Comments on: Real Gents

By: AndreaS

AndreaS — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:48:50 +0000

Good thing your daughter showed up when she did! I would have probably been a basket case. There are few substances that really send me over the edge. I’m having flashbacks of toilet training and shuddering. Glad everything worked out well!

By: Joeymom

Joeymom — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:45:40 +0000

Between my own children’s new desire for sodium chloride and the phrase you’ve mentioned, “You’ve got mail!” um… has there been Blue’s Clues exposure? Because my boys have taken to seizing salt shakers, proclaiming them “Mr. Salt!” and then attempting to dump the contents into their open mouths. Ack!

By: Julie L.

Julie L. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:07:35 +0000

Lucky you that the cavalry arrived just in the nick of time. Having no cavalry around would have made for a very difficult situation to figure out. I might have pressed my luck and grayed my hair a little more in the process (and perhaps dirtied my hands!) or I might have called and prayed for the understanding of the other parent. That’s a tough one indeed. Kudos to the bum watcher!

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:23:06 +0000

Motherhood…whew. Mine is dealing with his friends next door moving away today….less messy for sure! (Though now that he knows someone who is divorcing and apparently never thought of it before he has something to add to his worries.)

By: She

She — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:50:27 +0000

Whew! Glad your daughter saved the day on that one!

By: Tanya Savko

Tanya Savko — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:19:08 +0000

That’s a tough one! Reminds me of the time my then-3-year-old split his chin open requiring a trip to the doctor’s, and I had to bring along my autistic 5-year-old. It is impossible to hold two flailing, screaming children when one of them is getting stitches!

Three cheers for your daughter for arriving when she did and helping out!

By: bonnie

bonnie — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:34:51 +0000

all I have to say better you found out at home than on the way there! UGH! We had a devastating vomiting incident in my company car about 2 weeks ago, and it wasn’t pretty! Thank goodness your daughter came home, but I think you did the right thing not taking him out (God only knows how awful he felt). I supposed you could have requested a sleep over if necessary!

So, would you say raisins in bulk could help if one is constipated?

By: Leanne

Leanne — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:31:12 +0000

Wow, I was worrying there for a moment. So glad your daughter came in at the right time. I probably (depending on the age of the child) would have *gasp* left the mess in the bathroom, jammed him into a pull-up, and driven over to pick the play date child up. But then, I make wrong choices all the time.

We’ve had similar problems with chocolate consumption.

By: kristina

kristina — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:49:24 +0000

raisins and salt…….. once Charlie helped himself to an entire jar of pickles, with similar results as you describe. Small bathrooms have the great advantage of less to clean!

Thanks heavens your reinforcement appeared!

By: bad mommy

bad mommy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:47:20 +0000

Ok, does it make me a bad person that I laughed, and didn’t stop laughing, the moment you said that somebody had clandestinely eaten a pound of raisins? I already suspected that said person would remain anonymous for only so long. . . . .

We have a certain amount of experience with fructose overload around here, sadly. I hope that you have some cleaning service on speed dial, and that consumptions will all even out soon.

As for the parent trap you describe, I would have been on the phone saying that we’d had a little accident, and couldn’t get out of the house. I would have given the other parent a choice: I can either be there in about an hour when I get this disaster cleaned up, or you can bring her home. Which is less disruptive for you? And, given that they are also parents, I’d figure that they could understand the situation was not my fault.