Comments | ahavah: Top 10 Tips for New Parents

ahavah

Top 10 Tips for New Parents

Jan 14, 2009 15:16

This is certainly not my definitive list, because my girls are still only three and five-and-a-half. Still, it's occurred to me that there are some good rules that experience has taught me, but which none of the moms or grandmas or magazine articles in my life thought to share. So here are my greatest words of wisdom to new parents ( Read more... )

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dodging_fate January 14 2009, 21:20:34 UTC

VERY good tips! The TP one made me LOL because it's sooooo true!!!!

dodging_fate January 14 2009, 21:21:28 UTC

oh, and if you birth monkeys rather than children, there IS no safe place for sugar or sharpies, simply eliminate them from your life. My dad laughs at me because I'm in the habit of buying one to mark what I need then immediately handing it over to him to remove from my home, heh!

ahavah January 14 2009, 21:24:10 UTC

The TP one is the one that got me thinking of this topic. I do it so often, and so much angst could have been avoided if only I'd been warned. lol Ivy does have a habit of climbing on top of the refrigerator, but she can only do that at Tina's house.

dodging_fate January 14 2009, 21:27:36 UTC

Anna scales the pantry shelves... 10 feet up, in the back of a deep shelf, nothing is safe! Damn my dad for making the shelves so sturdy, lol!

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merenda January 15 2009, 03:20:26 UTC

> It's okay to drop them. You'll feel really bad about it,
> but, secretly, everyone does it.

You have NO IDEA how hard I laughed when I read this. :)

ahavah January 15 2009, 03:33:36 UTC

:D

It's all truth.

inanmak January 16 2009, 00:34:12 UTC

Amen, Sistah!

and...
"6. Be vigilant. Only allow them to hear words that you are totally okay with them screaming in a grocery store."

I wish more parents would think about that one. I live near an elementary school and I really get disillusioned about the future of the planet when I hear 7 year olds using language that would make sailors blush. What's worse is they use it correctly *sigh*

You're such a good Mum :)

ahavah January 16 2009, 00:37:16 UTC

Well I'm really glad you think so, but I can't say I always follow these rules. Ivy's a little potty-mouth. That's where I got that rule. She's thrown out some things I never even realized she heard. I've gotten it mostly under control though. Mostly. *knocks on wood*