Parent speak
I have realized recently that I now say lots of things that I never said before becoming a parent. Here are 25 recent statements.
- Don’t eat Mickey. He doesn’t taste good. (Referring to a Mickey Mouse magnet)
- That is Buckles’ (the dog’s) toy. Put it in his bed.
- Yes, mommy is going to the potty.
- Shawn is a punkin. (Confirming what she said using her favorite term of endearment and referring to my brother-in-law)
- There is a Minnie Mouse convention on the couch. (Three different sized Minnies all gather together.)
- No more blueberries. (The kid could eat her weight in them if I let her.)
- You’re a good drinking buddy. (She likes sometimes for me to drink my water while she drinks her milk in her sippy cup.)
- That’s not a chicken. It’s a bird. (Birds on the ground confuse her.)
- I didn’t know there was an elephant in the backyard.
- You have to hold my finger to walk outside.
- Where is Doll? (Her favorite doll is named “Doll” and the only one she sleeps with. I found her recently on the bathroom scale. She gets around.)
- Don’t kick mommy.
- Stop playing with your turkey. You need to eat it.
- No thumb. (Wait three seconds.) No finger either. (We are working on curbing the sucking thumb issue even more.)
- The trash truck is coming!
- Let me clean your fingers. (Every time we come home from being in public, because I am germ paranoid)
- Don’t put crackers/BBQ sauce/chicken/etc. on your head.
- How did you get crackers/BBQ sauce/chicken/etc. in your ear?
- Hey, cute girl.
- Yummy, yummy, yummy in your tummy, tummy, tummy.
- Finish eating what’s in your hand before you can get down.
- We don’t dip crackers/strawberries/cheese/etc. (She is very into dip right now.)
- Leave Buckles alone. He doesn’t want any juice/need his nose wiped/want his toy stuffed in his mouth/etc.
- Do NOT get in the trash.
- You have to be patient.
And, because I have to mention it, my favorite thing my husband has said since becoming the dad of a daughter came a couple of months ago at Toys R Us:
- I really like that princess purse.
What things have you said to your kids (human or furry) recently?
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