Things toddlers do

Dublin141

So the potty training is interesting. It's all fun and games until someone stands on a wet patch in their socks.

One of the twins was looking a little edgy, so I sent him to the poe and went back to what I was doing. Instead of sitting down, he passed by the poe, climbed into a tesco delivery crate thingy that we had ready to give back, and had a secret poo.

Some kind of protest about the lack of chocolate on the shopping list perhaps?

Luckily he was caught in the act, or some poor Tesco worker would have had something to complain about.

Last night, it was quiet after bedtime. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that has your stomach churning as you're walking up the stairs.

We found the twins in our bedroom with a couple of bottles of nail polish. They had to literally climb up a set of drawers to get at my makeup. They painted their own nails (they did an impressive job too, I should have taken a photo!), and then decided to paint the furniture. The smell alone should have knocked them out. And this is why we usually lock our room in the evenings. :rolleyes:

Maglight

We had gravel outside the front of our house. My 2 year old liked to post the stones through the gaps in the wheels of the car. Then she graduated to drawing pictures on the car with the stones - nice

Lucyfur

My son was a late talker and when he did start to speak, he wasn't very confident. I'd always encourage him to speak in public, just simple things..saying hello, asking for things etc.

Anyway, we were in the local centra one Friday. Friday was treat day and he never had a problem speaking out on treat day.

So he walks into the shop and announces, at the top of his voice

''I gettin' a cock porn''


POPCORN, son, POPCORN.

cofy

Lucyfur wrote: »

My son was a late talker and when he did start to speak, he wasn't very confident. I'd always encourage him to speak in public, just simple things..saying hello, asking for things etc.

Anyway, we were in the local centra one Friday. Friday was treat day and he never had a problem speaking out on treat day.

So he walks into the shop and announces, at the top of his voice

''I gettin' a cock porn''


POPCORN, son, POPCORN.

I was amazed that both my daughter and son used to say the exact same thing. My son still calls it cock porn. Its so funny.

Dublin141

cofy wrote: »

I was amazed that both my daughter and son used to say the exact same thing. My son still calls it cock porn. Its so funny.

I laugh... until they say it in public and all eyes look at the blushing grownup standing next to them.

My 4 yr old gave me a terrible fright one day. She picked up a DVD or something and said, "Can I put this on Daddy's dicks?" Took me a minute to figure out she meant desk. She says it all the time now, I'm mortified at the thoughts of what she says in playschool and summer camp.

The worst thing (mortification-wise) I ever did was talk to her about "private parts" and privacy. Now if she's on the loo, and she hears me on the stairs, she roars down to me. "Mammy! You're not allowed look at my privates!"

caprilicious

My little girl's hair is finally long enough to tie up in little bobbins. Her hair is so fuzzy & thick she can tend to look a bit like krusty the clown but I had her looking all gorgeous today, hair in bobbins, cute as a button.

I didn't notice until we arrived over at my sisters that she had brushed her hair with her toothbrush & had crusty toothpaste in her hair!

When we got home, my husband took her for a walk down to 'the pond' (puddle in the gate of the field beside us, she's fascinated with it!), quick as a flash she dunked her hands straight into the muck & started 'washing' her face with it!

Mucky little pup!

axel rose

Dublin141 wrote: »

I laugh... until they say it in public and all eyes look at the blushing grownup standing next to them.

My 4 yr old gave me a terrible fright one day. She picked up a DVD or something and said, "Can I put this on Daddy's dicks?" Took me a minute to figure out she meant desk. She says it all the time now, I'm mortified at the thoughts of what she says in playschool and summer camp.

The worst thing (mortification-wise) I ever did was talk to her about "private parts" and privacy. Now if she's on the loo, and she hears me on the stairs, she roars down to me. "Mammy! You're not allowed look at my privates!"

FFS It looks like I've the only child who hangs the foam letters (ODBD&P). on his willy when in the bath ('Mammy mammy look what I can do!')-I'm a crappy crappy mammy

January

caprilicious wrote: »

My little girl's hair is finally long enough to tie up in little bobbins. Her hair is so fuzzy & thick she can tend to look a bit like krusty the clown but I had her looking all gorgeous today, hair in bobbins, cute as a button.

I didn't notice until we arrived over at my sisters that she had brushed her hair with her toothbrush & had crusty toothpaste in her hair!

When we got home, my husband took her for a walk down to 'the pond' (puddle in the gate of the field beside us, she's fascinated with it!), quick as a flash she dunked her hands straight into the muck & started 'washing' her face with it!

Mucky little pup!

Typical country girl

gems1183

my 2 1/2 year old cant say blackcurrant instead what he says sounds like a c*nt, hard not to smile when he's chasing OH around shouting "daddy daddy A C*NT"

bulmersgal

Just back from my holidays with Elisha 16 months, walking by a tango place and decided to go in see was there any dancers but place was dead so decided to let Elisha out to dance as she was clapping hands galore at band. All well and good up dancing and running around till another little boy similar age come over and gives her big hug then for the next half hour the two of them where up dancing, running and every few minutes stopping giving each other big hugs and kisses. It was just to funny looking at them on empty dance floor having time of there lives

Dublin141

Brought my youngest three into town yesterday. We were in Pennys, waiting for my OH to pay for stuff, and the baby started moaning so I lifted her out of the buggy. One twin sees my hands are full so starts legging it away, giggling like crazy. In a panic (I'm a worrier), I grab hold of his shirt. The other twin starts laughing hysterically and flees, knowing I've no hands left, so I stick my foot out and trip him up.

We were grabbing a bite to eat and, again while waiting for my OH to pay, the tripped up twin kept pointing at people and saying really loud and obnoxiously, Mammy, what's that? Is that a boy? I was just waiting for the baby in her belly questions. He tried standing up on the chair, so I told him to stop. His response? Don't be so cheeky, Mammy... ****head. The playschool are going to hate me next month.

We were waiting for the Luas, and Mr. Namecaller was being nice and quiet holding hands with his twin. Never a good sign. I looked down, and his top was about to get pulled over his head. I giggled and tried to fix his top. He started throwing his arms out everywhere so I couldn't do it. Cue more giggles, and my OH trying to help me—we missed a Luas while trying to get the child's top on. We were totally bested by a 2 year old.

At home, they were little angels until bedtime. This morning, the kids are all sick which explains a lot about yesterday. I still have to find an excuse for the bad mammy syndrome though.

cofy

Dublin141 wrote: »

Brought my youngest three into town yesterday. We were in Pennys, waiting for my OH to pay for stuff, and the baby started moaning so I lifted her out of the buggy. One twin sees my hands are full so starts legging it away, giggling like crazy. In a panic (I'm a worrier), I grab hold of his shirt. The other twin starts laughing hysterically and flees, knowing I've no hands left, so I stick my foot out and trip him up.

We were grabbing a bite to eat and, again while waiting for my OH to pay, the tripped up twin kept pointing at people and saying really loud and obnoxiously, Mammy, what's that? Is that a boy? I was just waiting for the baby in her belly questions. He tried standing up on the chair, so I told him to stop. His response? Don't be so cheeky, Mammy... ****head. The playschool are going to hate me next month.

We were waiting for the Luas, and Mr. Namecaller was being nice and quiet holding hands with his twin. Never a good sign. I looked down, and his top was about to get pulled over his head. I giggled and tried to fix his top. He started throwing his arms out everywhere so I couldn't do it. Cue more giggles, and my OH trying to help me—we missed a Luas while trying to get the child's top on. We were totally bested by a 2 year old.

At home, they were little angels until bedtime. This morning, the kids are all sick which explains a lot about yesterday. I still have to find an excuse for the bad mammy syndrome though.

I find shopping with 2 children hard enough and one is 7 years old!!! It must be an absolute nightmare with 3.

Dublin141

cofy wrote: »

I find shopping with 2 children hard enough and one is 7 years old!!! It must be an absolute nightmare with 3.

I see other people doing a great job of it all the time. I end up sweaty and red-faced within seconds. I have an awful fear of losing a kid, so going outside at all is a nightmare for us. Still, it's going to be strange when school starts up, I can't remember what it's like to have just the one with me.

mymo

Oh this is bringing back some funny memories.:D
My girl is 13 now, but at about 2 1/2 she found her smart mouth, one night she had her normal bath and was sat on the sofa waiting for a cup of warm milk, I walked in from the kitchen to find her writing all over herself with a marker (waterproof of course).
While I was scrubbing her in the bath again trying to get it off, I asked "why did you draw all over yourself" and was told "you should have been watching me better!"
She's still a smart arse.

Then shortly after that we got 2 kittens, in her wisdom one night she decided to put the dollies nappies on the kittens, just incase, but used selotape to hold them on:eek:
Those poor kittens, it took me hours to cut them off, and poor kitties were half bald.
Still don't know how she got them to sit still for that, I was scratched to pieces.

lynski

mymo wrote: »

While I was scrubbing her in the bath again trying to get it off, I asked "why did you draw all over yourself" and was told "you should have been watching me better!"
She's still a smart arse.

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tell me it turns out ok please? I have one of those too. when I ask 'oh where did we get you?' in exasperation at her latest 'trick' I am told 'the cinema'
She is absolute in her sense of self - you can't call her a nickname she will tell you 'NO my name is xxx, not xxx'

Sleepy

nesf wrote: »

Our 19 month old has started "cleaning up" and putting things in the bins. It's not good.

I'm convinced I lost a TV remote that way... and LG want €70 for a replacement! :O

Das Kitty

Was doing some cleaning at the weekend and after cleaning I put a dose of bleach into the downstairs loo. Sat down with the youngfella to watch a DVD. I was popping the DVD into the player (behind many layers of security) and I noticed the boy had gone out of the room. Knowing that I had everything locked away I sauntered out after him. He was not in the kitchen.

Little scut was in the bathroom, both hands down the loo and playing in the bleach. The two sleeves of his hoodie gone pink. Trying to get his hands clean without him touching his face / our clothes etc was a struggle. Thankfully he hadn't been splashing or rubbing his face :eek:

Justask

I've had one of those days that everything goes wrong :mad:

And came of here for some distraction.

Thank you all so much for all the great posts about your little rugrats, Everyone of them made me smile

mymo

lynski wrote: »

tell me it turns out ok please? I have one of those too. when I ask 'oh where did we get you?' in exasperation at her latest 'trick' I am told 'the cinema'
She is absolute in her sense of self - you can't call her a nickname she will tell you 'NO my name is xxx, not xxx'

Yes, so far so good, she's 13 and still full of smart answers, but really is a good girl.
You just need a sense of humour to deal with the early years.:D

cofy

I got pins and needles in my leg and was limping, my 3 year old boy came running up to me grabbed me around the waist and helping me to walk calling out "it's ok mammy I got you, I help you, it's ok". It was so funny.

KittyeeTrix

My 9 year old who is the youngest of 4 children makes me smile most days!!!
He is constantly giving hugs and compliments to me and is genuinely one of the sweetest/softest kids I've ever know.......:)

And yes, I know I'm biased:D

aniascor

Das Kitty wrote: »

Was doing some cleaning at the weekend and after cleaning I put a dose of bleach into the downstairs loo. Sat down with the youngfella to watch a DVD. I was popping the DVD into the player (behind many layers of security) and I noticed the boy had gone out of the room. Knowing that I had everything locked away I sauntered out after him. He was not in the kitchen.

Little scut was in the bathroom, both hands down the loo and playing in the bleach. The two sleeves of his hoodie gone pink. Trying to get his hands clean without him touching his face / our clothes etc was a struggle. Thankfully he hadn't been splashing or rubbing his face :eek:

Oh God! Sounds like something my little guy would try! He just loves playing with the toilet. We've actually ventured into toilet training territory since 21 months totally unplanned - but we told him that only people who wee or poo in the toilet are allowed to flush it. So guess what he now likes to do! only a few times a week - but it's an unexpected start on the road to toilet training

cofy

My little boy has taken to pushing his stroller around the house. I heard him calling "help me" but could not make out where it was coming from, he had pushed the stroller into his sisters room and when I turned on the light, this is were I found him!!!

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eimsRV

My daughter has been toilet trained since august, there have been a few minor accidents but for the most part she has got the hang of it.
That was until last night she told her daddy "dont look at me" and proceeded to go behind my chair, pull down her trousers and go to the toilet on my new wooden floor!

cofy

My 3 1/2 year old and I were shopping today, I asked him what will we put on for the dinner, his reply was "mammy, I trust you". That decided it, bacon and cabbage, his favourite.

He has just asked for a little bag of biscuits, I told him you will have to share those with your sister. Hugging his little bag of biscuits, he very quietly whispered her name, then said "mammy, I can't find her"

LordSutch

Our toddler is in the middle of toilet training "Help", some days we have good days, and some days bad, little accidnets & all that. One particular day I got the call 'Daddy I want to do poo poo's, so we went into the loo and I pottered around as little one did the business on the loo, I definately heard a loud 'plop' and thought ah bless, that's great, so after a miniute or two I went over to our smiling toddler, took a look in the loo and saw nothing, 'scratches head' ahemm, ah, did you do poo poo's darling? Yeash Daddy, I then notice that toddler is holding something in her hand wrapped in toilet paper! After a friendly debriefing it transpired that she had retreived it, to keep it warm & dry, Bless

cofy

LordSutch wrote: »

Our toddler is in the middle of toilet training "Help", some days we have good days, and some days bad, little accidnets & all that. One particular day I got the call 'Daddy I want to do poo poo's, so we went into the loo and I pottered around as little one did the business on the loo, I definately heard a loud 'plop' and thought ah bless, that's great, so after a miniute or two I went over to our smiling toddler, took a look in the loo and saw nothing, 'scratches head' ahemm, ah, did you do poo poo's darling? Yeash Daddy, I then notice that toddler is holding something in her hand wrapped in toilet paper! After a friendly debriefing it transpired that she had retreived it, to keep it warm & dry, Bless

A little something she made all by herself, just for you:D

Lola92

I was cleaning the bedroom out today and noticed my daughter was gone from the room. I thought that she had toddled off down the hall to the living room where her dad was playing guitar. I continued on until I started to hear squealing and giggling from the bathroom. There she was covered in toilet roll which she had dipped in the loo and draped over herself and rubbed around the walls with the toilet brush. Lovely.

Ayla

2.5 yr old: "Mommy, 'elp me"
Me: "You want some help?"
Her: "yeah."
Me: "ok, here..."
Her (screaming): "NO mommy, I DO IT!"
Me (backing off): "ok, you do it"
a minute later...
Her: "mommy, i di' it"


Repeat, repeat, repeat.

caprilicious

My little girl is 2 & the terrible 2's have kicked in with a bang!

The latest things from her is a very certain 'NO' response to everything including things that she wants :rolleyes:
So you have to discern if she genuinely doesn't want it, as if she does & you don't give it to her you get a mini tantrum or a sulk that any hormonal 13 year old would be proud of

Another new thing is 'Go Away' when she's in bad form. We've tried correcting her or ignoring her when she does it, but I think it's one of things that the novelty has to wear off before she stops doing it. Hopefully (very) soon

Aside from the cheekiness, she is coming out with some really cute stuff too, like cocking her head to one side & saying "you ok mammy?", or looking under the couch for her toy saying "where are youuuuuuuu piggy?"