to their bunk bed, tracked up and down the ladder, foot printed the tan carpet in their bedroom, then crawled under the bed and wiped their shoes and hands clean on the rug.

 

[ISupportHer]

Had a wonderfully warm moment today.

My youngest daughter texted a pic of her youngest daughter, about 3. So Texted back knowing my daughter would read it to her. "Hi Hailey. You are so cute! We love you!" And I get this back.

"Wuv U paw paw...over and over lol"

I'm still smiling.

ISH