Kids Korner - Lessons from/with Our Kids

[jelli]

Originally Posted by luv2luvgirls

I forgot about all that

Lucky you to forget. j/k

When our oldest was about 4 yrs old he kept running back and forth between the door and the couch. i was washing dishes and just kept smiling at him thinking he was just entertaining himself. Well, he was.

He was entertaining himself by going to the door where it was cold enough to get an erection and then running back to the couch until it went away. I was horrified and yet laughing inside(I have twisted humor). I just closed the door and brought his attention to something more educational. lol

[luv2luvgirls]

Originally Posted by jelli

Lucky you to forget. j/k

When our oldest was about 4 yrs old he kept running back and forth between the door and the couch. i was washing dishes and just kept smiling at him thinking he was just entertaining himself. Well, he was.

He was entertaining himself by going to the door where it was cold enough to get an erection and then running back to the couch until it went away. I was horrified and yet laughing inside(I have twisted humor). I just closed the door and brought his attention to something more educational. lol

hahahaha, I had a simular experience...but mine was so lil she might have been one? she would rock forever in her diaper...i asked her pediatrician why she was doing it and he was like coz it feels good. i guess its that simple huh lol

My sisters son woke up w/ a woody for the first time one morning and ran to my sister saying he broke his member and could his dad fix it? lmao..Amber didnt know what to say to him so she called her husband

[jelli]

I also learned to have the bath water high enough so that it wasn't a 'floating/bobbing" issue. lol I tried never to shame them though.

Then you have the issues of farting, burping, etc. And I don't just mean the boys. lol

[Tcountry]

I learned how to listen....I mean Really listen. Because everything they say is important to them.

I remember when the oldest was about 4. she walked up to her mom with a serious look on her face & said "Mom we need to talk...I have a problem..."

I don't remember what the problem was....but it was so darn cute & in my head I was thinkin ur 4 what problems could u have? lol

[luv2luvgirls]

Originally Posted by jelli

I also learned to have the bath water high enough so that it wasn't a 'floating/bobbing" issue. lol I tried never to shame them though.

Then you have the issues of farting, burping, etc. And I don't just mean the boys. lol

lol im glad I dont have that issue I did however make her a first time bag for when mother nature comes a calling..that way she is prepared for it ..atleast I hope lol

Originally Posted by Tcountry

I learned how to listen....I mean Really listen. Because everything they say is important to them.

I remember when the oldest was about 4. she walked up to her mom with a serious look on her face & said "Mom we need to talk...I have a problem..."

I don't remember what the problem was....but it was so darn cute & in my head I was thinkin ur 4 what problems could u have? lol

I agree it is important in all relationships to listen.
Tcountry that is cute I know they seem like it is life or death and they are so serious, mine makes me laugh daily she pops off with some of the funniest stuff

[JustLovelyJenn]

I just fond this thread and I love it.

My two kids teach me so much every day... They absorb everything... Sometimes its hard for me to connect because they love so many thing I never really got into though, like... video games. I don't DO video games, but I gave in and bought them a Wii and I listen when they tell me about their monsters and their triumphs.

I was always a bit too grown up for a little kid. My daughter is like me, but my son is all kid, all the time.

Yesterday, my 8 year old told me what shes going to be when she grows up.
A rockstar she says, but only at night.
A teacher during the day.
And she will have a husband. He will be a teacher too to help the kids with homework while shes busy being a rockstar.
But, she will take the weekends off to be with her kids.

I never had it planned out like that....

[jelli]

Originally Posted by JustLovelyJenn

I just fond this thread and I love it.

My two kids teach me so much every day... They absorb everything... Sometimes its hard for me to connect because they love so many thing I never really got into though, like... video games. I don't DO video games, but I gave in and bought them a Wii and I listen when they tell me about their monsters and their triumphs.

I was always a bit too grown up for a little kid. My daughter is like me, but my son is all kid, all the time.

Yesterday, my 8 year old told me what shes going to be when she grows up.
A rockstar she says, but only at night.
A teacher during the day.
And she will have a husband. He will be a teacher too to help the kids with homework while shes busy being a rockstar.
But, she will take the weekends off to be with her kids.

I never had it planned out like that....

Good job mom!

I have found that kids will talk so much when you get down on their level or take the time to play their game or listen to a song or two of their music.

We also have this thing at our house where everyone goes around the table and says a good and a bad thing or 2 good things of their day. At first they resisted and then it got to the point if we skipped it - they let us know.

BTW Tell your daughter she's already a rock star!!

[jelli]

Originally Posted by luv2luvgirls

lol im glad I dont have that issue I did however make her a first time bag for when mother nature comes a calling..that way she is prepared for it ..atleast I hope lol

That is FABULOUS of you to do that and to make sure she is as prepared as possible. I recall thinking I was going to die. So bravo to all of you that take that step.

Oh yea.... mother nature time was an awesome time for us. I had taken the time to talk to my daughter, Kassy, about everything that might happen and even had explained that it was like her right of passage. we would celebrate her starting to become a young woman. Opal are to be gifted and we promised her an opal when the time should arrive.

Cruel and I pulled into the drive and Kassy came running in a mad dash, "It's time! She's here. Do I get my opal now?" Cruel and I could just chuckle. We scooped up the kids and went out to dinner. Our son was wondering why all of a sudden Kassy was ear to ear smiles and we were going out to eat. Cruel drove with Caleb and met Kassy and I that way Kassy and I could go to the store for hygiene products. It wouldn't be until the next couple months that she started cramping and wanted to give me the ring back. Now a days she warns us all by saying "my uterus is falling out just let me be".

Now wait until the time that they may not know how to use tampons. Oh joy. Kassy had a friend that tried to put one in her butt. I felt so sorry for her.

Originally Posted by luv2luvgirls

I agree it is important in all relationships to listen.
Tcountry that is cute I know they seem like it is life or death and they are so serious, mine makes me laugh daily she pops off with some of the funniest stuff

I love all the things these guys come up with during an average day. Or when they start singing songs and don't know the lyrics. Caleb likes country music and when Garth Brooks was singing "I'm not big on social graces" don't you know Caleb was steady singing about "I'm not big on sausage gravy". lol

[luv2luvgirls]

Originally Posted by jelli

That is FABULOUS of you to do that and to make sure she is as prepared as possible. I recall thinking I was going to die. So bravo to all of you that take that step.

Oh yea.... mother nature time was an awesome time for us. I had taken the time to talk to my daughter, Kassy, about everything that might happen and even had explained that it was like her right of passage. we would celebrate her starting to become a young woman. Opal are to be gifted and we promised her an opal when the time should arrive.

Cruel and I pulled into the drive and Kassy came running in a mad dash, "It's time! She's here. Do I get my opal now?" Cruel and I could just chuckle. We scooped up the kids and went out to dinner. Our son was wondering why all of a sudden Kassy was ear to ear smiles and we were going out to eat. Cruel drove with Caleb and met Kassy and I that way Kassy and I could go to the store for hygiene products. It wouldn't be until the next couple months that she started cramping and wanted to give me the ring back. Now a days she warns us all by saying "my uterus is falling out just let me be".

Now wait until the time that they may not know how to use tampons. Oh joy. Kassy had a friend that tried to put one in her butt. I felt so sorry for her.



I love all the things these guys come up with during an average day. Or when they start singing songs and don't know the lyrics. Caleb likes country music and when Garth Brooks was singing "I'm not big on social graces" don't you know Caleb was steady singing about "I'm not big on sausage gravy". lol

her butt!! LMFAO omg you are cracking me up,she wanted to give the ring back huh. So how did Creul take it all? lol I swear imma hide when it comes :O

when mine was 3 her fave song was freebird and she would sit back there and say faster go faster,in a car,and start belting "I cant change" freakin 3 like she knew just what it meant and could relate lmao I love kids