Tales of Parental Woe: Share your stories here.

[lady_yaki]

Man baby powder is messy stuff! i used too much by accident! and alex looked like a powdered dougnut.  

[Rena-kit]

Better too much powder than chafing because there was too little. Smoothing powder on really sooths their little bottoms. Just remember to use either powder or paste/cream. Never both at once. Using both creates a gunky, sticky paste.  

[lady_yaki]

yeah i gigured that out after my mom in law did it. i put some butt paste on him and was about to finish putting the diaper on when she shoves me out of the way and dumps powder on him. she acts like im a bad mother. i hate it.  

[Rena-kit]

I've got lot's of those papers, they sent one home with us every checkup. smile
E.R. s and doctors offices *do* make baby's sick. That's why I always choose a pediatric practice with separate waiting rooms for sick and well children and never, ever touch the magazines in the grown up doctors waiting room. That's where all the germs live...  

[lady_yaki]

well my baby hasnt been sick yet. i'll probally go crazy when he gets sick the first time.  

[Rena-kit]

You really go nuts when they're grumpy at you while refusing to be put down. Mine spends the day fussing at me, pulling my hair when I hold her and crying when I put her down... She's still teething. (Sometimes the medicine helps but she still cries/fusses when I put her down and tell her she can walk on her own.) Blargh... I asked my husband if we could *rent* her to gypsies for a few hours. crying  

[lady_yaki]

i see. well today i decided alex is gunna wear all his clothes that fit, so i can tell everyone he has atleast worn thier outfit at least once. that way no one feels insulted i didnt have my son wear thier outfit. xd and ill take a picture of every outfit so i have preoof and more baby pics to enjoy when hes older. and when hes a teen i have some stuff to embarass him with! its my right as a mom!  

[lady_yaki]

alex didnt like me changing him so much. i got like 2 outfits before he began to scream. and he woke up grandma and she came in my bedroom and saw what i was doing and had a royal hissy git about it. im sick of being yelled at in chinese. I DONT KNOW WHAT SHES SAYING!!!  

[Rena-kit]

Unless your hubby is willing to tell his Mom off for insulting you there's not much you can do about it. As to the clothes thing, I'd stop at one outfit per gifter and only one pic per day. You might make Alex's muscles sore by jostling him too much, or chafe his skin with the clothing seams.
Mommy Rule #1: Baby's comfort comes first. Your gifters can make due with a thank you note. xp  

[lady_yaki]

he gets 2 clothes changes a day. once in the morning to get him into day clothes, and then into his p-j's

more if his diaper leaks  

[Rena-kit]

I think I've spoiled my Tot. sad I went to get my hubby some tea and closed the kitchen door behind me. Katie followed me to the door and instead of knocking (she usually bangs on the door) she burst into I'm-gonna-get-my-way tears with tragic shrieks of woe as her soundtrack. I put down the tea and dropped her in her crib for time-out. She didn't stop crying until 30 minutes later when my hubby pulled her out. Now she's napping in my lap. heart stressed  

[lady_yaki]

My niece is a huge spoiled brat. Shes almost 2. I went to her moms house whos my sister to help her pack her stuff since they were moving. Anyways my sis and her hubby say we need to go to the store , can you watch april for a lil bit? i agree to. i get a can of pop, and april decides she wants it. i told her no. a 2 year old dont need pop. i get her some milk. she throws her sippy cup on the floor. then she throws herself on the floor and screams and screams. shed stop every 2 minutes to see if i was gunna give her my pop. which i wasnt going to. she screamed for an hour. i wasnt giving in to stop her crying. then she finally figured out crying wasnt getting her pop. anyways i relized my sister had been gone a long time. and she didnt come back till the next ####### day. and i had called and called her to figure out when she was comming back. but my sister wouldnt answer her cell phone. so when she does come back im angry and demanded to know what the @@@@ she and mike were doing to keep her from answering her phone and why she and he were gone for 24 hours. she and mike went shopping in a town an hour away with friends and stayed the night with them. and she also didnt think it was a big deal. then i told her off for that followed by aprils temper tantrom because i wouldnt give her pop. and amy is all like why didnt you? i give her pop all the time so she doesnt have a fit like that. and thats why shes spoiled.