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       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: frog24 Date: November 27, 2018, 4:10 pm
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       Last night, around 1 am, my almost 6 y.o. crawled into bed with
       me.  She was seriously stuffed up, and needed some cuddles. So I
       listened to her snore for a while and then fell asleep myself...
       sort of... but not really.
       Many of you know where this is going.   ;)  Somehow, I find
       myself on the tiniest sliver-edge of a king-size bed.  There's
       some sort of octopus creature all over me: arms, legs, stuffed
       toys, you name it.  She rolls away from me, and I scoot back to
       re-claim some bed space.  Ah!  But she's not happy and rolls
       right back over, cracking me in the middle of the forehead with
       her elbow.  I'm seeing stars in the dark.
       She rouses a bit at the sound of bone-on-bone, mashes her
       fingers into my eye sockets trying to find where I am, then lays
       a thick, wet kiss on my forehead where she whacked me.
       *Awwwwww!*  you're thinking I'm sure.... but wait!  There's
       more!
       Still hovering over me, she sneezes in my face, rolls over and
       promptly falls asleep.
       Guess who'll be sick in time for the weekend.  *sigh*
       #Post#: 20191--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: wonderfullyanonymous Date: November 28, 2018, 10:33 am
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       When my daughter was little, and would crawl into bed with us,
       she would either kick all the covers off, because she was hot,
       and left us freezing. or she would lay horizontally between us,
       with her feet on her fathers chest and head on me. Then she
       would kick and squirm around.
       She also, when she was potty trained would come into our bed
       asleep, and then pee in our bed.
       Needless to say, there were nights when we did not get a lot of
       sleep.
       #Post#: 22942--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: JXB1000 Date: January 2, 2019, 9:52 am
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       Years ago before I had children myself, I babysat a friend's 4
       year old while they were on a trip.  We were at the grocery
       store with him in sitting in the basket, me leaning over a
       freezer compartment inches away from a stereotypical blue-haired
       little old lady, when he pipes up with his loud, shrill voice:
       When I grow up, I'm going to have a great big penis, just like
       my daddy!
       The woman never even glanced at us, but I was mortified and
       quietly slunk away.  Now, with the experience of raising
       children, I've have probably laughed - and recognized that the
       elderly shopper had likely seen and heard it all with young
       children.
       #Post#: 22943--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: gramma dishes Date: January 2, 2019, 9:57 am
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       She:
       1)   Heard it and was having a horrible time stifling her
       laughter, or --
       2)   She was old enough to be deaf to four year old voice ranges
       and didn't hear him at all or thought he was
       asking you for a big bag of peanuts.
       #Post#: 23622--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: JXB1000 Date: January 9, 2019, 12:16 pm
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       Another time while babysitting a different friend's son - again
       at the grocery store, him sitting in the basket - we pass by a
       big display of some wine on sale. Child was a little less than
       3. He casually flicks his hand at the wine display as we pass by
       and says, "my dad just loves that stuff".
       The statement itself is no big deal, but his tone of voice and
       the fact he even said it was hilarious - especially since his
       parents were barely social drinkers.  I know them well - not
       teetotalers but no secret drinking habits; wine not commonly
       served in their house. However, I'm sure at some point he had
       observed his dad with a glass of wine - perhaps telling the host
       it was good, he loved it.
       I was a mom by the then so well aware the crazy things that come
       of our kids' mouths.  So the real fun was harassing the dad
       about it.  Child is now in college and I still bring it up once
       in awhile.
       ;)
       #Post#: 23626--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: gramma dishes Date: January 9, 2019, 2:07 pm
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       ^^^  Our daughter did that to us once when she was in second
       grade.  Apparently the classroom assignment was to write
       something about each member of your family.  She wrote that her
       Dad and her Mom really liked to sit around drinking wine.
       We had just bought a case of assorted wines with two
       neighbors/friends (buy three cases for the price of two).  It
       was the very first wine we'd ever purchased in our lives.  We
       opened a bottle and shared it with the other four adults
       involved in the purchase.  That was it.  The one and only time
       she'd ever seen us with wine.
       It was not, however, the one and only time she embarrassed us.
       :D
       #Post#: 23627--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: frog24 Date: January 9, 2019, 2:16 pm
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       I don't know whether the older child knows things and keeps them
       to herself, or whether she doesn't know the words at all.  The
       little one has no problem with asking about any word she hears.
       Thankfully, for this episode, she actually moved closer to me at
       Grandma's supper table and asked me quietly: "Mommy, is 'f*ck
       it' a bad word?"
       "It's a word that grown ups use sometimes when they're angry or
       upset, but kids shouldn't use it."
       "But why is 'f*ck it' a bad word for only grown ups?" she asked
       "We'll talk about it more at home.  This isn't the place to do
       it.  Go back and finish your meal."  I replied.  And while she
       forgot to follow up with me, sometimes I wonder if she asked
       just to see what my reaction would be.  Thank goodness my M-i-L
       didn't hear.... she wouldn't be able to keep a straight face.
       #Post#: 23630--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: JXB1000 Date: January 9, 2019, 3:04 pm
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       [quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=452.msg23626#msg23626
       date=1547064427]
       ^^^  Our daughter did that to us once when she was in second
       grade.  Apparently the classroom assignment was to write
       something about each member of your family.  She wrote that her
       Dad and her Mom really liked to sit around drinking wine.
       We had just bought a case of assorted wines with two
       neighbors/friends (buy three cases for the price of two).  It
       was the very first wine we'd ever purchased in our lives.  We
       opened a bottle and shared it with the other four adults
       involved in the purchase.  That was it.  The one and only time
       she'd ever seen us with wine.
       It was not, however, the one and only time she embarrassed us.
       :D
       [/quote]
       Long ago, a co-worker's daughter embarrassed her mom with
       discussions in kindergarten about mom's use of opium and how it
       "made her happy". The teacher figured there was another side to
       the story, but did mention it at parent night. This was before
       Opium became popularly known as a a YSL perfume.
       #Post#: 23634--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: JXB1000 Date: January 9, 2019, 3:17 pm
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       [quote author=JXB1000 link=topic=452.msg23622#msg23622
       date=1547057769]
       Another time while babysitting a different friend's son - again
       at the grocery store, him sitting in the basket - we pass by a
       big display of some wine on sale. Child was a little less than
       3. He casually flicks his hand at the wine display as we pass by
       and says, "my dad just loves that stuff".
       The statement itself is no big deal, but his tone of voice and
       the fact he even said it was hilarious - especially since his
       parents were barely social drinkers.  I know them well - not
       teetotalers but no secret drinking habits; wine not commonly
       served in their house. However, I'm sure at some point he had
       observed his dad with a glass of wine - perhaps telling the host
       it was good, he loved it.
       I was a mom by the then so well aware the crazy things that come
       of our kids' mouths.  So the real fun was harassing the dad
       about it.  Child is now in college and I still bring it up once
       in awhile.
       ;)
       [/quote]
       Same kid (perhaps same weekend)... I was talking about food and
       what plans for dinner.  He loudly and gleefully starts repeating
       over and over:
       I wanna go to Target and eat chikin!  (spelling intentional as
       that's how he said it, extra emphasis on Target, eat, and
       chicken.)
       He wasn't throwing a tantrum or anything, just very excited
       about the idea.  I teased his mom later who was clueless.  They
       occasionally shop at Target, but he'd never had chicken there.
       We supposed maybe the little concession stand where they sell
       popcorn had a picture of chicken nuggets or he'd seen something
       on a commercial. Who knows.
       #Post#: 23635--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Out of the mouths of Babes
       By: Hmmm Date: January 9, 2019, 3:27 pm
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       [quote author=JXB1000 link=topic=452.msg23630#msg23630
       date=1547067886]
       [quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=452.msg23626#msg23626
       date=1547064427]
       ^^^  Our daughter did that to us once when she was in second
       grade.  Apparently the classroom assignment was to write
       something about each member of your family.  She wrote that her
       Dad and her Mom really liked to sit around drinking wine.
       We had just bought a case of assorted wines with two
       neighbors/friends (buy three cases for the price of two).  It
       was the very first wine we'd ever purchased in our lives.  We
       opened a bottle and shared it with the other four adults
       involved in the purchase.  That was it.  The one and only time
       she'd ever seen us with wine.
       It was not, however, the one and only time she embarrassed us.
       :D
       [/quote]
       Long ago, a co-worker's daughter embarrassed her mom with
       discussions in kindergarten about mom's use of opium and how it
       "made her happy". The teacher figured there was another side to
       the story, but did mention it at parent night. This was before
       Opium became popularly known as a a YSL perfume.
       [/quote]
       My mom started wearing Opium about the time it came out in the
       late 70's and was still wearing it in the early 80's when sis
       and I were in college. One day, Sis mentioned she planned to buy
       mom some opium powder for Christmas. We didn't realize my
       roommate didn't know we were talking about a perfume fragrance.
       Weeks later she asked if we were just joking about buying opium
       for mom and was even more flabbergasted when we told her no,
       that our mom used it all the time. Mom had been wearing the
       perfume for so long that neither of us associated the term with
       a drug.
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