"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
08/30/2016 at 18:18 • Filed to: Parenting
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"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
08/30/2016 at 18:18 • Filed to: Parenting | 1
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This just happened, thought it was the best explanation of parenting I can come up with; especially with a 3 year old.
*I cut my her pancakes *
Her: NOOOOO!!! Not in pieces!!! I want big!
* 5 minutes later *
Her: Mmmm! This is my favorite! Thanks daddy for cutting my pancakes.
* another 5 minutes *
Her: yucky. Yucky pancakes.
Any oppos have some good/ridiculous examples of parenting?
Tekamul
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 18:32 |
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My son can’t be served anything with silverware already touching his food. He has to be the first to put fork to food, or it’s ruined. RUINED
There are a million more where that came from.
vicali
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 18:36 |
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Ha.
My favourite most mornings.. ‘Dad, can you fix my banana?’
Cutting/not cutting things is number 2.
Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 18:36 |
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Last night I sat in my 2-year-old daughters room til she’s seemingly asleep. 10 minutes later, she wakes up and runs to our room giggling and tries crawling on to our bed. I offer to let her fall asleep on our bed but that I’d bring her into her bed. She tosses and turns for 20 minutes as I sing some nighttime songs, she then asks to go to the bathroom, asks me to hold her in a rocking chair, still no sleep, I take her for a walk in the stroller, the whole time she keeps saying she’s tired but is still awake.
Get home from the walk, and I say, “honey, daddy is tired and needs to get ready for bed, I’ll make you a small bottle and you need to drink it in bed and then lay there til you fall asleep.” She says “Okay” and runs to her bed. I bring her a small bottle and when I return before heading to bed 30 minutes later she’s conked. Didn't make a peep.
I wasn’t sure if I should be more disappointed in myself for trying so hard for 1 hour to help her get to sleep or proud of her for figuring it out when she needed to. Parenting is baffling.
$kaycog
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 18:38 |
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Too funny! Out of the mouths of babes.
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zeontestpilot
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/30/2016 at 18:41 |
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Indeed it is. Hilarious, but bafflingly.
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zeontestpilot
> Tekamul
08/30/2016 at 18:44 |
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See, if my kid annoyed me enough, I’d make it a point to make sure the silverware touches every piece of food. Not sure what the point would be, but I’d do it, :).
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zeontestpilot
> vicali
08/30/2016 at 18:49 |
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Heres another story from a few days ago. I coped and Pasted it from my FB.
I’m downstairs, working on some projects, when junior comes running next to me. She exclaimed rather overly enthusiastically “I got some pizza for you!!!” I get up and walk up two sets of stairs, tired yet hungry; with junior on repeat saying “I got some pizza for you!!!”. I walk into the kitchen, only to see a pile of flower. She once again reiterates “I got some pizza for you!!!””
I stand and stare at the flower, and the pizza-less countertop. I silently walk over to the bedroom and ask my wife “is dinner ready yet?” “No...did she tell you that?” “Pretty much.” I walk back to the kitchen, junior is on her chair, playing with the flower. “Daddy, you want some pizza?” “....sure.” “Oh no, I didn’t wash my hands!” “ oh, then I don’t want any pizza then.”
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 18:54 |
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Me: Don’t run in the house in your socks on the slipper floor, you will fall and get hurt.
Kid:runs in house, falls on slippery floor and chips tooth crying.
Me: Well shit I didn’t want that $200 I’ll spend at the dentist anyway.
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zeontestpilot
> $kaycog
08/30/2016 at 19:00 |
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My house is never dull. Lol
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vicali
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 19:04 |
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My son and daughter are 5 and 3, we are currently showing them how if they wake up in the night they can get up and go to the bathroom all by themselves. If they need any help just give a shout and I’ll be there.
Now they wake up around 4am, stick their head in our door to tell us they are going to the bathroom, then go back to bed. 20 minutes later the other one does it. In another 20min the other one goes again.. then the dog starts to whine for breakfast.. Basically I haven’t got to my alarm clock for the last month.
Brian, The Life of
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 19:05 |
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SSHHH!
My last teenaged daughter leaves for college in two weeks so my wife and I will FINALLY enjoy an empty nest (however briefly that may be). I cannot think about parenting for at least 6 months. Doctor’s orders. PTSD. You’re totes triggering, man.
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zeontestpilot
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/30/2016 at 19:09 |
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“I was gonna spend it on candy for you guys, but since you chipped your tooth, oh well!”
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zeontestpilot
> vicali
08/30/2016 at 19:10 |
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Parenting! lol
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vicali
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 19:16 |
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But then they spot a Land Cruiser across the parking lot, or they hear an aircooled vw and get excited..
OPPOsaurus WRX
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 19:52 |
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I was feeding soup to my dauther while she was preoccupied with a movie. When she saw the avocado on the spoon she freaked out. I told her she has been eating it all along and she says OK and takes the bite
TheRealBicycleBuck
> zeontestpilot
08/30/2016 at 21:38 |
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Why did you cut it into triangles?!? I wanted it in squares!!!!
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zeontestpilot
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/31/2016 at 05:57 |
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That's when I say, and have said before,“life is full of disappointment”.
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zeontestpilot
> OPPOsaurus WRX
08/31/2016 at 06:00 |
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You are lucky! Lol. Mine loves chicken, but the other day we had pasta with chicken and red marinara sauce on it. She wouldn’t touch it. It’s like “child, it’s literally the same thing, please eat the chicken!”
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> zeontestpilot
08/31/2016 at 07:42 |
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one of my kids loved pasta and red sauce. then one day no more red sauce. Plain noodles, dont put that crap on my noodles. then a few months latter I got chicken parm and it had very little sauce on it so I ordered some extra which came in a small bowl. she saw me dip a ziti in it and all of a sudden likes red sauce again and now it has to be on any noodles.
sometimes it depends on if we offer the food. We went out to eat and I got lobster bisque. Lobster bisque is delicious so I just started chowing down. She wants to try it (wut!?!) and then proceeds to clean out the bowl. Next time we went to that restaurant we got her a bowl and she wouldn’t touch it.
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zeontestpilot
> OPPOsaurus WRX
08/31/2016 at 08:19 |
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One thing is for sure, I have a new found respect and empathy for my parents. I mean, half of me is in my child. My parents must of put up with a lot, lol.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> zeontestpilot
08/31/2016 at 08:33 |
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http://www.reasonsmysoniscrying.com/ Sorry about your productivity for the day.
I can definitely relate to the cutting of food. It’s amazing how controversial the big sailboats v. little sailboats v. big sandwiches debate can get.
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zeontestpilot
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/31/2016 at 08:51 |
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Ha! A lot of them remind me of my conversations with my kid.
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You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> zeontestpilot
08/31/2016 at 14:09 |
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So I ran home earlier today to watch the Finnlet while my wife did some running. He wanted to watch a YouTube video of bighorn rams. After that I start making myself a sandwich only to hear a commotion in the living room.
Me: “Hey, you can’t go bashing your head on things like the rams do, you’ll hurt yourself really bad.” - resume making sandwich
12 seconds pass
Thump from the living room.
Finnlet: *crying*
Me: “What happened?”
Finnlet is sitting on the floor in front of the La-Z-Boy holding his head.
Me: “I told you that you can’t bang your head off things, you’ll hurt yourself. Banging your head is bad because you can give yourself a concussion and those are really bad.”