Well, after much peer pressure from a few i will not name :) I am finally joining the blogging community.
Seriously, this is something i have wanted to do for a long time but always had trouble finding the time to do. Now that I am loving facebook and reading other family blogs, it seems time for me to create one as well. I don't know exactly when I will maintain this, but i guess like for other things, time will appear. Unfortunately, it will probably work out that i will let the TV entertain my children (something I swore i would NEVER do under any circumstances). Oh well! I guess we all get humbled and learn to rarely say "I will never...", especially when it comes to things regarding parenting.
On that note, i think it would be fun for anyone reading this who is a parent, to share one of your early "I will never..." statements that you then later found yourself going back on. Come on, you know you have lots of them.
For example, I said I will never grab boogies out of my kids noses bare-handed. Yeah, its gross. But sometimes things get desperate and what else are you gonna do when you are found without a Kleenex? If you find yourself judging me, then i guess you should discontinue reading about now....and perhaps get a reality check. Sometimes we are called to lay down our lives for our kiddos and this is one of those instances in my opinion.
Another example from my life (a more neutral, less gross one): I swore i would never say, "We will see" in response to my child's request for something. I remember being so bothered when my parents would do this to me. I just did not understand why they wouldn't give me a yes or no answer. I later came to conclude that, most of the time, this statement was really a way to peacefully say "no" to my request. And yes, now I do this with my kids. Oh well. I see the light now, Mom. You did a good job with us. :)
So, go ahead. Add some comments and share your experiences. Or if you just must, you can tell me how disgusting i am for the aforementioned statement.
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4 comments:
I guess I will be the first loser to post on your blog ... I don't really have any I will nevers but I do say things that seem bizzarre when coming out of my mouth like .."Get your mouth off of the hot water heater!"
what is it with you and the word "loser" right now? quit it! and "flap, flap" is also one of the weird things you say to your kid. :) we all have those things though.
your blog is awesome... you'll have to look at ours sometime..it hasn't been updated since December--how pathetic is that!??
As for the "I will never" question (great one by the way!) I would definitely echo the "We will see" comment! And another one is counting. I swore I would never do it---couldn't stand watching/hearing others do it---and now I do it (and it works too..or does for our little guy).
Hope you're doing well!
I said "Oh my gosh I would neeeverrr say a cuss word around my kids!!! Whoops!!
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