Begging Indulgence from all the Daddys on this site ...

The Mommy Test

I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. "Why?" my
daughter asked. "Because it's been on the ground, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty and probably has germs" I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Mommy, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart." I was thinking quickly. "All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mommy." We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information. "OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy."

"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face. When you're finished laughing, send this to a Mom.

[fluffhead]

Yes - the daddy says "germs boost immunity"
(my baby has a fondness for mud)

Yes - the daddy says "germs boost immunity"
(my baby has a fondness for mud)

My children's father says "That's what stomach acid is for." No fondness for mud ... just a pathologist talking.

[Vanquisher]

Okay, so I so do not fit into this mold. I'm the mom who only minds a little when my baby is chewing on the shopping cart, I firmly beleive in the "5-second rule," and I think dirt is a good immunity booster.

My SIL's kids get baths twice a day, she never goes anywhere without hand sanitizer, her kids wash their hands everytime they have been outside, and she regularly sponges them down (even the 9-year-old) with baby wipes and washcloths.

I only really bug my kids about washing after the bathroom, when they stink (my son is getting stinky these days), or when I see visible dirt. They don't bathe or shower everyday, I know, gross - you are thinking it, but they do regularly.

My kids are rarely, rarely sick. On the contrary, SIL is pumping her kids so full of medicines, it's the family joke. Is it all dirt? Naw. She's a total hypochondriac, and she firmly believes that if a kid sneezes they need an antihistamine. OCD? Yeah, that too.

I think dirt is a good thing, but I hate filth in my house. I have tons of mess, but I hate it when things are gross! When I do clean (only when company is coming, of course ), I clean, baby!

[DCJenn]

We're all good with dirt, and pet dander, and pet fur and baths every few days.

Really, I can't get that worked up about anything other than washing hands before meals and after the potty...

I figure if he sticks to stuff it's time for a bath.

Jenn

[rainbabies]

When I change my kids diapers....I more often than not see long strands of dog and cat hair in the poop. It is a regular part of our diet. (the hair, not the poop.)

Im not OCD in my house, but out in public when they're touching stuff and then sucking on their hands...I have a fit. I LOVE HAND SANITIZER!

[Gwendolyn]

I figure if he sticks to stuff it's time for a bath.

Jenn

:@ Perfect philosophy!

When I change my kids diapers....I more often than not see long strands of dog and cat hair in the poop. It is a regular part of our diet. (the hair, not the poop.)

Eeew. TMI.

I agree w/jloreine's philosophy on when they need a bath. Mine go out all the time w/schmutz on their faces, etc. I figure: they're boys! If they can't be grimey, who can be??

[PrincessFiona]

Great stories! I love it! T. is going to tell me I cant visit the site anymore cause I read stories about the kiddos and it gets me on the kick of wanting to start a family sooner rather than later.... please keep the stories coming... Iam going to have to live off you guys for a while

hey...what could be better than a dog AND a baby with sharpie markers! :>

[PrincessFiona]

This thread cracks me up! I always say that with my first I sterilized things, with my second, I washed them off...and by baby #3 if it fell on the floor, I popped it in my own mouth to clean it off and then handed it to him. :> :! Little Miss Zoe will probably be driving herself to preschool!

kris

[Meenah]

Little Miss Zoe will probably be driving herself to preschool!

Kris that is very funny!!! You made me spit coffee on the keyboard.
Luanne

[PrincessFiona]

I hope it came off of your keyboard easier than the coffee that Jenn made me spill on my carpet. Thank goodness Thomas didn't notice the faint beige ring that still remains.



kris

Little Miss Zoe will probably be driving herself to preschool!

I alarm myself with how laid-back (or lazy) I was with #1 and #2 ... if I were at baby #5, he or she would probably have to hitch it to preschool.

[PrincessFiona]

I've always been amazed by moms that I've met who are so 'together' about things. I guess that's why having such a big family is less 'upsetting' to me...I really...REALLY...don't sweat the small stuff.

Poop ball found behind the toilet? Oh well....better have an oreo and then clean it up...

Child peed on the carpet...get the carpet spray.....

Kids all want to sleep in the same room in sleeping bags on the floor ala Peter Pan...Hey, at least they are sleeping, right!

I probably should sweat some of the stuff, but as long as they aren't cutting class to smoke behind the elementary school playground , they're treating each other and us with respect and seem happy...well... I'm happy. OK...not really...you guys know that I do have some parenting standards...I hope.

I have friends though that carry bleach wipes to clean toilets with before the kids use them, who plan meals with such nutritional precision that I am just quite frankly ashamed (You mean a Happy Meal doesn't fulfill all of the nutritional requirements for a healthy lunch :> ) and have their kids always dressed in the most fabulously ironed/matching outfits. I...am definitely a slacker mom when it comes to a lot of stuff.

kris

[PrincessFiona]

You thought it was just cute little doggies that could leave those surprises, eh? It's not nearly as bad as what Aidan left on the living room carpet for me last week. We're potty training and he had....diarrhea. TMI, I know. I might have to post this under Matt's thread .

This is something that dh would get hysterical about....he'd be running around screaming "OMG, how does something like that happen....get the bleach...who did this?"

Why NOT stop for an oreo on the way to the cleaning cabinet...the little ball isn't going anywhere. :>

kris