Trying to stay a step ahead
September15
Is it just me or do all moms try to think 12 steps ahead for each action? Steve thinks I am a little crazy but I’ve seen where kids’ minds lead them. Admittedly, many of the children I’ve worked with had serious behavior issues or mental health issues. But shit happens.
An example. When we go out to dinner and they give Sabrina crayons, Steve almost always draws on the back of his hand with the crayon and encourages Sabrina to draw on his hand with the crayon. I’ve asked him not to encourage this behavior because I am imagining this happening in our house. With a sharpie. The day before a scheduled family photo shoot.
He doesn’t understand how my brain ends up there. I don’t understand how his can’t.
It’s a Mom thing.
I’m the same way, and my husband doesn’t understand.
I think it means you are a good mom.
many days Im 2987492874 where emma is going and THATS when she ends up covered in my toothpaste.
I hear that. With us it’s the crazy made-up words and *ahem* naughty words.
You are smart.
He will learn, probably the hard way.
i do the same thing, and the kid still puts one over me every once in a while… can’t imagine how it would be if i DIDN’T try to stay one step ahead!
Yep. And in my mind the floor, walls, and carpet are covered in similar fashion; they are both naked and it is permanent ink. Of course, teeth and mouth are a color that does not occur in nature because they have been sucking on said sharpies also. So now you must call Poison control to see if it is toxic and explain the situation without saying one of the 110 things on Poison control worker’s list to immediately hang up and call local child protective services. And then the door bell rings……..
Must be a mom thing.
You are doing great!!!
Amy
That picture is so very disturbing to me…on so many levels.
That is crazy hill-arious!
I tell my hubby all the time that he only thinks in the next 5 minutes where I am thinking ahead at least 12 hours and most times 12 years.
It’s a girl thing. It drives my hubby nuts that I am always thinking ahead and planning things out and gently REMINDING him ahead of time not to forget this or make sure you do that….
dottie
um, yep… guilty here too. Sometimes daddy’s just don’t get it.
This is why my head is constantly spinning – all this stuff we need to remember and head off at the pass. Daddys’ need a lot of help – Like even when you remember to bring the sippy full of cold juice for the trip to the zoo, daddy puts it on the roof of the van before we take off and it ends up in the driveway all day!
Yep, it’s a mom thing or a woman thing to think like that. Tony is just not capable of thinking beyond RIGHT NOW. *unless it involves a sporting event* It’s one of the things that makes me insane on a daily basis.
Oh…my God I almost peed my pants!!!!HA!HA!HA!
If this ever happens, and you know it probably will, just rub a little toothpaste on the markings. I learned this neat tip from another mom while in Guatemala.
OMG this is very disturbing to me too! This is so NOT funny! Bad hubby, bad! I only hope this marker did not get in the baby’s eyeballs & in her mouth! I have 4 kids & this has never, ever, ever happened. I would pass out & head straight to the ER! LOL
I agree with the other comments – it’s a mom thing! I wonder if it’s like that in every family – mommy thinks ahead, daddy just lives in the moment! When my son was about 2, daddy taught him the fun game of “head-butting” each other. It was all fun and games until my son head-butted the crap out of some innocent little girl at the library story time one day. Daddy was in BIG trouble!
Where did you get that pic?? Joe was totally disturbed!!
Oh, I am always onto thinking ahead–outside the box. Joe is famous for being in the car honking while I come out shutting the door, with my arms overflowing with stuff. He just looks at me with “that look”
Writing on his hand?? Good thinking….she can tatoo herself later for fun!!
WOWSER – probably like most children who also have to experierment cutting their hair!!!!!
Repercussions? What’s that?
This goes on constantly in my house.
Here are a few on my list recently:
1. Farting and spinning around asking: “was that a duck?”
2. Showing J how to blow bubbles with his straw (so much for drinking!)
3. Allowing J to push buttons on the alarm pad.
And my fave?
4. Can you take your own diaper off sweetie? Pull here…
And just to be fair I was dumb enough to let Julian sit in my lap and “pooosh da buttons?!” on the dashboard.
LOL! I think the same way! I always assumed it was a “teacher” thing. Nice to know it will come in handy when I am a momma! I, too, have a husband who “unknowingly” encourages reckless behavior…its been fine for now, since its only effecitng my nephews (eh, let my SIL deal with it)…but I guess I should stop allowing it before our own little one arrives!