Comments on: New house rules

By: LIz

LIz — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:05:56 +0000

If runny nose snot is not a beverage then you missed the fact that fresh picked boogers are not a snack

Let me know how that whole “no getting out of bed before 7am” thing is working for you. So far I’ve only accomplished no getting out of bed before the sun comes up

By: MuggleMom

MuggleMom — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:16:44 +0000

here’s my number one rule with my three year old (like she listens).

i promise, the umbilical cord WAS cut, and you ARE allowed (encouraged, urged, REQUIRED) to be further than six inches away from me at any given time. humans need three feet of personal space. learn this, love this, OWN this, sweetie, or mommy’s going to sell you to the circus.

and hubby: you ARE allowed to intervene and get this three foot tall alien out of my orbit. i promise, it won’t hurt you.

By: magpie

magpie — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:39:01 +0000

I wish my child knew how to read.

By: Candace

Candace — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:19:10 +0000

too funny! My hubs works nights so it’s a looong ass day for me so it was good to read that! Sometimes I think he forgets we are on a whacked schedule and I’m just a crazy beeyatch for no reason when really I’ve spent too many hours alone with the children!

By: Kaye

Kaye — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:46:50 +0000

You should all remember this years to come…when the kids are 12 and 13, they still barge in the bathroom for you to get them drink, look at what they are wearing (knowing you are giong to SCREAM NO!!!!) or they just want to see what you are doing…(like we are baking a cake in the bathroom!) They no longer cry tears when you tell them no. This happens…aliens take over, your precious cute bundle of joy, their eyes roll, their feet stomp, and you get screamed at YOU JUST DON’T FREAKIN UNDERSTAND!!!!!!! Oh, yes I understand…I brought you in this world, I can take you out (Or at least do something that won’t get me put in jail!)

By: wendy

wendy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:57:22 +0000

Oh I loved them all! The fact of the matter is now that my son is 14 I had forgotten that I too had made mental rules like that.

I know you are going to think I’m nuts, but I miss some of those things …. yeah even the nappy (diaper) change. I used to love kissing my boys tummy and feeling that beautiful soft skin. Don’t wish it away too quickly!
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By: Haley-O

Haley-O — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:58:26 +0000

I need those rules. ALL OF THEM. Plus one: children IN DIAPERS (still, ahem) are NOT to poop during dinner. So help me GOD!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:14:29 +0000

Oh, wow, this is good. Perhaps add:

If mom has yet to fetch your (insert food, play or off-limits item of your choice) do not, I repeat DO NOT say, “Mom, I said get it,” it’s demoralizing and brings out the shrieking harridan in mommy.

And also, “The answer is brown,” anytime mom is changing a stinky diaper.

By: rimarama

rimarama — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:30:58 +0000

No falling asleep in the car seat on the way home for naptime! No hiding of or attempts to self-launder wet/soiled Elmo underwear!
No peeing/pooping/puking in the tub!
No licking and or gumming of the grocery shopping cart handle!

By: nell

nell — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:28:19 +0000

She’s a little young for this, but soon you can train her to get her own breakfast by dragging a chair over to the fridge and getting down the cereal box, dragging the chair over to the cabinet for a bowl, getting the spoons and milk and serving her little brother (sister in our case). The best way to do this, in my experience, is to make it easier to do all that stuff herself than to try to drag your lazy ass out of bed before 7:30. Good luck.