tinkle, tinkle
When my children were very small and learning to use the potty, I made up a song to sing to them. Sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, these are the words:
Tinkle, tinkle
little pee
how I wonder
where you’ll bein a diaper or
on the pot
outside or
maybe nottinkle, tinkle
little pee
how I wonder
where you’ll be
It might seem silly, but that is the whole point. Silliness can be a saving grace to parents who are tasked with jobs of such enormous responsibility. What silly things do you (or did you) do as a parent?
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Well written…. gonna ask my sister to use it, for my nieces.
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Awesome!
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That is adorable! My Little Man had a lot of trouble trying to give up his binky, and it was time to, but I didn’t want to have a power struggle over it. He has always been uber compassionate. So, one day I suggested to him that we send all of his binkies (he must have had a dozen in various spots around the house) to children across the world who weren’t lucky enough to have binkies. He collected them all and we put them in a little box that he decorated. He was sad about giving them up for a couple of days, but he felt good about the thought of giving something to other kids. Deceptive, I realize, but instead of feeling resentful or disempowered, he got to feel like he did something special for other kids, while also protecting his teeth.
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Both my boys refused to ever take a pacifier when they were babies. I don’t know why. I offered them.
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Reblogged this on fenneblogin.
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Very good. For the boy, I used to float cheerio targets. The girl was so much smarter. She chose dry over wet and was really young when she decided not to do diaper anymore.
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My kids used the potty very young, too, thank goodness. 🙂
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Fabulous little poem. I’ve lost track of all the silly things we have done over the years, the list is far too long.
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Yes, indeed.
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Cute! I’m not a parent. I’m letting everyone know that every Saturday I will be sending a message to let everyone know what’s going on with my blog. This last week was mostly photos, a short story, and mostly a bunch of short articles. Next week I’m working on some great new exciting photos and many articles on health, business, other short stories and many other things. You’re a great writer and I enjoy reading what you have to say. Your stories always cheer me up. Thank you for sharing them.
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I’m glad you feel that way. I hope you have a great week!
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Thank you. You have a great week too!
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That is so cute!! I still have one kid in diapers, I will for sure use this song with him!!
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😀
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Great blog entry.
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🙂
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I sang my last baby the ¨Five Little Speckled Frogs¨ song while she was on the potty. She loved it.
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😀
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When my son was little I would exercise on my back with my legs up and he’d put his tummy on my feet and I’d lift him up like he was flying on my feet. Then He’d lay on the front of my lower legs and I’d lift him up and down and say: Wooshybar with each lift. I have no idea where that word came from, but he loved it, til he just got to big and I couldn’t lift him.
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Aww, yeah. My kids are too big for that now, too. 🙂
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To help make breakfast more exciting I told my little boy (he’s now 7) that the cereal was food for whichever animal was on the front. So there was dragon food and tiger food etc. Regretted it so much when the kids were asked in nursery what they had for breakfast and he replied ‘dog food’ – oops!
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LOL – dog food – every kid’s favorite!
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My husband always wakes up our boys, 7 and 5, by turning on the light and singing “Rise and shine, cupcakes!”
They act like they hate it, but they get up!;)
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Oh, that’s sweet!
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Silly is a great option! It relaxes kids and takes the fear away! 🙂
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And parents too. Parents really need help to relax. 🙂
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I read my daughter the “ming ming fairy” story, printed from the internet, then lay her pacifiers on the window sill for the ming ming fairy to take them for all the new babies who need them.
It worked like a charm. I owe all my happiness to whomever wrote that story!
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Nice! My babies would never take a pacifier, either one of them – I don’t know why!
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Well, over 20 yrs ago when my daughter was just a tot, she, like many other children would say there was a monster in the room. I filled an old bottle of hairspray with water, slapped on a label marked, Monster Be Gone, and she would laugh and laugh watching me spray the room to get rid of the monsters.
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I did that, too! 🙂
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:_D
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Lol it’s silly but cute ^_^
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🙂
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Here’s a silly thing one ought NOT to do. I used to call to my little ones, “It’s beating up time!!” and they would run for some fun and wrestling. The irony of the name of the game was lost to them, of course. What it meant was Mom had a free moment to get the wigglies out, and we would all laugh and roll around on the floor, they trying to tickle and pin me down in a wrestling hold.
It was all fun and games until my four year old asked me in front of her pre-school teacher, “Mom is it beating up time?” I instantly regretted the unfortunate name for that activity.
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Whoops! 🙂
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Infectious 🙂
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We still find ourselves singing that little song sometimes, even though my boys are years past the potty learning stage.
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;>) On the same note, thought you might enjoy this brief “potty adventure” post about my daughter. http://mitchteemley.com/2014/10/02/309/
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I already liked it. 😀
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This is a great idea, and if it works, go for it. 🙂
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I had other one’s too, that weren’t about pee. 😀
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Sound’s stinky!! 🌯
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That’s not what I meant!
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ooops, apologies. 😦
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We had waking up songs and good night songs… that kind of thing. 🙂
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