Don't you hate it when................................?
Your kid or any other kid says something like: "I'm thirsty".
Like the magical drink fairy will suddenly appear and give them a sparkling glass of their favorite drink?
I'm not talking about toddlers - I'm talking about any kid fully capable of getting themselves a drink. My skids will do this everyday. They'll be sitting on the couch and you'll just be walking by and they'll throw an "I'm thirsty" at you. I always say "get something to drink." Dad always says: "oh, okay, what would like to drink?" I try to tell FH and skids that they should at least ASK for something to drink. Oh well..........
Another thing I hate that happens daily when skids are over:
Dad will say:
Girls - bedtime is after the next commercial, okay? (see that ladies, that's a question, OKAY?) This gives the kids the right to throw a "but" or some other "answer" out there. It is, after all, a question.
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LOL, yes I do hate that.
I always say well hello there thirsty, I'm mommy, pleased to meet ya!
Here's Another ONE
During dinner :
"Daddy, I'm full (plate of food in front of her), can I have dessert now?"
WHA....................!!!!!
This no longer happens at my house.
**my stepdaughters did not grow in my tummy, they grew in my heart**
Ugh!
Scooty pulls this one! "I'm full...or My tummy hurts!" and then two seconds later...can I have a snack?! WTF?
"Live well, Love much, Laugh often."
My son is famous for
"MOM, OMG, GUESS WHAT?" And it never damn fails that it's something stupid he wants to tell me. He'll make me stop in my tracks like he's about to tell me the worst news in the world, and it always ends up being something about skateboarding, or his new girlfriend, etc.
Anymore when I hear the screeching guess what I say "chicken squat behind the door that's what", corney but effective. I got that from my mommy!
well, to a teenager........
EVERYTHING, is a major event.....hahahaha }:)
LOL
My SD8 - she's adorable - but when we're in the car and it's just the TWO of us, she will say my name before EVERY sentence. And she's a talker! So, I will hear my name COUNTLESS times on any given trip. One time I told her - Honey, I am the ONLY ONE in this car so you don't have to say my name every single time. I am smiling and laughing, though.
The very next sentence will inevitably begin with: "FifthWheel!"
Ha ha
**my stepdaughters did not grow in my tummy, they grew in my heart**
This is so funny fifthwheel cause my son
does the same thing to my DH. Sometimes I'll get home and DH will say, He's DH'ed me to death today! LOL
I like this blog, let's pick at our kids all day!
My son is the smartest kid alive. If you don't believe me, just ask him. He'll tell ya! I swear I don't know how it's possible that he's failed a grade, and cant figure out how to get his head out of his ass, but he is the smartest person in the world. I don't know how I made it all those years before he was here to tell me the right way to do stuff.
Isn't it funny how alike most kids are?
Thank goodness! Makes me feel so normal.
But even when it's aggravating - I wouldn't have it any other way.
**my stepdaughters did not grow in my tummy, they grew in my heart**
I cannot stand it either
"I'm thirsty" "I'm hungry" (which is usually followed by, "I don't want that" after I give them a choice of snacks) "I'm bored", ect.
As for your FH saying "It's time for bed, okay?" I think there should be a period at the end, rather than a question mark because I do that as well, however I, in no way, am asking them if it is o.k. or not, I am saying "okay" because I want to know that they heard me.
Oh, it is definitely a question?
He does the same thing in the morning.
"Girls, it's time to get up, okay? And every morning that he's there to get them up, they will always say "a few more minutes daddy." And he let's them sleep a few more minutes.
When I get them up I say "Come on girls, it's time to get up." Their lights are on and I am all ready heading out the door when I say this. They ALWAYS get right up. Their BM always talks about how hard it is to get the girls out of bed. I'm the only one that can accomplish this, apparently, and they still love me just fine.
**my stepdaughters did not grow in my tummy, they grew in my heart**
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was the most hysterical thing I have ever read!!!!!
And ALL those things have happened to me too.
Thank god we can come here and have a good chuckle.
Crayon, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You have put a smile on my face for the rest of the day. I will think of your story often.
**my stepdaughters did not grow in my tummy, they grew in my heart**
It's amazing how many kids pull the same crap!
The "I'm thirsty" thing got old really fast with me! EVERY evening after dinner without fail, the second my husband & I sat on the couch to talk & relax, SD9 would walk into the room & announce "I'm thirsty". Me, being a little on the sarcastic side, wanted desperately to say, "Good for you. What do you want, a medal?!". But I didn't. I let my husband handle it. I would say about 50% of the time, SD9 had a full cup of something already sitting on the table in front of her when she would ask this. The rest of the time, my husband would sigh & get up to get her a drink.
Well, finally, I said something to my husband about this whole thing being more about SD9 wanting to interrupt our "quiet" time rather than actually being thirsty. (If she was really that thirsty, she could help herself to water anytime.) After I said that, he started to see it, too. So when she would announce that she was thirsty, my husband would point to the kitchen & say "The sink is over there.". Of course, at that time we had crappy tap water with a filter, but I would get good spring water from my parents' house & keep it in the fridge in heavy glass jugs. So SD9 tried to get around this by saying she wanted COLD water instead. My husband actually fell for it at first, too!
The house we bought this spring actually has good spring water AND it comes out COLD, so SD9 quickly learned that that charade was over! The thing that bothered me, aside from this being an attention issue, is the total lack of manners. No please or thank you, just demands. We have to constantly work on SD9 about this. And from the other posts on here, I see we're not alone!
FH waits on SS9 and it
FH waits on SS9 and it annoys me to no end. He's NINE YEARS OLD. After having his plate of dinner delivered to him by FH, he'll then say, "Can I have something to drink?" I've wanted to say, "Are your legs broken, get up and get it yourself!" but I simply say, "You can help yourself". He's catching on though... He'll start to demand, and yes, I say "demand" because "please" isn't quite in his vocabulary, and he'll stop short and say "Never mind" and you know what, he'll go get his drink himself!
And then the are the usual nightly "games".
FH: SS9, go to bed now.
SS9: Ok, but Dad, can you get x,y and z for me, I want to make something.
FH: No, you need to go to bed now.
SS9: But Dad, I want to blah blah blah
FH: I said, go to bed now.
SS9: Ok.
FIVE MINUTES OR LESS LATER
SS9 emerges from his room wanting ye olde cup of water that he never drinks (just habit I think from his toddler days). This is an improvement considering he used to bellow from his room,
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! Can you get me some water?!" :sick: No please or anything! Sometimes, he'll come out again and again for this, that and the other. It's really frustrating! I told FH last night that if SS9 was going to monopolize his evening from the time he comes home to bedtime, he needs to go to bed and STAY THERE fro said given bedtime till morning. We can barely talk at night without one of the two kids (usually SS9) coming out to get water, or otherwise interrupt. ARGH!
At least it's not just me having these problems!
Exactly!
My SD is 9-yrs-old, too. She is old enough to do a lot of things for herself, but at our house she prefers to have my husband cater to her every whim. It is annoying! Especially since I *KNOW* it's not this way at BM's house. SD9 has to do everything on her own there, including sometimes making her own dinner. So I know she's capable of doing things on her own.
SD9 also religiously did the water before bedtime thing up until we moved into our new house. I think she was so distracted by all the changes in her life that she forgot about this. (Thank God!)
I think one of the most annoying things SD9 does is yell your name & when you answer her, she doesn't say anything else. She wants you to drop everything & come running to see what she wants. This drives my husband insane! He absolutely hates it when she does this!
My DD10 is guilty of this...
My DD10 is guilty of this... "Mom! Mom! MOM!" I am tired of telling her that if she wants something, it would be better for her to come find me than to yell across the house from her room. Or sometimes, I'll say, "What?" and she won't answer, like your SD9. Yet, when we call the kids, it's like they have selective hearing, they don't answer and that drives me nuts. The worst though is the way SS9 answers us, "What?!" When I grew up, there was NO way I would dare answer my parents like that. It was always, "Yes Mom" or "Yes Dad" and I should always sound nice or else I would get into trouble for my insolent tone of voice. I guess I'm old, well not really, only 30, but raised old school. I've raised my DD10 this way. She answers me, "Yes Mom" or "Yes Ma'am" when she's mad. I'm not sure if SS9 can be corrected at this stage especially since FH has allowed it all this time but it makes me cringe every time he answers his Dad like that.
I was just about to post something similar!
I can't tell you how many times we sit down to dinner & SD9 will say "I need a knife". First of all, if you are old enough to USE a knife, then I think you're old enough to get your butt out of your chair & GET one for yourself! She knows where they are. The other part of this is that she needs a knife to cut EVERYTHING, including things that are normally eaten with just a fork. So bizarre.
I think FH likes doing
I think FH likes doing things for SS9. He STILL from time to time, cuts up his food both on his own AND when SS9 asks him to. At this rate, the boy will NEVER learn. He too thinks he's being a good dad or a loving dad by doing this, but the more you continue to do for a child, the less likely they'll want to do it on their own. My DD10 is different. She was always little miss independent even at a young age which has its pros and cons but I certainly didn't baby her either....
I love it when they say "it
I love it when they say "it hurts when I do this"... to which I answer "WELL DON'T DO THAT"... LOL!
Crayon.....
I'm still laughing at the donkey shack thing.....................
I Do Too!
I usually hear, "I'm hungry." My response, "I am too" or "I'm not." Then I just walk away.
my dad's response to I hurt my finger/hand/toe etc..
was always...well, I can cut your finger off for you! Then that scratch or bruise won't hurt anymore! Didn't take many of those to only bring serious wounds to show him, lol
My BS has also been bad about the I wanna drink thing...a few responses of "Is your leg broken? Do you want it to be?" stopped it, though eye rolling was involved