Happy Halloween everyone. Bringing back some original questions as asked on my blog back in June. And, I have a few on boogers, perfect timing!
Is it normal to feel like running away when you’re a SAHM? Maybe one day a month I feel this way. Totally normal. It’s hard to be NEEDED 24/7, 365 days a year. It takes a lot from you, from your core. Don’t get me wrong, I would never change my lifestyle. I’ve always gotten plenty of emotional deposits from choosing to stay home with my kids. But, on occasion, the desire to do something else for a day, a few hours is there.
What do you do for fun? Well blogging is fun. Hubs and I go to the movies. I spend time with my girlfriends (movies, dinner, Bunco, playdates, coffee). I play Bingo sometimes and it’s fun when you win.
How do I get my 2 year old boy to stop hitting at random? Time outs are not working...I have a friend that has a ‘biter’ and she’s tried biting her child back to show them it hurts. I’m not sure I’d do this or try it by ‘hiting’ back…but I’d definately use my words to convey that hitting is not okay and it HURTS. How about having them hit something like a pillow if they feel that urge.
How do you get rid of an annoying habit that you have? Well…I have an annoying habit of biting my nails, and the skin around them. If I was adamant about ridding myself of this, I’d dip my fingertips in an unpleasant solution so that if they made contact with my mouth, disaster would ensue. If I had say a TIC where i’d cuss everytime I got in an uncomfortable situation, I’d probably contact a real therapist and search for the answers.
Why are boogers salty? It must be a chemical reaction in your body when you excrete fluids..like your sweat is salty, tears are salty…You nostrils excrete salty mucous.
Can each day have 48 hours instead of 24? I just don’t have enough time to accomplish what I need to! Help!I suggest you stop sleeping all together…you can sleep when you’re dead. Totally kidding, I just read that somewhere. Anyway, make a list of “MUST-DO’s” for your day…no more than 5. Order them by priority, check off as you accomplish. Reassess at the end of the week. If you are still not getting your things done, re-examine your schedule.
Getting motivated to get in shape is never my problem. It’s STAYING motivated that’s hard. Any suggestions? I hear ya on this one. I know you can only be accountable for yourself if you truly want to make a change, but enlist a friend and do it together, it would be twice as fun and possibly keep you on track.
Our daughters are about the same age. Mine will be 10 in August, and holy moly…wow! One minute she is an absolute sweetheart, and the next a bundle of hormones. Can you commiserate? YES! I thought I was moody…MAN! She can play the role of Two-Face in the next Batman movie. It’s a stage, it too shall pass but be replaced with another even more challenging one. Can’t wait…:S
Why, around 40, did my boobs start migrating to the land beneath my arms??? AND, do you know of any retail item that will retrieve the boobs and put them in their rightful place? Fly south did they? Yeah, I feel your pain. Hubby helped me out on this one. Two words, duct tape.
Ok, I am so ashamed of this…I have a 14 month old, and a 26 month old…neither of which I can get off the bottle. I feel like such a failure, but as long as the baby was using a bottle, the toddler wanted one, and he would steal them and throw fits, and I am weak, so I gave in. Now, I want them both off the bottle, but it just seems impossible. How can I accomplish this on my own since my hubby works all the time and still keep my sanity? If Suri Cruise can do it, so can your kids. No really, it depends on the fish you want to fry. If your kids are happy and healthy and don’t have bad teeth….it’s not the end of the world. K still has hers. My older two made it to Kindergarten not taking the bottle. Offer the cup, offer, offer, offer, but don’t stress.
How do I get my daughter to stop eating her boogers? It’s seriously makes me wanna puke. Sounds like she’s deficient in the salt-goo-mineral category. Offer her a sour gummy worm when you see those little fingers heading from nose to mouth. If it were my little 2 year old I would tell her, “boogies are yucky, wipe them on a tissue, or your brother.” that probably won’t help at all, though. I told you, I’m not licensed for this job.
Need to know MORE about boogers, or any other bodily…..um burning questions, write to me at themomjen[at]gmail[dot]com and also check out my blog, Cheaper Than Therapy–Musings of a Mom of 3.
I love the idea to offer sour gummy worms – I’ll have to remember that one.
Jen you crack me up.
My son made me coin the phrase NO BOOGER SLEEVE! You know when they’re too lazy to get a tissue they do the long swipe across the sleeve, over and over??! YUCK, poor kid though has terrible allergies year round too!
Dude, that’s a whole lot of boogers to consume in one post!
Baby M still has to have his milk in a bottle, baby steps. I refuse to offer juice in bottles, so i figure he can have his bottle at nap and bed time… mama needs her sanity!
Great questions and answers this week!
its jens fault. I read this and knew i had to write it.
There’s a total booger theme going on here. I’m sick just at the thought of it.
Great read again this week!
Trish – I was totally thinking the same thing! YUCK!
My mom (a third grade teacher) has coined the phrase, “Nothing up your nose unless it’s wearing clothes.” Her meaning of course was to use a tissue but my children took that as a reason to wipe their noses on their sleeve. Oh well, laundry is easier than a terribly embarassing social situation at the country club with my mother in law, right?
ok, who knows that boogers are salty? That part grosses me out