Comments on: Beef in the bowl is worth 2 in the hand http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html Because having one just wasn't enough Tue, 15 May 2012 18:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrea's Sweet Life http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19157 Andrea's Sweet Life Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:40:43 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19157 I think parenting is harder than I ever (ever) imagined it would be. I was *such* a good parent before I had kids. I had all the answers! Oh, and I've got my spaghetti sauce in the crock pot right now! I think parenting is harder than I ever (ever) imagined it would be. I was *such* a good parent before I had kids. I had all the answers!

Oh, and I’ve got my spaghetti sauce in the crock pot right now!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19156 Nancy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:39:14 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19156 If it were my house, the beef would have made a trajectory for my head as soon as it hit the table. My 2.5 YO has a great arm and apparently I am not that good of a cook. If it were my house, the beef would have made a trajectory for my head as soon as it hit the table. My 2.5 YO has a great arm and apparently I am not that good of a cook.

]]> By: Jack http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19155 Jack Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:15:50 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19155 Hear, hear for crockpots. Hear, hear for crockpots.

]]> By: Kate http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19154 Kate Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:36:27 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19154 Awwww. It ain't easy being the parent, that's for sure. I can SO identify with this - I have a 4 year daughter - that it actually made me have that sick feeling in the stomach that I get when I have to do the tough parenting thing. You know the one...the one you don't want to do but you HAVE to do that makes your baby cry. Awwww. It ain’t easy being the parent, that’s for sure. I can SO identify with this – I have a 4 year daughter – that it actually made me have that sick feeling in the stomach that I get when I have to do the tough parenting thing. You know the one…the one you don’t want to do but you HAVE to do that makes your baby cry.

]]> By: Grandmother http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19153 Grandmother Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:40:24 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19153 You have hearts of cast iron! You have hearts of cast iron!

]]> By: Deanna http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19152 Deanna Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:30:29 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19152 As we continually tell Ane, "That is dinner. There is nothing else. Eating your dinner is up to you, and you can choose not to. However, Mommy and Daddy can also choose to not give you dessert." It's amazing how often she chooses not to eat. But we caught her once dropping peas slowly on the floor to make it appear that she'd eaten them. It might have worked... if we had a dog and it would've eaten the evidence. Busted. As we continually tell Ane, “That is dinner. There is nothing else. Eating your dinner is up to you, and you can choose not to. However, Mommy and Daddy can also choose to not give you dessert.”

It’s amazing how often she chooses not to eat. But we caught her once dropping peas slowly on the floor to make it appear that she’d eaten them. It might have worked… if we had a dog and it would’ve eaten the evidence. Busted.

]]> By: Erica http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19151 Erica Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:26:05 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19151 Classis. We experience something similar with our 4 year old boy/girl twins almost every night Last night my son announced he didn't like what I made for dinner before he even looked in the pot! Classis. We experience something similar with our 4 year old boy/girl twins almost every night Last night my son announced he didn’t like what I made for dinner before he even looked in the pot!

]]> By: Busy Mom http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19150 Busy Mom Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:19:11 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19150 I realize this is a tangent, but that's exactly what we had for dinner, too. I realize this is a tangent, but that’s exactly what we had for dinner, too.

]]> By: Elisa http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19149 Elisa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:58:49 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19149 Now, first things first: I LOVE my crockpot. I brought it over from the US and haven't been able to use it until now because the converter was busted and we had to wait until the new fuses arrived. I have been missing my beloved crockpot. That said: parenting is such a weird thing. It gets harder and easier at the same time as time goes by. You learn to master old challenges, but have new challenges to face. And it's lovely and scary at the same time to feel you have to power, through your actions and the example you set, to shape another person. Or two :-) Now, first things first: I LOVE my crockpot. I brought it over from the US and haven’t been able to use it until now because the converter was busted and we had to wait until the new fuses arrived. I have been missing my beloved crockpot.

That said: parenting is such a weird thing. It gets harder and easier at the same time as time goes by. You learn to master old challenges, but have new challenges to face. And it’s lovely and scary at the same time to feel you have to power, through your actions and the example you set, to shape another person. Or two :-)

]]> By: Kellee http://www.childsplayx2.com/2009/12/beef-in-the-bowl-is-worth-2-in-the-hand.html/comment-page-1#comment-19148 Kellee Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:47:23 +0000 http://www.childsplayx2.com/?p=1058#comment-19148 I have to say, when I saw the title... I was like... "I don't know if I want to read about the meat in his hands." Needless to say, I'm relieved about the actual subject matter. I know you want to teach him to not be deceitful, and of course that is important, but damn it if I don't just love some of the things kids try to get away with. LOVE it. :) I have to say, when I saw the title… I was like… “I don’t know if I want to read about the meat in his hands.” Needless to say, I’m relieved about the actual subject matter. I know you want to teach him to not be deceitful, and of course that is important, but damn it if I don’t just love some of the things kids try to get away with. LOVE it. :)

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