Terrible 2's...

[NotCoolEnufToFly]

Originally Posted by ready2fly

Well...Pam....I've been meaning to talk to you about thaaat.......




KIDDING!! I kid. I'm a kidder....it's what I do.

LMFAO... Gee stan, you're never this funny in person!

[NotCoolEnufToFly]

Originally Posted by ready2fly

I think Barney would be a tad more tolerable....and MUCH more entertaining ...if he had an edge to him....sort of a Goodfella sort of rap. Example:

Farmer Dooley: Why hello, Barney! Is that you???

Barney: No, redneck! I'm freakin' Dino Flintstone. Who the #### do you think it is ya freakin' mook?

Farmer Dooley: Well, gee, Barney...sure is good to see you!

Barney: Bite me, Dooley, you freakin' MO-ron!

Farmer Dooley: And who do you have with you today? Is that Baby Bop & B.J.?

Barney: What - are you freakin dumb AND blind, you freakin' dolt! Yeah! It's Baby Bop. Don't be lookin' at my kid that way, ya freakin' Chester! And B.J......that's not a name - it's a job! You freakin' pre-vert!





Okay....I'm done.
That felt good.

I HATE Barney. I do not allow it in my home.

P.S. Your signature line... Are those the people who's fanclub you belong to or is that a list of people who are in your fanclub? If the latter, then add my name. I'm a HUGE Stanfan!

[TheWife]

I guess I got lucky. I personally hate age 9-18 months. Before that is easier, after that is easier. I really would like someone else to raise my kids from 9-18 months though. I HATE that age. I hate the "I have to feed myself, but I can't so you'll have to mop the floor and the ceiling when I'm done here" phase. I hate the "I insist on walking but I suck at it for now, so I'm going to fall a lot, but I'll refuse to hold your hand cause I can do it myself, and it will take 45 minutes to walk across the parking lot because I'm slow, but if you pick me up and don't let me do it myself, I'll scream so loud people will think you're kidnapping me." And I hate the "I can talk now, but only mom understands what I'm saying, which means, mom is who has to do everything for me now because no one else knows what I mean." And the whole "I want to play by myself, but you must be within 2 feet of my line of vision at all times, or you'll regret it". Yeah, after 9-18 months, I find age two to be TERRIFIC!

[NotCoolEnufToFly]

Originally Posted by TheWife

I guess I got lucky. I personally hate age 9-18 months. Before that is easier, after that is easier. I really would like someone else to raise my kids from 9-18 months though. I HATE that age. I hate the "I have to feed myself, but I can't so you'll have to mop the floor and the ceiling when I'm done here" phase. I hate the "I insist on walking but I suck at it for now, so I'm going to fall a lot, but I'll refuse to hold your hand cause I can do it myself, and it will take 45 minutes to walk across the parking lot because I'm slow, but if you pick me up and don't let me do it myself, I'll scream so loud people will think you're kidnapping me." And I hate the "I can talk now, but only mom understands what I'm saying, which means, mom is who has to do everything for me now because no one else knows what I mean." And the whole "I want to play by myself, but you must be within 2 feet of my line of vision at all times, or you'll regret it". Yeah, after 9-18 months, I find age two to be TERRIFIC!

Seriously, this is the best thread in the history of JC.

I love that age Michelle. I know it's different because I'm not a mommy yet myself but as much as I've been around children that's always been my favorite age.

Infants are too fussy and you have to worry about poppy diapers and feeding them every 5 minutes. And when they're that little they of course can't talk so anytime they need you for anything they cry.

I love the just now walking, just now talking, trying to use the potty on my own and feed myself age. Because that's also the age where you first get to hear them say, "I love you." They're old enough that when you tell them to do something they can understand what you are saying but not too old that they don't still fear you and respond with, "No, hehehe." With my neices (can't speak for all kids) at that age spankings and time outs were actually effective. Gracie was a bit of a clean freak, so she was really good at feeding herself. When I would take her out, people would always be so impressed with the little 11mon old who could and would use a napkin properly. She hated for her clothes to have food on them.

And now she's 4 1/2 and she's still cute as a button and my favorite person in the whole world, but now she thinks it's really funny to watch Aunt Pam get frustrated when I'm doing something she's already been told not to do a million times. Now she wants to dress herself in ridiculous clothes and throws a fit when I will not allow her to go out like that. Now she wants me to buy her every purse or pair of shoes she sees. Now she dictates what's on tv every second that she's awake. Now she climbs up on the counter to brush her teeth by herself instead of giving me 5 minutes to finish taking the dog out and walk upstairs. lol I find this time to still be joy but for me, it's much more frustrating than those 9-18mon days when she just wanted me to pay her some attention and everything I said was the gospel.


Of course, I haven't had my own yet. I'll get back to you when I do!

[Minnesota_Flyer]

Originally Posted by TheWife

I guess I got lucky. I personally hate age 9-18 months. Before that is easier, after that is easier. I really would like someone else to raise my kids from 9-18 months though. I HATE that age. I hate the "I have to feed myself, but I can't so you'll have to mop the floor and the ceiling when I'm done here" phase. I hate the "I insist on walking but I suck at it for now, so I'm going to fall a lot, but I'll refuse to hold your hand cause I can do it myself, and it will take 45 minutes to walk across the parking lot because I'm slow, but if you pick me up and don't let me do it myself, I'll scream so loud people will think you're kidnapping me." And I hate the "I can talk now, but only mom understands what I'm saying, which means, mom is who has to do everything for me now because no one else knows what I mean." And the whole "I want to play by myself, but you must be within 2 feet of my line of vision at all times, or you'll regret it". Yeah, after 9-18 months, I find age two to be TERRIFIC!

We were in Lowe's one day, and The Boy was really acting up -- climbing in and under shelving, screaming, trying to pull things off the shelves, general mayhem -- so I finally picked him up and told him to stop or we would go to the car. As I was telling him this, he bit me on the shoulder. So I said we were going to the car, I set him down and started force-marching him out of the store. On the way out, after he tried and failed to get him to pick him up again, he starts looking right at people as we passed them and saying, "Help," "Help me." It would have been quite funny if I wasn't already ready to kill him.

To be fair, he's usually very well behaved in stores. This was just a bad day.








Barney is of the devil.

[NotCoolEnufToFly]

Originally Posted by Minnesota_Flyer

... he starts looking right at people as we passed them and saying, "Help," "Help me." It would have been quite funny if I wasn't already ready to kill him.

For someone who doesn't have kids, I sure am dominating this thread! Oh well... here's another story.

I took my neice, Shai (now 8), to Chuck E. Cheese one Saturday when she was about 5 and I sat in a booth were I could keep an eye on her and let her play in the balls on her own. I noticed that she was talking to some lady quite a bit and wondered what she was telling her as the lady looked quite concerned. I went over to find out what was going on and the lady asked if I knew 'this little girl.' I told her that I was her aunt and asked why. She tells me that she was very worried because Shai had told her that she was there by herself, didn't have a mommy and daddy and all this other crazy stuff. I found out that day that I have a scam artist for a neice. Apparently she was trying to get tokens out of this nice lady!

[MQAAord]

Originally Posted by Minnesota_Flyer

he starts looking right at people as we passed them and saying, "Help," "Help me." It would have been quite funny if I wasn't already ready to kill him.

OMG, that is the best thing I've heard all day.

But you know what? I guarantee you every parent in the place was probably busting a gut once you were out of sight! They all knew what was going on

I've left stores because of my twos' behavior too. Not very often, they're usually pretty good, but they have their days. I've not yet done Chuck E Cheese or anything like that with them. My cousin used to take her twins there, but then they got really sick from playing in/on the equipment there (other parents bringing sick kids in to play ). So I've been leery of those kinds of places.

[Maximillian_Jenius]

Originally Posted by NotCoolEnufToFly

For someone who doesn't have kids, I sure am dominating this thread! Oh well... here's another story.

That's not unusual!


I have no kids, and probably won't. But my sister raised most of my neices and nephews.

Not sure if this would work for everyone. But when they (my neices and nephews) threw fits when they were younger, and she either didn't want to spank or for whatever reason. she'd allow them to continue their tantrum.

Sometimes pulling up a seat, reading a book, watching t.v., ignoring them, watching them as she said being silly, or leaving the room.

They'd either get so tired of throwing themselfes out and making a ruckus and no one coming to their aid that they'd stop. Or stop and go find her to find out why she wasn't rushing to find out what the matter was.

It was classic!

[kellwolf]

If you ask a family member (like say, your mother-in-law) to watch your kid while he's on the playground equipment at the zoo, make sure they actually WATCH them. Don't let them decide it'll be a better idea to go take pictures of the OTHER grandkids while the toddler is playing on the equipment that's 5 feet tall.

At least it wasn't a leg this time. He can still go to daycare with a broken arm....

[MQAAord]

Originally Posted by kellwolf

If you ask a family member (like say, your mother-in-law) to watch your kid while he's on the playground equipment at the zoo, make sure they actually WATCH them. Don't let them decide it'll be a better idea to go take pictures of the OTHER grandkids while the toddler is playing on the equipment that's 5 feet tall.

At least it wasn't a leg this time. He can still go to daycare with a broken arm....

No effing way!

OMG I'd be furious. I'm sure they wouldn't ever mean to let harm happen, but you CAN'T leave a 2 1/2 year old alone on playground equipment! He's the same as my little guy, and he's watched constantly while on a playground!

[ready2fly]

Originally Posted by kellwolf

If you ask a family member (like say, your mother-in-law) to watch your kid while he's on the playground equipment at the zoo, make sure they actually WATCH them. Don't let them decide it'll be a better idea to go take pictures of the OTHER grandkids while the toddler is playing on the equipment that's 5 feet tall.

At least it wasn't a leg this time. He can still go to daycare with a broken arm....

YIKES!!!

This is the reason that R2F2 will NOT be staying with the grandparents until he's somewhat self-efficient. There's NO way my mother, my father or my mother-in-law can keep up with him.

1. My father is in a wheelchair;
2. My mother fell two days after my son was born and shattered her left arm and leg and has very limited ROM even to this day;
3. My mother-in-law has zero patience and "cute" wears off on her in 5 minutes and she becomes downright mean.

That said.....

Steve, dude, sorry ya'll are having a rough year or so. Buck up though. It's gonna get better!

[kellwolf]

Yeah, we're just taking it all in stride. We're more or less on a first name basis with most of the nurses at the children's hospital here. First the leg, then tubes in the ear, now the arm. Luckily, we have health insurance. Otherwise, this would be costing us an ARM and a LEG.

[ready2fly]

Originally Posted by kellwolf

Yeah, we're just taking it all in stride. We're more or less on a first name basis with most of the nurses at the children's hospital here. First the leg, then tubes in the ear, now the arm. Luckily, we have health insurance. Otherwise, this would be costing us an ARM and a LEG.

Good deal, bro. Take it in stride. It could be worse!

Example:

I personally know a boy who in the span of one year did the following:

1. Age 1.5 Tried to stand on beach ball at home= broke right leg just below hip = traction & body cast; That healed then...

2. Age 2 (ish) fell on a wet staircase at home = broke right leg just below knee = full leg cast; That healed then....

3. Age 2.5 jumped off the bottom two stairs (or was pushed) at church = broke right leg just above ankle= walking cast; while that was healing..

4. Was chasing balloon that doctor provided, cast got caught on carpet and VOILA = stictches above right eye as head collided with corner of coffee table (stiches were free as a "gift" from the doctor)

How do I know this child??? I AM that child!!

Had Child Protective Services or whatever it's called been active when I was a child, I would have been raised by someone else.

So, you see, bro....I WILL get better.

[kellwolf]

Child services isn't involved this time. Once we said he fell off playground equipment, it was the "Well....he IS a boy." In fact, we don't even have to deal with them from the leg issue. That case was closed about a month ago, so no more worries with those people.

[ready2fly]

Originally Posted by kellwolf

Child services isn't involved this time. Once we said he fell off playground equipment, it was the "Well....he IS a boy." In fact, we don't even have to deal with them from the leg issue. That case was closed about a month ago, so no more worries with those people.

Awesome!

Hope your little dude gets well soon! What color cast did he get?

[TheWife]

Through some miracle, my son has made it past 5 with no cast or stitches. He did just have to have an abcessed tooth pulled though, he hit it and knocked it loose on his friend's head 2 years ago, it seemed fine though till he hit again and then it abcessed. He was pretty excited to lose a tooth. My daughter is the one I'm more worried about, we caught her at the top of a 9 foot ladder while Grandma had her back turned. My son is the more cautious one, and she's just plain crazy.

[kellwolf]

Originally Posted by ready2fly

Awesome!

Hope your little dude gets well soon! What color cast did he get?

Blue this time around. Although, it's more black now after his entire day care class and teachers have drawn on it.

[NotCoolEnufToFly]

Kellwolf, sorry about your son's arm.

[mtsu_av8er]

Hit it. Hard.

[pedro]

Originally Posted by kellwolf

Child services isn't involved this time. Once we said he fell off playground equipment, it was the "Well....he IS a boy." In fact, we don't even have to deal with them from the leg issue. That case was closed about a month ago, so no more worries with those people.

Hope your kids arm gets better.

For the CPS, do they interrogate you or something if you bring your kid into the hospital? Or does the doc report it if he thinks there was abuse involved? My son is only ten months old so he isn't too self-destructive yet. he is just trying to walk(and looking really goofy at that).

[MQAAord]

Every time I've taken my boys into the urgent care place or the ER they've asked what happened, and want to hear the whole story of how the injury happened. I think they try to "read" the parent and see if they're BSing or not, and also the nature of some injuries can (though not always) be indicitive of abuse/neglect.

[kellwolf]

Originally Posted by pedex

Hope your kids arm gets better.

For the CPS, do they interrogate you or something if you bring your kid into the hospital? Or does the doc report it if he thinks there was abuse involved? My son is only ten months old so he isn't too self-destructive yet. he is just trying to walk(and looking really goofy at that).

Some injuries (like a femur fracture) are normally not just an accident. In Gavin's case, his leg was a total freak accident that involved a twisting motion and a VERY hard floor. If it's a fracture like that, the hospital is required to report it. Like Amber said, they'll give you the third degree on what happend......multiple times. They're looking to see if you crack or your story changes. My wife had a serious strike against her since I wasn't there to verify her story. She was home alone with Gavin when the leg incident happened. It's a rare break and also common in abuse cases, so that triggered the question. In my opinon, they got TOO aggressive. They wanted to know why I didn't come home immediately and started saying that was suscpicious. There really wasn't much I could do other than sit next to the hospital bed, and we needed the money I was making gone in order to cover the hospital bills. That didn't make any difference to the Gestapo, though. I finally DID call the base manager to take me off the trip when the police officer in charge told my wife "Well, it doesn't look good. You might want to get a lawyer." and more or less threatened her in our home. The guy was such a dick if I had been there, I probably would have been arrested for striking an officer. As it was he accused my 78 year old father in law with emphazema of threatening him and blocking his way in our hallway when he leaned against the wall to catch his breath.

As for the arm, looks like we've got about another week or so, and the cast will be off. Docs say he's healing really well. This break didn't trigger any kind of investigation. If I fell 5 1/2 feet and landed right on my elbow, I'd have a high likelihood of breaking it, too. And I'm 32.

Downside of the leg fracture is we're going through genetic screening and test now to see if Gavin has osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bones.

[MusketeerMan]

Speaking of 2 year old's...anyone know how to get sharpie marker out of carpet?

[MQAAord]

Sharpie + Carpet = Bad.

I can get a lot of stains out of a lot of things, but I don't think I've got an answer to that.......