Comments on: Alphabutts and questionable parenting skills

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sun, 13 May 2007 08:08:37 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day to the most entertaining mother in the blogosphere.

By: pippa

pippa — Sun, 13 May 2007 02:23:09 +0000

You can always spot the sanctimonious people who worship their only child and genuflect before them. I probably would have been like that if we’d stopped at one. With one I had the time to feed her all-organic and not have the tv on and look down my nose at moms who fed their kids generic mac ‘n cheese with Kool-Aid.

By child number four? Yeah, her first solid food was a french fry at a burger joint. Courtesy of older brothers (not my mouth, which is distincly trucker-like if a trucker met a sailor and a hooker and all had a child together), most of her vocabulary consists of poopy, stinky, stupid, and “DUH!” and she is quite fond of farting or burping and laughing like a loon then saying “faht.”

A classy bunch of kids I’m raising, I’m sure, but hey, they are kids. They’ll learn much worse at school.

By: Gena

Gena — Sat, 12 May 2007 23:10:59 +0000

Okay, regarding your last post – I didn’t even NOTICE your belly. I was looking at your fabulous thighs. I wish mine were that way when I was 18. I would have probably died of happiness if they looked like that post-baby. (Or ever, for that matter.) But, your belly looks great. Just thought you’d like to know.

My 1st child’s first bad word was fuck. AND, she corrected me because I had yelled “damn it” when someone pulled in front of me and almost caused a car accident. She looked at me, from the carseat in the back and said “Don’t you mean fupp, mommy?” Needless to say, I tried to clean up my vocabulary with my subsequent children. It didn’t work though. When I had older kids and had my last daughter, they knew she couldn’t say “funk”, so they taught her how to say it anyway and it always, without fail, came out of her mouth as “fuck”. What is a mother to do.

Happy, happy Mother’s Day to you.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:24:41 +0000

I clicked the link on the Clubmom site when you talked about giving your child mold. Your title, “Bad parenting moment” was among over 296 million weblogs referencing that title. That’ll cheer you up for Mother’s Day. ;-)

Ian is mimicking me. I discovered I do quite a bit of sighing. :)

By: Pickles & Dimes

Pickles & Dimes — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:31:17 +0000

If you haven’t seen it already, check out the YouTube video featuring “SexyBack” and characters from “The Office.”

SexyBack

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:08:30 +0000

This is unrelated to this entry, but I saw this today and remembered that you love your Roomba a lot and maybe you would like the floor washing one a lot too? (It was on a “deal catcher” website, and apparently it’s way cheaper than they normally go for?) I am not affiliated with them in any way, I swear, I just like people to get bargains. :)

http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=36895791&adcampaign=email%2CECOSTCJ&store=ecost&source=ECOSTCJ

By: deanna

deanna — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:59:44 +0000

[1] kids are absolutely sponges at this age. it happens. tell him no, its a bad word (or however you handle those kind of things), and watch yourselves closely and hopefully that will nip it in the bud.
[2] i agree with cari in that the “pitchfok” comment is more hilarious than anything else. i couldnt read it without laughing. how about you learn english before you call me an idiot, thankyouverymuch.
[3] i havent read your site in a few days, so going back to the running music thing… as an avid runner and spinnng instructor who often gets comments such as “i love you music!” at the end of class, i thought i might add a few to the mix:

[] NIN–Closer: FABULOUS beat. i couldnt believe no one said this one! maybe i missed it. just dont let riley hear it. heh. [i hafta be careful not to "sing along" with this one when im at the gym!]
[] Live–Heaven
[] Jimmy Eat World–Sweetness
[] Jordan James–Livin on a Prayer [great remix!]
[] Aerosmith–Dream On [GREAT song for going uphill or when you just need to kick yourself in the arse]
[] Franz Ferdinand–Take Me Out
[] New Radicals–Mother We Just Cant Get Enough
[] Eurhythmics–Sweet Dreams
[] Boston–More Than A Feeling
[] Goo Goo Dolls–Stay With You [being born in buffalo, i hafta pay some homage to the hometown boys]
[] Teddy Geiger–For You I Will
[] Foo Fighters–Times Like These
[] Andain–Beautiful Things (Gabriel Dresden & Radio Mix)
[] Stevie Wonder–Superstitious
[] The All American Rejects–Move Along
[] Charlotte Church–Call My Name [yes THAT charlotte church. now shes all grown up and his this ridiculously fabulous pop song!]
[] N.E.R.D.–Brain [also a GREAT band....all their songs are awesome]

iunes actually has some decent playlists. check them out for some ideas. keep running sistah ;)

By: Cavu

Cavu — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:19:45 +0000

I had the pleasure of working in a pre-literacy class for 15 three-year-olds. A broad vocabulary is sure to make your child an early reader, first of all. Second of all, they ALL swore. One adorable, dainty little girl (3 years old, I tell you)–her favorite phrase was “fucking bunk.” As in “Bobby stole my play-dough. Miss Cavu, that’s FUCKING BUNK.” And these kids: they did come from good families. The just pick that stuff up, especially at Riley’s stage of development. Little sponges, they are.

By: Cari

Cari — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:53:51 +0000

Do you ever wonder why the ones who post bitchy comments have the worst grammar ever? It just makes them sound even more idiotic than they already are.

My husband and friends joke that my daughter’s first words will probably be “oh, for fuck’s sake.” I guess those are common utterances at our house; although I really have no idea what they are talking about.

By: missbanshee

missbanshee — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:49:25 +0000

My pre-school teacher once had to call my mom and inform her that I was referring to myself as “Missbanshee, DAMMIT.” That’s what I heard at home, and that’s what I thought my full name was. I turned out fine. Pottymouthed to this day, yes, but fine.