RunningAHEAD - Topic: In honor of Mother's Day

Mississippi

posted: 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM

Things Mom Would Never Say "How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?" "Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too" "Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house look more cheery" "Let me smell that shirt -- Yeah, it's good for another week" "Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be glad to feed and walk him every day" "Well, if Timmy's mom says it's OK, that's good enough for me." "The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's not like I'm running a prison around here." "I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve" "Don't bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is bound to improve"

Michelle

Mississippi

posted: 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM
modified: 5/8/2008 at 9:21 AM

A Mother's Dictionary Bottle feeding: An opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 am too. Defense: What you'd better have around de yard if you're going to let the children play outside. Drooling: How teething babies wash their chins. Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert. Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots. Full name: What you call your child when you're mad at him. Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right. Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word. Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid. Independent: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say. Look out: What it's too late for your child to do by the time you scream it. Prenatal: When your life was still somewhat your own. Preprared childbirth: A contradiction in terms. Puddle: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it. Show off: A child who is more talented than yours. Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it. Storeroom: The distance required between the supermarket aisles so that children in shopping carts can't quite reach anything. Temper tantrums: What you should keep to a minimum so as to not upset the children. Top bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies. Two-minute warning: When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises. Verbal: Able to whine in words Whodunit: None of the kids that live in your house. Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into "get a sponge."

Michelle

PowerOfQ

Think Whirled Peas

posted: 5/8/2008 at 9:40 AM

I made a pic collage of the kids and added this little poem I found to it. I'm guessing most mothers out there can relate: BEFORE I WAS A MOM Author Unknown Before I was a Mom I made and ate hot meals. I had unstained clothing. I had quiet conversations on the phone. Before I was a Mom, I slept as late as I wanted And never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday. Before I was Mom I cleaned my house each day. I never tripped over toys or forgot words of lullabies. Before I was a Mom I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom I had never been puked on Pooped on Spit on Chewed on Peed on Or pinched by tiny fingers Before I was a Mom I had complete control of: My thoughts My body And my mind. I slept all night. Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child So that doctors could do tests Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep. Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces When I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small Could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a Mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small Could make me feel so important. Before I was a Mom I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay I had never known the warmth The joy The love The heartache The wonder Or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Just because running is simple does not mean it is easy.

Relentless. Forward. Motion. <repeat>

mgerwn

Hold the Mayo

posted: 5/8/2008 at 10:58 AM
modified: 5/8/2008 at 10:59 AM

Quote from Mississippi on 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM:

Top bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies.

*snort*

Quote from Mississippi on 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM:

Two-minute warning: When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.

*guffaw*

Quote from Mississippi on 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM:

Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into "get a sponge."

Can't. Stop. Laughing!~

"You're Not Winning"

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jeffdonahue

posted: 5/8/2008 at 11:11 AM

Quote from Mississippi on 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM:

A Mother's Dictionary Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.

My favorite because it is sooooo true. My poor third-born. By the time we had her we wanted nothign to do with pacifiers and I think we took it away from her at 4 months.

Yorkshire

posted: 5/8/2008 at 12:44 PM
modified: 5/8/2008 at 12:45 PM

Quote from Mississippi on 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM:

I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your sleeve"

I have actually said this. More than once.

zoom-zoom

rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 5/8/2008 at 12:49 PM

Quote from Mississippi on 5/8/2008 at 9:20 AM:

Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.

Poor Dane...I never boiled/sterilized anything...and never freaked-out too much when he would eat dust bunnies off the floor as an infant. Kid has never once been on antibiotics, no ear infections, and I don't think has ever had a cold last more than 3 days (though he does seem to have mild seasonal allergies like mine). Dirt's good stuff. Big grin

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

mebeingme

posted: 5/8/2008 at 7:02 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 5/8/2008 at 12:49 PM:

Poor Dane...I never boiled/sterilized anything...and never freaked-out too much when he would eat dust bunnies off the floor as an infant. Kid has never once been on antibiotics, no ear infections, and I don't think has ever had a cold last more than 3 days (though he does seem to have mild seasonal allergies like mine). Dirt's good stuff.

I agree. My kids are happy, healthy products of the "five second rule" and my sister's kids are allergic to everything under the sun. Too much cleanliness isn't good for you. Big grin

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