Funny parenting quirks you never expected
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Anonymous
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Seriously, I never thought I would need stocks in freezer Siized Ziplock bags. I have (had?) visions of all kinds of cute storage ideas, but I’m sorry - like Frank’s Hot Sauce for storage... they store everything and the stuff stays where I need it, unlike boxes and the like. I feel at this point I can deal with the lack of TP in stores, but if Ziplocks become a hot commodity, I’m screwed.
I also swear the kid sized barrettes in the house multiply exponentially and move through the night, because although DD won’t wear them because they “always fall out”, I keep finding ones, putting them away, only to find more. I think I‘veonly bought them a few times, and seem to recognize all the ones I find, so I’m not sure what’s going on. I set out to make sure DD was a “good eater”, and she’s really not bad, but I’ve pretty much lost all will to exist at all, much less cook, on school nights and I end up making the same few (relatively bland) meals over and over. A picky eater would thrive in our house and I wonder if I’m stagnating her. (And yes, I understand that some kids are just sensitive to different foods... this is meant very tongue in cheek. When I met DH, he ate about 4 things so I totally get it.) What are the funny little things about parenting that you notice? |
Anonymous
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That makes me laugh about the ziplock gallon bags. My fifth grader asked me recently how much they cost. I told him it was maybe $0.40 a bag. He was shocked.
“Mom. I thought they would be so much more expensive. I mean, they are SO useful.” |
Anonymous
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I had no idea what a dictator I'd be! We play and joke nonstop, but then they try to make a mess in the kitchen when I'm cooking -"toys stay in the playroom". Omg I'm like a broken record.
And how hard not taking sides is between them. |
Anonymous
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Lots of things I never thought I would say, like “If you put your head near someone’s feet and tickle them, they might kick you in the face.”
I have had to say that exact thing multiple times. |
Anonymous
| How much mental energy I spend thinking through the logistics of kids tv shows. Why do Katerina kitty cat and and O the owl live in the same house? |
Anonymous
| "Soup is not a finger food." |
Anonymous
| Said to siblings bathing together: “You can only touch your own butt. You can’t touch anyone else’s butt.” |
Anonymous
This. I've definitely had entire discussions with parents about the usefulness of each pup in the Paw Patrol as compared to how often Ryder says he needs them. |
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Anonymous
| Pulling a booger out of a baby’s nose is possibly the most satisfying thing I have ever done. |
Anonymous
Not as good as ear gunk. |
Anonymous
It's an apartment! Or they look different but are members of the same family! Or they rent rooms in the house and there is a landlord we never see. 
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Anonymous
| Until you pull compacted poop out of your kids butt are you even a parent? haha just kidding but seriously - nobody ever told me that this might be a possibility. 4 year old daughter screaming on the toilet that the poop was stuck in her booty butt and it hurt. Super fun times! |
Anonymous
It's obviously an apartment. Single mom and raised by Uncle. |
Anonymous
Hahahahaha! Love this. |