I love them...but....

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emmasmommy

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let's talk about our spawn
(or other's spawn...but don't be hateful)

I'm surrounded by heathens. all day. everyday.

one thing that makes me INSANE is nosy children.
"who on da phone?"
"what time my mama comin?" (never mind that you can't tell time)
"whatchu say?" (wasn't talking to you)




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Kaylin asks me what time it is a bajillion times a day. She's learned that I don't like it when she asks me for snacks all day long. Snack times are at 10 and 3. So, now she just asks me what time it is . . . code for "is it snack time?" Ugh. This girl would eat 24/7 if I let her . . . but only if it were fruit snacks, pudding, and chocolate milk.

And, my oldest still needs to know everything about everybody. Every time I try to have a conversation with anyone else in the family, he will interject with all his questions. I'm not very patient about this. I can't count the number of times we've told him that it's none of his business or that he doesn't need to know everything.

And, now I'm going to clean bathrooms, which brings up a whole new list of grievances. I DO love them so!!!
 
What can I eat? or What else can I eat?

Often this is asked when I'm in the middle of cooking or serving up dinner. Why can't they just learn to wait (i.e. shut up) for a few minutes?
 
I am tolerant of most of their shenanigans, but tap me on the arm and I will lose it. One day Grace even gave me a tender spot, nearly a bruise, on my upper arm where she was tapping me all day.

Tap tap tap "Mom...."
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Tap me one more time, child. :p
 
Can I have a snack, can I have a snack, can I have a snack.......................
 
2 of mine are pretty independent and never did that, BUT the youngest NEVER SHUTS UP and it drives me crazy! From the moment he wakes up (even if he's the only one awake) to the time he falls asleep he's ALWAYS talking!!! He's cute and funny, but damn, sometimes I just want a little peace and quiet while they are awake!
 
JennNtheBoys said:
2 of mine are pretty independent and never did that, BUT the youngest NEVER SHUTS UP and it drives me crazy! From the moment he wakes up (even if he's the only one awake) to the time he falls asleep he's ALWAYS talking!!! He's cute and funny, but damn, sometimes I just want a little peace and quiet while they are awake!
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My son was like this, too. But now at 9 he keeps his thoughts to himself more often and ironically, it's killing me. I miss the talkativeness.
 
my 2 drive me crazy mostly because they are polar opposites and cannot agree on ONE. SINGLE. THING. As an example, I will offer to take them to dinner and tell them to just agree on a place. Can they ever agree on a place? No, they cannot. So basically, we rarely go anywhere or do anything as a family anymore because one or the other kid doesn't want to. One wants a move while the other wants sports. One wants to take the dogs to the dog park while the other one wants to shop. And on and on, world without end. Amen.
 
My boys are teenagers and I'm constantly hearing... "What do we have to snack on?" Yikes!! These boys can eat!
 
JennNtheBoys said:
2 of mine are pretty independent and never did that, BUT the youngest NEVER SHUTS UP and it drives me crazy! From the moment he wakes up (even if he's the only one awake) to the time he falls asleep he's ALWAYS talking!!! He's cute and funny, but damn, sometimes I just want a little peace and quiet while they are awake!
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My.son.exactly.

I always tell people that if, God forbid, he was ever taken by a stranger they would bring him right back because he will just talk their ear off. :p
 
I help out in my youngest kindergarten class. It drives me nuts when they see that I am helping another classmate and they interrupt. Also, when they don't even try and want me to do their work for them, but my biggest pet peeve is when they ask what to do and then don't even listen (especially when they then do it wrong and get mad).
I love helping, but sometimes . . .
 
omgosh YESSSS. my two argue about EVERYTHING. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that they are polar opposites.


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i've got a couple of chatty kathys!!
on car rides if i am not driving, we say "mommy is sleeping" to shut the kids up!
 
carrie1977 said:
My.son.exactly.

I always tell people that if, God forbid, he was ever taken by a stranger they would bring him right back because he will just talk their ear off. :p
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I have said that exact same thing about both of my kids many, many times...
 
My son asks 'why?' way too many times in a day. It drives me crazy!


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LOL - I'm trying to remember what bothered me when she was younger.... she was a talker but I never minded too much because it was just the 2 of us for so long and I was glad to have someone to talk to. Now Cheyanne is at a blissful time in her life where we actually like each other and like spending time together. I guess the one thing would be that she's always saying there's nothing to eat when there is a fridge full of food and the snack basket is full, etc.
 
He'll be 2 in May so pretty much everything he does drives me insane: asking for a 'nack' 50x a day & then not eating it or crunching it up into little pieces to sprinkle all over the floor, following me into the bathroom (or hysterically screaming & pounding on the door if I dare to close it!), chucking his toys at 100 mph across the room, poking me in the eye, slapping my cheek, and/or sticking his finger up my nose while I'm putting him down for a nap, throwing his pacifier down on the floor of the van & then screaming the rest of the way home that he wants his pacifier... I could go on and on!!! :p

The big one has lots of sass when she's hungry or tired but the worst is that she makes this one face when she's upset with me but knows better than to say anything. I can't even describe what she does with her face but it immediately makes me want to scream. I don't scream but I sure want to when I see the, 'Mom! What you're telling me to do is so dumb and meaningless compared to what I'm already doing!' face.
 
Ah the memories! Mine are older but I swear they have a conspiracy to never like the same food. If one likes it, another doesn't. Never fails!
 
So I'm breastfeeding my four week old... And the hardest thing about him is the constant feeding. This thread gave me no hope for me future! Ha.
 
"I want something..." My 3 year old sons version of "I'm hungry." I hear it ALL. DAY. LONG. We will have just eaten 45 minutes earlier and he will be hungry again. He would eat nonstop if I'd let him.

My babe is a screamer. His grandma calls him screamy because that's how he "talks" to everyone. Just a nice long loud high pitched squeal. Definitely my little screamy.

My daughter wants to know why I make her do chores all the time. Just last week she was grounded for mouthing off to me after I asked her to help with laundry. "I don't know why we have to do your job just so you can get free time." Yes, my dear. Because feeding an 11 month old screamy is just how I love to spend my "free" time.

Kids. I hope I survive them all! LOL.
 
lily is the BIGGEST dawdler on the planet. The time it takes her to get INTO the shower after she is in the washroom is INSANE. honestly. It drives me crazier than anything.
 
marlathrall said:
So I'm breastfeeding my four week old... And the hardest thing about him is the constant feeding. This thread gave me no hope for me future! Ha.
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Ha! Good luck with that. ;)

My 4 year old (although he'll tell you that he's turning 5 in 36 days... not that he's counting or anything!) is a constant grazer. He started off that way when breastfeeding and it continued into toddlerhood and childhood. Always wanting to snack, my long and lean child with the seemingly fastest metabolism in the entire world! I swear that on his tombstone it will say DIED FROM LACK OF SNACKS. (thankfully my 14 month old twins are happy to linger over their food)
 
Ohmygosh these are cracking me up. I should've made a list of this stuff when they were little. One of my teen boys drives me MAD with this question, "What's for dinner?" It's not like a hey-i'm-curious-what-delicious-thing-you-are-selflessly-going-to-prepare-for-us-tonight kind of question. He says it like a cranky old man waiting for me to fulfill my duty.

Dinner is whatevertheheck I make, bubba!

Also... "Is the dishwasher clean?" every. single. day. Just look at the dishes and if they're dirty then NO IT IS NOT CLEAN.

"How long do I microwave such-and-such?" OMG. You're 17 years old and you don't know how long to heat a dish of pasta?

YepBrook said:
I am tolerant of most of their shenanigans, but tap me on the arm and I will lose it. One day Grace even gave me a tender spot, nearly a bruise, on my upper arm where she was tapping me all day.

Tap tap tap "Mom...."
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Tap me one more time, child. :p
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Ok, so it's like midnight and I have my music down super quiet so I won't disturb John, but I saw this pic and your caption and busted out laughing :D :D
 
Eating/snacking seems to be a common theme here, especially where boys are involved!
 
Oh, and another food related one I was reminded of just now as I'm getting dinner ready - putting the empty juice jug back in the fridge after finishing off the last drops. Do they think its going to miraculously get cleaned and refilled by itself in there?
 
I don't remember when my kids stopped asking for snacks, but they were pretty young. I have an open-kitchen and they can eat pretty much whenever and whatever they want. It's just something that I let go before they drove me out of my brain.

jak said:
Oh, and another food related one I was reminded of just now as I'm getting dinner ready - putting the empty juice jug back in the fridge after finishing off the last drops. Do they think its going to miraculously get cleaned and refilled by itself in there?
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It's so they don't have to be responsible for being 'the one who drank the rest.' Mine fessed up, lol!
 
NellahBean said:
My daughter wants to know why I make her do chores all the time. Just last week she was grounded for mouthing off to me after I asked her to help with laundry. "I don't know why we have to do your job just so you can get free time." Yes, my dear. Because feeding an 11 month old screamy is just how I love to spend my "free" time.

Kids. I hope I survive them all! LOL.
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Ha! I can still remember cleaning our one and only bathroom when I was about 10 or 11 and telling my mother that the only reason she had kids was so she didn't have to do any housework!
 
Valgal said:
I don't remember when my kids stopped asking for snacks, but they were pretty young. I have an open-kitchen and they can eat pretty much whenever and whatever they want. It's just something that I let go before they drove me out of my brain.
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This. Christopher was always eating and Cheyanne has been the same way. I don't keep much junk in the house so they've always just been allowed to get snacks when they want. They were both very into sports so they were constantly hungry and both could polish of a snack and turn around and eat a full dinner 15 minutes later. :blink:
 
I'm laughing reading these but feel your pain! My 16 year old will leave a half glassful of everything he drinks sitting around. Like 5 times a day. It's so wasteful it drives me nuts!


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icindi said:
I'm laughing reading these but feel your pain! My 16 year old will leave a half glassful of everything he drinks sitting around. Like 5 times a day. It's so wasteful it drives me nuts!


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I'm guilty of this one LMAO
 
OMG. another.

I have a hard time understanding the toddlers here sometimes. I'll ask, "what? I just didn't understand you. Tell me again."

their response? nevermind. :blink::blink::blink::blink::blink:
 
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Speaking of... the 6yo is notorious for becoming selfighteous with me when I don't immediately understand what she's trying to describe to me.

e.g.

'Mommy? What's that song that that gurl sings?'
'Um, I don't know. Sing it for me.'
'Well, it goes... (pause) I don't remember all of the words.'
'Can you hum it for me?'
'Hmm hmm hmm... like that. What's that song?'
'I have no idea. Sorry.'
'I KNOW YOU KNOW THE SONG! WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME?!'

:blink::blink::blink:
 
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