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Sarah

Revive ye thread. And revive you shall.





I had me a bad parent moment today.

Not thinking with my head on straight I left my little one alone with a peanut butter, a curious mind and sticky fingers.

Let's just say my home smells like peanut butter wonder.

Sarah

When my first granddaughter was about 11 months old my daughter in law ask me to baby sit. I said sure but it had been quite a while since I baby sat a little one. Well Linsey (granddaughter) and I got along just terrific all the other times so I thought no problem and it was to be only about 4 hours.

From the moment my son and daughter in law left my house Linsey started to bawl, I mean scream at the top of her lungs. Somehow she managed to scream breathing in and breathing out at the same time. I tried to feed her, walk her, rock her, make funny faces, checked her diaper (nothing), sang to her, I tried everything I knew and what had worked for my two kids... nothing.

She screamed for four hours straight, bawled her eyes out, stiffened straight up... after two hours of gently bouncing her I literally lost the hearing in my left ear... couldn't hear anything I swear, except a funny roar...

The poor little thing was shaking, crying, tearing, red faced... I was getting scared, couldn't reach my son on the phone...

When they came to pick her up they heard her from outside, down the driveway and came rushing into the house... I never felt so inadequate... four hours of straight mayhem.

Funny, they never asked me to sit again. Linsey graduated from high school a few weeks ago and I reminded her of that time and that she was strong headed and strong willed... got a big hug and she said to me... "still am Pap Pap, love ya."

All I could do was smile... I did get my hearing back... :eek:

Stringer

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Originally Posted by jenniepepsi

mmm well, when my daugther was 4 she was sleeping at about 10pm. we live in arizona and a good rain is hard to find. it was monsoon season so it was very warm, so no worries about getting too cold. but i pulled her out of bed all excited and bundled her up and we went and played out in the rain at 10pm for a good hour!!! we had alot of fun!!! but i had a hard time getting her back to bed *blush* lol.

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LOL... I did this with a first snow fall once... my kids were older, most had not even seen snow before, it was later at night, but it was worth it!

Fun story... and that can be one of those moments she'll remember! I think people should play in the rain more often... :D

p.s. used to live in Phoenix... remember monsoon season well!

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Originally Posted by mudweiser

Revive ye thread. And revive you shall.





I had me a bad parent moment today.

Not thinking with my head on straight I left my little one alone with a peanut butter, a curious mind and sticky fingers.

Let's just say my home smells like peanut butter wonder.

Sarah

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Mmmmm, peanut butter... :) Hope it at least stayed on tile or counter tops and not on carpet or upholstery?

I had a tooth fairy problem..
Once my children realised they were on to a good little earner with the tooth fairy they started pulling out their teeth..
I told them the tooth fairies know when you pull out your teeth and when they fall out..
My kids were 7 and 8 at the time and in the end I had told them so many lies about the tooth fairy they were afraid every time they lost a tooth... took all the fun out of the whole business.