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« Reply #2880 on: February 12, 2012, 03:07:08 PM » |
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I think this is because #1s saw the worried faces of the parents when the child did anything that might have included pain. I know that I probably looked panicked every time my #1 took a spill because I couldn't gauge how much each bump might have hurt a little one. With #2, we had figured out that children were mostly indestructible and we had a more relaxed approach, we were calmer so #2 just took more things in stride.
Bioson never did this and he's the firstborn. Bioette is our Drama Queen. I'm blasé about injuries. She still, even at age 7, gets all dramatic over a hangnail. Sometimes, you just end up with a homozygous recessive Drama Queen/King, unfortunately. |
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« Reply #2881 on: February 12, 2012, 03:18:36 PM » |
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I think this is because #1s saw the worried faces of the parents when the child did anything that might have included pain. I know that I probably looked panicked every time my #1 took a spill because I couldn't gauge how much each bump might have hurt a little one. With #2, we had figured out that children were mostly indestructible and we had a more relaxed approach, we were calmer so #2 just took more things in stride.
Bioson never did this and he's the firstborn. Bioette is our Drama Queen. I'm blasé about injuries. She still, even at age 7, gets all dramatic over a hangnail. Sometimes, you just end up with a homozygous recessive Drama Queen/King, unfortunately. True, but I do hear about more laid-back #2s to think there is some part that nurture plays in the personality. |
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« Reply #2882 on: February 13, 2012, 12:14:46 PM » |
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Both of my #1 and #2 babies were both completely laid back all their lives. Both always loved to sleep and eat. Of course, that describes mom and dad too. Probably all things due to genetics and household vibe.
Kids are what they are, and they don't change all that much as they grow to adulthood. That's why so much advice doesn't work all that well-except maybe to just keep trying to see what works for you and for them.
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« Reply #2883 on: February 13, 2012, 02:16:53 PM » |
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I think this is because #1s saw the worried faces of the parents when the child did anything that might have included pain. I know that I probably looked panicked every time my #1 took a spill because I couldn't gauge how much each bump might have hurt a little one. With #2, we had figured out that children were mostly indestructible and we had a more relaxed approach, we were calmer so #2 just took more things in stride.
Bioson never did this and he's the firstborn. Bioette is our Drama Queen. I'm blasé about injuries. She still, even at age 7, gets all dramatic over a hangnail. Sometimes, you just end up with a homozygous recessive Drama Queen/King, unfortunately. With a drama queen mom, I thank my lucky stars each and every day for the heterozygote advantage. |
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« Reply #2884 on: February 13, 2012, 03:12:57 PM » |
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Arghhh! What's with the I'm-about-to-die screaming every time #1 has the slightest knock?! She's sucha drama queen.
In contrast, the younger one walks in to walls and doors and carries on with batting an eyelid. I'm not sure which one I should be most worried about....
With #1, every time she bumped herself (and she channeled Evel Knievel from birth), I thought she'd killed herself. Most of the time, she didn't say much about it. With #2, if there wasn't smoke, a compound fracture, or arterial bleeding, we presumed everything was fine. Once again, thank god we didn't have the "easy" one first. I'd have had a stroke when #2 came along if I'd been lulled into complacency. As it was, no danger of that. |
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« Reply #2885 on: February 13, 2012, 08:37:41 PM » |
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amlithist, we had Mr. Careful first, followed by Mr. Knievel. I don't have gray hair, but it was a near thing.
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« Reply #2886 on: February 13, 2012, 10:49:17 PM » |
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My sweet Little Man turned 9 recently and has become obsessed with gross-out humor. Tonight his sister was trying to say good night to me in Spanish and mispronounced buenos noches. The boy decided that she'd said "penis nachos," fell into fits of laughter, and walked around the house chanting "penis nachos." I tried not to laugh. Really, I did.
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« Reply #2887 on: February 14, 2012, 12:07:58 AM » |
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« Reply #2888 on: February 14, 2012, 06:20:14 AM » |
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My sweet Little Man turned 9 recently and has become obsessed with gross-out humor. Tonight his sister was trying to say good night to me in Spanish and mispronounced buenos noches. The boy decided that she'd said "penis nachos," fell into fits of laughter, and walked around the house chanting "penis nachos." I tried not to laugh. Really, I did.
That's reason # 45 why I can't (be allowed to) have kids. I'd be too busy laughing at the inappropriate jokes to enforce any sort of sense of decorum. |
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« Reply #2889 on: February 14, 2012, 09:06:51 AM » |
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My sweet Little Man turned 9 recently and has become obsessed with gross-out humor. Tonight his sister was trying to say good night to me in Spanish and mispronounced buenos noches. The boy decided that she'd said "penis nachos," fell into fits of laughter, and walked around the house chanting "penis nachos." I tried not to laugh. Really, I did.
That's reason # 45 why I can't (be allowed to) have kids. I'd be too busy laughing at the inappropriate jokes to enforce any sort of sense of decorum. Yeah. I try to strike a balance between enforcing some decorum and not being a total prude. (I've still never heard my mother swear, and I think that's just weird.) I figured I shouldn't encourage "penis nachos," but when the shorties aren't around, those are gonna be my new cuss words. |
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« Reply #2890 on: February 14, 2012, 09:18:10 AM » |
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My sweet Little Man turned 9 recently and has become obsessed with gross-out humor. Tonight his sister was trying to say good night to me in Spanish and mispronounced buenos noches. The boy decided that she'd said "penis nachos," fell into fits of laughter, and walked around the house chanting "penis nachos." I tried not to laugh. Really, I did.
That's reason # 45 why I can't (be allowed to) have kids. I'd be too busy laughing at the inappropriate jokes to enforce any sort of sense of decorum. Yeah. I try to strike a balance between enforcing some decorum and not being a total prude. (I've still never heard my mother swear, and I think that's just weird.) I figured I shouldn't encourage "penis nachos," but when the shorties aren't around, those are gonna be my new cuss words. I'm with biomancer. When Thing 1 (niece) was 14 months, I was chasing her around the house trying to take Xmas card pics for my sis. Being 14 months, she thought it was all a game. Finally, I had her behind the sofa. She turned back and looked at me with a beautiful, charming, awesome smile. It was a great shot! I raised my camera...and the lens fell off. I had failed to secure it the last time I changed it. She sat right there, the smile disappeared, a look of concern came over her innocent face. Furrowing her brow, and said, loud and clear as a bell, "Fvckin' A!" The grandparents at the table, her father and mother stopped in mid-sentence. Meanwhile, as I collapsed in laughter, this of course reinforced Thing 1, who, much to her mother's displeasure and father's embarrassment (let's just say it was pretty obvious where she heard it first) chanted "fvckin' A! fvckin' A! fvckin' A!" |
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« Reply #2891 on: February 14, 2012, 04:46:37 PM » |
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Arghhh! What's with the I'm-about-to-die screaming every time #1 has the slightest knock?! She's sucha drama queen.
In contrast, the younger one walks in to walls and doors and carries on with batting an eyelid. I'm not sure which one I should be most worried about....
I think this is because #1s saw the worried faces of the parents when the child did anything that might have included pain. I know that I probably looked panicked every time my #1 took a spill because I couldn't gauge how much each bump might have hurt a little one. With #2, we had figured out that children were mostly indestructible and we had a more relaxed approach, we were calmer so #2 just took more things in stride. Did you ever hear the saying - When your first child swallows a nickel you rush him to the emergency room.
When your second child swallows a nickel you wait for it to pass.
When your third child swallows a nickel you deduct it from his allowance. |
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« Reply #2892 on: February 14, 2012, 04:51:42 PM » |
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An actual conversation last night:
Wonderboy: Dad, do you know about the country Bhutan?
Me: Sure, I have been there many times.
Wonderboy: No you haven't. There is a waiting list.
Me: Yeah, that is because of some things I did last time I was there. [pauses] Bad things.
Wonderboy: Mom, do you know about the country Bhutan?
We will see who drives who to drink in my house.
I'm with you larryc! I'm sure I'm going to be responsible for my kids having an odd sense of humor. Kid 1 - Mom, I have a question. Me - OK, I'm ready. I have an answer. Kid 1 - Do I have cub scouts tomorrow? Me - Oh, sorry, my answer was Wednesday Actually this has turned into a game with my kids. They'll ask me to think of answers, then they come up with questions and laugh hysterically at how the answers don't match with the questions. |
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« Reply #2893 on: February 15, 2012, 10:07:30 AM » |
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Actually this has turned into a game with my kids. They'll ask me to think of answers, then they come up with questions and laugh hysterically at how the answers don't match with the questions.
I love it! It's Mad Libs without the books and prompts. |
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« Reply #2894 on: February 15, 2012, 12:05:26 PM » |
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Thanks to all. It's 1:30 am and Smolt and the cat are bth here on my desk - she's got the bottle, he's purring on her head. Everyone seems happy.
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