Collateral Damage: Parenting Edition
Add to the list that includes six months of nausea, pre-eclampsia, constant stabbing gallbladder and back pain, and various other less savory pregnancy and post-pregnancy issues: $620 worth of cavities
Add to the list that includes six months of nausea, pre-eclampsia, constant stabbing gallbladder and back pain, and various other less savory pregnancy and post-pregnancy issues: $620 worth of cavities
Me: I don’t know that I would let him lie right there where the dog is going to kick. C-Man: (trying to move baby) But apparently he would. Me: That’s because he doesn’t think about the future very well. Boy Detective: I think about Skynet ALL THE TIME! (the child was not yet verbal, so SOMEONE was responsible for that… Read more »
C-Man waited until AFTER I broke down and decided to go with MK for the baby’s nom de blog to say this while eating breakfast: “Why don’t you call him Boy Detective?” Since MK is pretty much getting into everything he can reach to find out what it is, this seems appropriate. So, name change.
C-Man: Boy Detective, you’re so wiggly. Boy Detective (via mom): I’ve been lying here for an hour and fifteen minutes with nothing to do! Me: This is what happens when you run your minions into the ground, Boy Detective. C-Man: You need to cultivate your minions as a resource. Boy Detective (via dad): Dance, minions, dance!
Two of my favorite clueless parenting tips: 1) “Before the baby comes, get the pet used to a regular schedule that you believe is realistic and that will be kept when the infant is present.” Because before the baby came, I knew EXACTLY how it would be around here. Oh yes. 2) “Feeding: The now-predictable schedule makes normal life possible… Read more »
I have finally found out that there actually is a limit to how much I want to hear myself talk.
This one’s going to take a bit of backstory, but stick with me. C-Man plays Virtua Fighter, which is a video game where people beat each other up. He bought a PS3 because it offers online play against other people, which can be more fun than playing against the computer on the XBox. [Correction issued in subsequent post about which… Read more »
I am trying to eat and my feet won’t stop wiggling and they are DISTRACTING ME. I am trying to eat and my hand won’t stop rubbing my eye and it is DISTRACTING ME. I was eating but then I stopped eating but I WANT TO EAT. I don’t want to eat WOMAN STOP TRYING TO FEED ME.
I just caught the baby staring at the Bernina with a huge grin on his face. Our good friend SBW has been working to ensure that baby’s first word is “quilt,” with “craft” as a backup. Perhaps it’s working?
C-Man: Did you know that the shoulder joint is held together by your bicep? Me: Huh? C-Man: (insert long technical explanation here) Me: I know nothing about the human body, so I did not know that. C-Man: (more technical information) Me: Wait, I lied. I know enough about the human body to sing “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” and point… Read more »