Phathead’s Phorum

HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

Okay…I’m guilty. I’m a first time parent. It’s all still relatively new even though my daughter is about to be 2 years old. As much as I love and trust my parents, my wife and I are aware of little changes in our child’s behavior that we think they should be aware of when they babysit. They are not huge, life-changing things, but are still helpful to know when you don’t understand what she is asking for. I thought it would be helpful if I described these things in an email. After writing the email I figured Cande would get a kick out of it. Little did I know she was not a fan of the email. This sparked some great chatter and your phone calls. Check it all out below, and you’ll see a copy of the email so you can read along while you listen. Enjoy, and we’d love to hear YOUR feedback!

For when you babysit:

* She now likes to sit in a kitchen chair. Not just any chair. The one that daddy likes by the dog crate. Both seat cushions on top of each other to give her height. She’ll eat in it. You put her food on a plate and she loves it.

* No more binky! It is only a treat for bedtime and she knows this. She hasn’t had a binky during the day for this whole week. We just tell her that she’ll get them back at bedtime or naptime when she wakes up in the crib with them. We take them away right away before we even get her out of the crib. Then we place them in her cabinet of food next to the microwave so she can’t see them.

* If she starts saying something that sounds like “Boon” she means spoon. Get her a spoon out of the drawer. It can be a big persons spoon, doesn’t matter. She loves having one when she eats.

* If she points or bangs on our bedroom door and says what sounds like “dress” it’s because she likes walking into our closet and looking at my shirts hanging on the hangers and she calls them a dress. Sometimes we’ll give her one to walk around the house with.

* If she says “Go-Go” or “Mice” she wants to watch Diego or Mickey Mouse on our DVR. You turn on our TV, hit the DRV button, and find a recorded copy of either one. We have many.

It’s the weekend.  You are lazy.  Not much going on.  It could be early in the morning.  Maybe it’s mid-afternoon.  It may even be the evening and you are bored.  We surf those movie channels.  It may be HBO and Showtime, or TBS and AMC.  We are trying to find something to watch.  Then all of a sudden you see it.  A movie is on that you’ve seen 20 times and you can’t wait to watch it again.  It may be a comedy, drama, or even an animated film, but either way you are so excited that this film is on.  That was our topic the other day and below are the responses.  We had tons of callers discussing their favorites while Cande and I gave ours as well.  Enjoy and we’d love to hear from you.  Make sure you comment about your favorite movies to watch over and over and over again!