Being away at work for long periods of the day means that I tend to miss out on some of the major developmental and other milestones that our two darling daughters go through. For example Usurper has started to say things like mum mum mum, pull herself up to a stand and is doing “Hi-5’s” on command - all things I hope to see once the weekend rolls around.
That’s about all on the Usurper front - those 9 month olds are as cute as a big fluffy button, but they really don’t translate to the screen all that well now do they?
The other things you tend to miss are those gems of wisdom or moments of toddler behaviour that are just so adorable that they almost make you explode with sheer joy. Or it may just be wind.
So what I am doing now is retelling all the little things that Wife has told me this week that have been just the cutest most special moments of the day if you had of seen it. Which like me, you didn’t, but I’ll try to capture the majesty.
- Upon being told that Poppy was turning 63 she told Wife not to be ’stupid’ and that Poppy was turning 20 - of course 20 is the biggest number she knows so it may not be such a compliment after all.
- Today she decided she wanted to ‘pee’ standing up after seeing one of her 3 year old male friends doing it. This lead to a very strange conversation between her and her mother about why it possibly wasn’t the best idea.
- Her imaginary play time is getting far more complex with a myriad of dolls, all with their own names and personalities, all of whom also must be stripped of all clothes at the first opportunity. Also as a hint if you are ever looking for ‘pretend baby food to feed dolly’ then shaving cream works pretty well. It stays in the bowl and it pretty simple to get out of doll hair.
- The ears off all chocolate Easter bunnies must be eaten instantly!! The rest of the bunny can then be discarded as useless.
- the best way to not get in trouble for doing something is to loudly
declare ‘BUT I WASN’T TRYING TO FEED SHAVING CREAM TO USURPER!!’ as
soon as one of your parents enters into the room, preferably before
anyone has even accused you of the crime.
You know what, all those little tidbits seemed far more entertaining when Wife was telling the stories than when I was. Damn, I hate how she is better than me as stuff - but at least I can pee standing up!!
I would like to know how Mummy tackled the peeing standing up challenge.
I have a little girl too, and so far, luckily, she hasn’t asked about her little 2 month old brother’s appendage / package yet. I have been cracking my head preparing for a response.
So far none have sufficed.
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If the girl want ti try to pee while standing up, let her try it in the bathroom before her shower/bath. As kids my older sis and i tried that too, and realised then why it’s not a good idea to do that elsewhere besides by the drain-hole just before a bath/shower.
p/s- jlow, my boys have asked me if I have a “jiow-jiow” too, and I just say, “No, because I’m a girl. girls have no “jiow-jiow”.” Just a gender distinction.
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I reckon you have the better deal…you don’t really miss out on your kid’s latest tricks…you get to see the perfected version of it actually come the weekend!
And you escape all the ‘uh-oh-what-to-say’ questions and any other mess that the kids make in the attempt to learn something new…
But having said that, there is much joy too in all our children’s FIRST-s !!! (less Mrs/ Toddlerdaddy feels like killing me with this comment! hehehe)
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