you know you’re a parent when..
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Topic: you know you’re a parent when..
Posted By: fattartsrock
Subject: you know you’re a parent when..
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 9:39pm
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I know it's been done, but I'm too lazy to look
You know you're a parent when... You have friken wiggles songs going round in your head all day instead of normal songs (toot toot chuga luga big red car..) or songs from mainly music (got one going round now.. Jack inthe box, jack in the box nice and still, will you come out, will you come out, YES I WILL.. my hands are shaking, shaking, shaking, my hands are shaking JUST LIKE THIS..) And, you find yourself going "Look!! big truck/car/train/bus/ass/hair/zit" when you are in the car ALONE... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 9:42pm
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Hehe the other day hubby and i were driving along childless and I said look theres an airplane and he pointed out that he isnt really interested in seeing every airplane that goes past and the kids arent in the car now.
Great now i have jack in the box in my head. |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 9:47pm
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*evil laugh* I'm happy to share, it's driving me nuts.. still, it took me 2 days to get big red car out of my head.. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 9:49pm
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whats also really sad is that when someone says yummy, i think to myself 'fruit salad, yummy yummy'
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 9:50pm
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ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! and do the actions... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 9:55pm
| how sad are we!!! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 10:43pm
aggh the wiggles have alot to answer too. james just got his frist wiggles dvd and i already know most of the songs by heart and tonight had wags the dog braks all day and night in my head its driving me bonkers ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 20 June 2007 at 11:02pm
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oh why oh why did i read this thread.. about to go to bed and now have multiple sad kids siongs stuck in my head.. that and Agadoo from reading Robyn's other post.
ARRRGGH!! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 6:26am
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I yelled to lewis yesterday in the car."look at the lambies" and he told me it wasn't that interesting...no, no kids in the car.
the worst thing is when you have a kids cd in the car going, you sing along (as you do) and about 2 minutes before you get to your destination, realise there are no kids in the car and YOU COULD'VE HAD ANY BLOODY MUSIC YOU WANT!!! |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 7:46am
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Oh I did a post on my blog about this last year! It's sooo similar to what you guys where saying. Except written when I was a nanny... it's pretty long but I've copied and pasted it anyway...
The Realisation On the way home from work tonight, I caught myself doing something I was embarrassed about. No, not speeding, and no I didn't give the finger to the guy who pulled out in front of me. I was singing. Now this is nothing unusual for me, as I don't have a radio in my old lil car, so I often sing. And when it's raining, I sing in time to the windscreen wipers - as I was tonight. It's not the singing I was embarrassed about, it's what I was singing. It was a very upbeat version of Baa Baa Black Sheep. In time with the windscreen wipers. And I didn't realise it until I'd been driving for at least 5 minutes. So I had a little laugh at myself. Then a few minutes later, I realised I'd started singing again - this time it was There Was a Great Big Moose. So I stopped myself. And a few more minutes down the road, it was Baa Baa Black Sheep again. I swear, it was like a never-ending circle that I just couldn't stop! See, the 2 1/2 year olds favourite song at the moment is Baa Baa Black Sheep - it has been for a while, and when I want him to sit still for teeth brushing or hair washing, I just sing that song. And the older kids like the Moose song. I sing them both many many times each time I'm there, so of course it's natural I just keep going when I leave... So on the way home, I started composing a list in my head. You know you've been doing childcare long enough when: 8. You can recognise the "I need to pee" dance a mile off. 7. You somehow seem to find room on your lap for 3 children. 6. Poo? Nothing. 5. You can simultaniously feed one child, wipe another's nose and watch another do a handstand, all while singing "there was a great big moose". 4. When your husband doesn't want his vegetables, you offer him one chocolate raisin after dinner if he eats them. 3. You can easily read "Where's Spot?" seven times in a row. 2. The baby covers you with a combination of snot, spit and baby food, and you're not phased at all. 1. You sing "baa baa black sheep" when you're driving by yourself, and only realise you're doing so after the seventh run through. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 8:44am
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When you're pretty sure you could stand in for one of the Hi 5 members if called too!
Not wiggles in our house...Hi 5...I won't admit to how many songs I know or how often I find myself humming them  or what actions I know to go with the songs.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 9:24am
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ha ha, we're a hi-5 house too. and yep its always int he cd player, so i pout my music on then once that cds finished it skips over to the hi-5 and i don't even realise till it's halfway thru and i've been singing along to it for ages.. again no kids at home. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 9:24am
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I have a rule that I am planning on never breaking. No kids music in the car cd player. My car, my music! Jake likes my music anyway, he boogies and hand claps away at it all (and goes to sleep nicely if its Salmonella Dub, thats our sleepy time music!) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 9:45am
| Kobes preschool is very PC and they sing baa baa rainbow sheep! Couldnt figure out what the heck he was singing for ages until I heard them one day when i was there. |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 9:49am
"Make some noise, Make a sound, make some music to dance around too, make some noise, make a sound, make some music to dance around too, jump up and down too, sing out loud too, making music for you!" *ahem* ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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mum2paris wrote:Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 11:24am
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You know you're a parent when...
you laugh through a thread like this one, go to read something else and then think "Hang on a minute, I've done at least one of those things!" Or in my case, most of those things! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 1:49pm
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"can you point.. your fingers and do the twist..." ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 1:51pm
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"Hey there shakey-shakey... shaking is fun to do..." ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 2:05pm
yep james childcare do the same and i went mad at the techers frist there are no rainbow sheep and yes there are black sheep but they are rear i cant stand this pc stuff drives me nuts soo its black sheep here ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 2:07pm
OOOOO, thats my favourite - Gen, you have to go to a Hi-5 show next time. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 3:18pm
I almost took her this time but I'll be taking her next time for sure! She so loves them and at least I can handle them.....unlike the Go Show..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 8:32pm
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oooh i love going to hi-5 the girls always have fun.... and we know all the songs.
although the girls absolute favourite is action heroes.. as soon as it comes on ayja rushes to the dress up box and grabs out her super cape i made her for going to hi-5 and makes me put it on her. she's so funny she then runs round in circles in the lounge with one arm up pretending to be an action hero until the end of the song. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 8:36pm
Me too! We dont watch the wiggles here. Every morning when Hannah gets up she says "Hi-5?" She is not happy on Saturday and Sunday, thank goodness for DVDs!  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 10:03pm
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Now, see, i can't go Hi 5, so am pleased Jakes not into it. We got the new wiggles DVD for Jakes Bday (well, he got it, gran bought it for him) wiggledancing its called, and its a concert from christmas time with the new wiggle in it, and I really like it (DONT TELL ANYONE). ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 21 June 2007 at 10:53pm
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it's funny aye.. how boys seem to go for the wiggles and girls like the popstary hi-5 kinda thing. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 7:02am
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i find nathan from hi 5 a little too perky for me.
Then again Murray from the wiggles creeps my mum out. |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 10:23am
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"Munny wee - ill" is Jakes FAVE he gets sooo super excited when he sees him! I got plastic knife/fork.spoons fromthe party shop for Jakes BDay, and his faves are all the murray ones and if you give him any others, he demands "munny" funny! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 10:29am
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...When you are at a family gathering and you excuse yourself from the room saying "I'm just going to the toilet, I'll be back in a minute" and then realise none of the kids were around anyway -------------  |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 10:49am
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h aha or when you say "thank you darling, good listening!" to DH... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 2:27pm
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hahahaha
Joey seems to like Hi-5 better.. uh-oh ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 4:13pm
I knew I'd been watching too much Hi 5 when I realised I thought Nathan was kinda cute.
It's Tim I don't like so much becuase he doesn't seem as perky as the others.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 6:16pm
dont worry james loves both anything that involes dancing and music will do him ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 9:27pm
 Nathan, his hair creeps me out! I much prefer Tim - I have a thing for blondes ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 9:27pm
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Ew, and Nathan does this look sometimes when he is singing, learing almost (I think thats the right word). ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 11:04pm
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Ew, i so agree with you there Aimmee, Nathan looks a bit gruff for my liking, Tim looks kinda like the boy next door type... i also like him better. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: queenbean
Date Posted: 22 June 2007 at 11:51pm
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My niece watches WAAAY too much Hi-5, she even says "dance" with an Australian accent, LOL. -------------   
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 9:06pm
| I dont like Nathan, he is way to cheesy. Have him and Kellie got married yet? |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 9:42pm
| they broke up!!!! I saw it on Campbell live (i feel so lame admitting all this). kathleen had a baby, hence Sun li (or whatever) coming in. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 9:43pm
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Nathan and Kellie?! I so did not know about that! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 9:43pm
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Why was THAT on Campbell Live? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 9:56pm
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Yeah I knew Kathleen had a baby though she might still be comeing back. And she's married to the straight guy from Savage Garden.
Nathan and Kellie thing rings bells too....didn't know they had broken up. That must suck having to still work together!!! How the heck do we know all this gossip about them???? Mind you Kathleen was in one of the parenting mags not so long ago. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 7:42am
| there's a straight guy in savage garden??? |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 11:53am
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Yup.
Oh and totally geeky me found Tim and Nathan's my space pages. They both have thier own music on there (adult stuff) and they are both acutally pretty good!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 24 June 2007 at 12:54pm
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lol Gen!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |