Reason #8 – I call my child “this”
Reason #8 – I call my child “this”
May 28(I actually call him lots of other things, but I’ll save them for a different post.)
If you ever see me carrying C plus groceries, a diaper bag, a folded stroller, a potted plant and some takeaway (this happens more often than I’d care to admit,) you may feel like topping up your Karma account by offering to lend me a hand. I will smile brightly and say “So kind of you! Thanks a bunch! Could you hold ‘this’ for me?”
And then I won’t hand you the plant, the stroller, the bag, the shopping or the curry.
I will hand you the boy.
I’m sure “this” will come up when he starts going to therapy in a few years.
“This” is adorable!! Just like Sarah, I call mine the boy and the girl… The girl will be off to college this fall. I will miss the girl! Enjoy “this”, the time flies…sigh!
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ofthesea Reply:
July 13th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
I read the other day: “the days are long but the years are short.” is my boy really about to turn 2? College is just around the corner!!
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This is so funny! I refer to my son as “the boy”. At 15 he now towers over me, but he will always be “the boy”! ;)
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ofthesea Reply:
November 18th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I think C will tower over me by the time he’s 10. We should get some bets going!
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Oh God, I say that all the time! Twin 21 month olds and 6 month old, you bet there are days when they are all just “this” to me! (My mother thinks I’m awful, because “they’re people.”)
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ofthesea Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Suggested reply: “They’re not people until they can buy me a drink!”
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This is hilarious, because I have done it too! The first time, I was in walmart with my oldest daughter and my cousin. I needed to get into my pocket for my bank card, and I was in a hurry so I just turned to my cousin and said, “Here, hold this,” and handed her my baby! We laughed and laughed. Now it is like an ongoing joke between us.
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ofthesea Reply:
August 9th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
It’s not like they will understand or remember! No harm done… yet! ;)
And yeah, it is also a running joke with my sister!
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