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I'm Nadine. Mother to Monkey (3) and his sister Roo (1). Married to my wonderful FreezeM. I am forever 29, don't let my birthdate fool you. I work a part time PR job. Love being at home with my children, I am very liberal, love to read, cook and write. I'm critical and don't shy away from the unbeaten path.




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November 28, 2008

Why I will replace all our dishes with paper ones

I will answer that question in just a bit.. First: why our neighbors don't like us:


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For those with bad eyes (and without a mouse to click & enlarge): that's Colonel Hathi's march from the Jungle Book CD played 43 times. FORTY THREE!

What song does your child makes you listen over and over and over and over and over?

It is unfair to pretend that I don't like the songs, because I do. We laugh and dance and act silly and sing. And the only reason there is a 'normal' song between the children's music is the enormous amount of trumpet played in that song.

Speaking about repeat, here's one I could do without:

Emptying the dishwasher:
get dish out of dishwasher
remove baby out of dishwasher
get dish out of dishwasher
remove baby out of dishwasher
get dish out of dishwasher
remove baby out of dishwasher
get dish out of dishwasher
remove baby out of dishwasher

It takes less time to travel the world on a turtle, then to empty our dishwasher.

And finally, the repeat I did not expect so soon:

"MOMMY I AM POOPING IN THE KITCHEN!" ............ "JUST KIDDING! HAHAHAHHAHA"

"MOMMY I AM PEEING ON THE CHAIR!" ............ "JUST KIDDING! HAHAHAHHAHA"

"MOMMY I AM POOPING ON THE GROUND" ............ "JUST KIDDING! HAHAHAHHAHA"

Poop, pee and fart jokes. Monkey started them at 2.5 years and have not stopped yet. He repeats the same over and over and over and over again. I thought poop jokes where something for 5 year olds. But I understand I have at least 2.5 years of poop jokes ahead of me. The joy. And he takes his poop jokes very seriously. He really pretends to do the act, and a few weeks ago, that triggered an accident in his bedroom.

"MOMMY I AM POOPING ON THE GROUND" ............ "MOM? Something happened.. Mom?"

Posted at 12:06 PM


Comments

Ah, the repeated favorite song. My 5 year old took a shine to the Cha Cha Slide last year.

It's never too early for boys to begin making poop/pee/fart jokes. I believe males come pre-programmed with them and feel they need to take full advantage of all the time they have available to perfect them. ;-)

Posted by: Kerry at November 28, 2008 6:20 PM

I have SO many poop stories. diaper stories too. And I also have pictures of two seperate children SITTING in the dishwasher..WHAT is this strange attraction to dishwashers? And why don't they have it when they get bigger? (I don't WANNA empty the dishwasher mom!!)

Posted by: dysdhousewife at November 29, 2008 12:53 AM

LOL - thats hilarious! It toally must be a boy thing 'cause my girls don't really talk about the potty.

Posted by: Mom On The Run at November 30, 2008 2:48 AM

What? Sweet little Monkey? I'm suuuuuure you must be exaggerating about his poop/pee/fart jokes. He's a little angel!! :)

Posted by: Zandria at November 30, 2008 5:38 AM

One little secret that not many Mom's clue you into before you have your own children is that you are destined to repeat many, many countless things from songs, to diapering, to laundry. The list is endless. In our house, the song that is most frequently on "repeat" is "This Old Man." OMG! There are days when I might literally tear my hair out if I have to listen to it one more time. However, there are few things a mother won't do to keep her kids happy. :)

Thank you for your e-mail. Wonderful of you to drop us a note.

-Francesca

Posted by: Three Bay B Chicks at November 30, 2008 3:05 PM

Hahahaha! (Though I have news for you... it's bad news, too. It's not just 2.5 years of poop jokes you got left there...)

Posted by: madmad at December 1, 2008 1:30 AM

Hahahaha! (Though I have news for you... it's bad news, too. It's not just 2.5 years of poop jokes you got left there...)

Posted by: madmad at December 1, 2008 1:30 AM

On a related issue, how is it that having two kids quadruples the amount of dishes you use?

Posted by: Chris at December 1, 2008 2:54 PM

It's not just boys. According to Rae, there is nothing as sublime as a poo/pee/fart joke. She's 6 now and shows no sign of slowing down. Watch out for Roo poo jokes in the coming years.

Posted by: alison at December 3, 2008 8:40 PM

Hahahahaha..well you know he's articulate and has good verbal skills!

Posted by: teahouseblossom at December 5, 2008 2:46 PM












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Did you know your baby or young toddler can "speak" to you even when (s)he hasn't learned the ability to speak yet? I found out through the blog of Chris that sign language is a GREAT way to enable your young child to communicate with you.

Our 12 month old little Roo knows a few signs already "done" (with eating), "more" (food or drink) and "book/ reading". It was a great succes with our toddler Monkey (now 3, doesn't stop talking but stopped using signs) and we already have so much fun with Roo.

We used this book:

But there are more tools that help you

Read more on the subject; here.