True Mom Confession..

lauren grier

lauren grier

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I enjoy taking my 5 yr old to loud crowded restaurants because it guarantees me 30-45 minutes where I don't actually have to pay attention to what the hell he is babbling about and pretend to be interested :p

that is all ^_^
 
amen, sister.

My Cameron is a LOT like your Connor, I think. Who knew just listening could be so exhausting?
 
I love going to Hometown Buffet where they can get thier own food. I make the big kids take the little ones. And if they take something they don't like, I don't make them eat it. And if they want 10 desserts, it's all good. Because it is included in the price.
 
Yah. I'm guilty of playing the "quiet game" with my 3 year old because the girl wakes up talking and goes to bed talking. If no one's listening she talks to her dolls and stuffed animals.
 
I hear ya girl! The quiet game doesn't work on Kassi anymore. I've yet to come up with a new one to fool her. Just blah blah blah blah blah nonstop and sometimes it gets annoying. Remember those days when we wondered when they would start talking, and everybody said...oh just wait, then you'll wonder when they'll shut up. They were right. :blink: :p
 
hahaha I was perfectly content with ce not talking ^_^ I enjoyed it a lil.. at first,cause we could communicate and all you know.......... but now. no. no thank you. being woken up at 6am with a kid sitting on you going blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.. following you while you go pee.. standing beside the shower while you bathe.. standing in the hallway and yelling down the stairs while you go check the mail.. talking till the second he falls asleep.. No, really, I can do without that LOL. 10 more years, and he won't want to talk to me anymore. I dunno if I'll survive that long though lol.
 
I consider pie ala mode to be a balanced breakfast.

Fruit? Check.
Grain-like substance? Check.
Dairy? Check.
Life sustaining sugar overload? Check.

I dunno. Sounds about right to me.

I also bathe my children on a smelly only basis... if they don't stink, they don't need a bath. Well except DD, sometimes her hair gets really greasy before she stinks, then she bathes... but that's only after ponytails/pigtails don't hide it. :D
 
LOL @ all of these!! The talking only lasts so long. Once tehy are about 15 you will have to practically beg them to say a word to you at times. Parents are so clueless to teenagers!! My youngest is the only one who does the talking all the time. I just tell him that just because you CAN talk does not mean you HAVE to.

I have been known to give my kids milk and doughnuts/poptarts for breakfast when we are short on time LOL
 
Does it count if I ask Jeff if his BFF can go out to dinner/drinks with us sometimes so the two of them can bark at each other and I can sit and relax?! *lol*
 
Derrick talks non-stop too. 7 years old is going to KILL me...... And I'm lucky enough to be going through the terrible twos with Rhett. GREAT. Just shoot me now please..........

We just had total melt down here because I wouldn't let Derrick have FUN DIP at 10 PM... And I'm a mean mom........... :blink:
 
True Mommy Confession:

When my 2 year old insists that I lay down with him when he needs to nap, and I have stuff to do... I lay down with him for a few minutes and then pretend I'm going to go get the baby and I'll "be right back".

Unless he cries, I never go back.
 
True Mommy Confession

1. Ramen Noodles are considered a meal at my house:p
2. Sometimes I heat them up something quick in the microwave so I can sit on the sofa and digi scrap
3. when I don't want DS#2 to be getting into anything {basically I want some peace and quiet without chasing him anywhere...he is only 18 months}I put the movie Ratatouille on and I have a good 120 mins to be free!!!
 
When Cooper is climbing on everything, I ask Keira to grab him. LOL! I'm always close by, but it makes her feel like she's helping and I don't have to get up every 5 minutes.
 
When we have to get out of the house early and quickly in the morning, instead of putting them in jammies the night before, I actually dress them for the day so they will be ready in the morning.

Bath is on a stinky basis here too. Although in summer, with the sand and all, it's everyday.

They watch morning cartoon pretty much everyday, so I can start the day more slowly and quietly (NOT a morning person here!)
 
I pay my kids to not talk.....like literally pay them...especially in the van....for every minute they are quiet they get 25 cents......my older girls are making a mint off of me...but mommy has nice quiet car rides!!!! **HEAVEN**

:D :D :D
 
Have you guys seen this?
*I'm assuming, but just thought I'd throw it out there*

I constantly am telling my 3 year old little white lies so I can have some peace and quiet. Like right now, she's sitting watching Madagascar because Mommy's "working" on the computer.
 
We play a game called "No Touching Brother". the object of which is to not touch your brother. Whoever goes longest without touching brother, assuming it has been at least 2 minutes, wins $1.

They complain that it is boring but to end the game they would have to touch their brother, and their brother would get a dollar when they did. I give them actual dollars, not coins, so they can't split it (they haven't reached that logic yet, but it's coming)
 
Our 5yo. DD will have a complex when she grows up from constantly being told "Don't Talk!" This girl chatters a mile a minute and you have to have a translator to understand what she's saying.

When we're shopping and my kids are whining about not having something to carry or hold...they get told to hold their breath! Bwaahahahahaha

I love being a Mom!
 
mummytothree said:
I pay my kids to not talk.....like literally pay them...especially in the van....for every minute they are quiet they get 25 cents......my older girls are making a mint off of me...but mommy has nice quiet car rides!!!! **HEAVEN**

:D :D :D
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Sweet salvation! Woooooooooohoooooo Elizabeth thank you so much for this fantabulous idea! I have been lost for years since Kassi outgrew the see who can be quiet the longest game. Time to break out the quarters. Worth. Every. Penny. Sweet solitude! I heart you. You have made my life better. :thumbup:
 
I don't know if it ever gets better. Mine are grown...and they all still talk a mile a minute! I do love that I don't have to "watch" them, or get things for them anymore, but seriously...if my 21 year old happens to be up in the morning when I get up (EARLY!!), I have a headache by 8 am! I don't like to talk in the morning, NOR do I like to listen to anyone.
 
me too

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I also bathe my children on a smelly only basis... if they don't stink, they don't need a bath. Well except DD, sometimes her hair gets really greasy before she stinks, then she bathes... but that's only after ponytails/pigtails don't hide it. :D
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I'm currently here while DD entertains her baby dolls and DS plays video games... now I feel guilty, but they are having fun so what the hey... :)
 
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OK I thought of something I told my kids when they were little...you know how when your kids do something wrong and dont want to tell you they did but you already know they did? Well I told mine they would get lie bumps on their tongue and I would be able to tell whenever they would lie. They believed me (they were REALLY gullible LOL) and it really cut out any problem of lying to me ever. It actually worked until they were oh about 8 or 9 years old!! By that time most of the time they would just automatically tell me the truth.
 
This really only works from Thanksgiving on, but my kids think that Santa comes while we're at Thanksgiving dinner and installs cameras in their rooms. :D :D :D
 
Lol Lauren, love your honesty! ;)

We went shopping on Friday and Sophia was being so awful. We went to Claire's and for a minute I wanted to be a Mom who didn't care what the heck her kids did and just ignore them and shop for myself. It lasted about 15 seconds...I just couldn't do it.
 
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