you know you have a toddler when....

you know you have toddlers when...

they won't touch the food on their trays and throw it all on the floor, but the next day they'll happily eat what they find on the floor before you can catch them!

 

* you've picked up and put down your little one so many times (cuz he HAD to have you and then HAD to get down and then....) that you almost feel like you got your work-out in for the day!

* you can tell what he had for breakfast by looking in his hair!

* new neighbors moved in above you (after 6 months vacancy) and, instead of thinking "oh no, they better not walk too loudly!" you're already coming up w/excuses for why your babes scream and cry at 6am!

* you've never been more tired or more happy in your life.

(i know i've got tons more, but i'm just too tired to think of them.....)

, jl

 

-you really truly can NOT remember yesterday? (how is that possible...it was yesterday?)
-it's not big deal when you get puked on, peed on, pooped on, buggers wiped on you...
-you don't even think about buying yourself anything like clothes ect. b/c all you want is stuff for the kids

I can't wait to read more of these

 

you know you have toddlers if you know what I mean by a stiff body tantrum or jello legs tantrum.
:laughing:

 

...you can discuss, in detail, the different types of valves and spouts and straws that come on every sippy cup on the market.

...nothing, but nothing, is as precious as a solid nap.

 

QUOTE(Becca34 @ Apr 30 2009, 08:03 PM) [snapback]1295763[/snapback]
...nothing, but nothing, is as precious as a solid nap.


So true! How about nothing is as precious as a solid nap taken at the same time!

 

I love jello legs tantrum!!! You say get your fingers out of....and it could be thousand things from sisters diaper to the electric socket you forgot to cover after you vacummed because the tots got freaked out (which they never did before!)

 

...when you can't find your keys <insert other item> and you know you always put them in a certain spot.

 

You have said "where are your pants?" several times every day this week.

bed time is an event to celebrate.

slobbery kisses and sticky hand cuddles are the best present ever!

 

--when you leave them home with daddy and come home to find one of the breakfast sippy cups in the bin of toys and the other in the potty :bad:
--when you find your tupperware in the trash and toys in your laundry (once they've gone through the washer)
--when you go out on your back deck and realize half the toys they had have now been pushed out the doggie door when you werent looking
Did I tell you how fun my two are?

 

You put shoes and socks on one baby, and are just finishing up on the second only to find that the shoes and socks on the first baby have already come off.

 

*You have a collection of 6 pairs of shoes in the car, because there is no point in putting them on before you go to the car. They take them off in the car every time they have a chance, so why not just store them there?

*You know the words to every single Sesame Street episode and skit available on YouTube.

*You are in a 4th-level college Sign Language class, yet still use Baby Signing Time songs to remember the vocabulary and wish they would expand their repertoire to cover more vocabulary!

*Your heart melts when your kids say "I love you, mommy". :wub:

 

When diaper changing and getting dressed is an extreme sport, so much so that it has moved to the floor and not on the diaper changing table anymore.

When you've told them "no", yet they look at you with a glint in their eye that says "Did you just dare me?" and they do it again, while looking at your for your reaction. <_<

 

This it funny! I have a few:

you know you have a toddler if:

you consider an outfit clean if it only has a bit of food/milk/pee on it
you consider going out to get groceries by yourself as a break
You cheer when someone eats a vegetable

 

EVERY one of these is SOOO true!

You know you have a toddler when:
*Your kid holds their nose at library storytime b/c the lady said "sticky" and he thought he was being asked (yet again) if he was "stinky".
*You're excited when your child stops the banging their head on the wall/floor/table phase.
*Your feet have bruises on the bottom from stepping on random toys

 

* When you know exactly how close to let their heads go to the ground when they're tantrumming

* When you say things that you never thought you would say, like "______ get your hands out of _______'s diaper" or "why is the dog covered in playdoh?" and "don't eat that, that's the dog's."

* When you see someone in public with a screaming toddler and you say to them (not yourself), "Oh I am so glad that's you and not me!"

 

When your toddler boy can scream at an octave only known to trained opera singers.
When hitting is sign of their "affection"
When you have to say no a zillon times
When you two children obsessed with one parent

 

Too funny and so, so true - all of them!

*When every possibly inch of shelving in the house above 4 feet is stuffed full and every shelf or table surface below that is completely empty or covered in toys.

*When you catch yourself at work singing "La, la, la, la. It's Elmo's world" or "There's a party in my tummy"

*You show up on Thursday for a doctor's appointment that was scheduled for Tuesday. (I can blame this on them right?)

 

QUOTE(elara @ May 1 2009, 12:01 PM) [snapback]1296439[/snapback]
Too funny and so, so true - all of them!



*When you catch yourself at work singing "There's a party in my tummy"


Haha thats so true. Our favorite is "dont, dont, dont hit your friends!"

 

QUOTE(aimeethomp @ Apr 30 2009, 07:55 PM) [snapback]1295754[/snapback]
you know you have toddlers if you know what I mean by a stiff body tantrum or jello legs tantrum.
:laughing:


AMEN!!! :rofl:

 

When you are no longer embarrassed when your child crumples into a pile at your feet and lets out an ear piercing scream in a public place. In fact, you ignore it.

 

-when you leave a trail of cherios everywhere you go in wal-mart
-when all the cd's in your van are ALL kids cd's
-you can't talk on the phone for more then 2 minutes b/c thats when they decide to have a meltdown
-when your boobs get grabbed 100 times a day and it's not your husband doing it!
-when you smell like syrup
-when you watch cartoons all day
-when you drawn on your sidewalk w/ sidewalk chalk and it's really fun!
-when every window in your house is covered with finger prints
-when there is nothing in your house that is breakable unless it's up really high or behind locks
-when you can't get in the bathroom b/c of safty cover on the handle
-when your cell phone gets put in the bath tub (full of hot soapy water! <_< )

 

QUOTE(DeniseT @ May 1 2009, 01:18 AM) [snapback]1295963[/snapback]
You put shoes and socks on one baby, and are just finishing up on the second only to find that the shoes and socks on the first baby have already come off.


SO TRUE!!! I had to bring L into the grocery store this past winter with no socks on because she refused to keep them on, I know people thought I was a crazy mom! Thank god for summer, at least we'll save money on shoes since they won't wear them anyway...

 

QUOTE(Fireweed in AK @ May 1 2009, 01:36 AM) [snapback]1295984[/snapback]
When diaper changing and getting dressed is an extreme sport, so much so that it has moved to the floor and not on the diaper changing table anymore.

When you've told them "no", yet they look at you with a glint in their eye that says "Did you just dare me?" and they do it again, while looking at your for your reaction. <_<



You took the words right out of my mouth... :laughing:

Also...

-You're seriously considering not buying anymore new toys since cereal boxes and shoes seem to provide more entertainment than something that lights up and sings the alphabet.

 

*when you let the bin get really full because you know taking it out the front door to the bin will result in a breakdown/screamfest.

*when you bust your last nail when trying to wrestle screaming/rigid/kicking baby into his car seat.

*when you hope someone calls you soon - so you can find your mobile (cell) phone.....

*when you break into a sweat trying to find their blankie quickly before they start screaming (coz they wont stop if they start)

and all those other ones that everyone else said

 

*when you have to move everything the waiter puts on the table.

*when you can't get to anything because all the cabinets are 'baby' proofed.

*when loading the dishwasher has to be done in stealth mode so they don't come unload it onto the floor.