I Never Thought I Would...

[Jordan]

I thought it would be fun if people could thing of something(s) that they never thought they would do, as parents, but find themselves saying or doing. For instance I hear a lot of people who say they won't let their kids watch TV, but then end up allowing it.

Mine is terrible. Really awful!

Are you ready?



I coordinate my daughter and my outfits. Not matching, let's get that straight. Just coordinating. For instance we'll both wear summer dresses, or we'll wear brown tones, or we'll have braids in our hair. I try not to make it obvious.

What are some of your “I never thought I woulds”?

[Kent]

I never thought would remember the words to the Tigger song, but I do.

"Oooooohhhh, the wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs...."

[Angel Christine]

I never thought I would be over-protective. Growing up, my mother was extremely suffocating. I mean she was a terrible mother and would not let me out of her site (unfortunately all she did was insult me and put me down so it was a horrific existence.... I disgress).

Anyway, I always thought that I wouldn't be over-protective and I would give my kid the room to spread her wings, etc. etc. etc.

All that changed when I had my little one. I can't stand the thought of anything happening to my little girl. So, yes, I'm obsessive about her protection. For example, I felt sick to my stomach the other day because my daughter rode the bus home for the first time. I was terrified that she would get on the wrong bus, get off at the wrong stop and then be hit by a car, etc. So, I sat at the bus stop for what seemed like an eternity wondering why the bus was running so late (I'd never waited before and didn't know how long it should take) or what if it got there and she wasn't on it? Who to call first, police, bus transportation..... see how crazy I get over my kid's safety??????

In my defense, I try really hard to let her be independent, while I watch from a safe distance.

So, there it is..... never thought I would be over-protective, but I darn sure am. I'd rather be that way than have something horrible happen to her.

BTW, my daughter and I match our clothes (type and colors) up all the time. We don't look like twinkies or anything, but we think it's pretty cool. She's always telling me she wants to be like me, so we dress alike..... LOL

Angel

[Jordan]

seriously.

i planned on reversing that whole indoctrination, but now I have my daugher in dresses and my son shooting guns. I'm horrible.

[Angel Christine]

LOL, that's a great one! I tried to avoid it myself, BUT it's very difficult to find anything un-pink before about 3 years old! Now my daughter HATES pink (she's 7) and I have to pat myself on the back for that one (no offense to pink lovers....it's just too girly for this grown tom-boy).....LOL
Angel

[Jen]

I also was not a real fan of pink although my ex mother-in-law somehow always managed to buy pink outfits. I think she secretly just wanted to make me cringe. Luckily my daughters pink phase wasn’t too long and her favorite color is purple (woo hoo!). On a side note, I never thought I would EVER buy a My Little Pony for my kid. Funny how these things seem to recycle themselves.

[Jordan]

Oh man. There's someone who buys my daughter clothes I don't usually dress her in. The worst was a brown velour track suit with pink cheetah print.

[Jordan]

We avoid pink pretty well. Clementine loves yellow. She always has.

[Heather]

I completely agree with you, I have been dressing her in pink but there isn't much else, though now that she is getting into 2 and 3T sizes it's starting to get better. OOhhh I hope she hates Pink when she's older too! LOL

[Apples]

OMG I refused to tell people she was a girl when I was pregnant because I didn't want the pink stuff... Guess what her favorite color is btw!! Yep PINK!

[Sharon]

I really like pink, for myself and my girl, just a personal preference, but I have had some friends who showed their disapproval in my color choice as though I was seriously damaging her by having her in pink, so anyways we are unpopularly pink :)

[Apples]

bahahahahhahha its not damaging... LMAO people are silly....

[Hope]

I always knew I would be an over-protective mom. My boys get so angry when I ask questions, but as a mom of 3 boys ..one being a teenager you gotta ask questions.
My thing is embarrassing them in front of their friends ..especially the girls,lol. I always said I would never embarass them, but it's so cute to see them blush. Like when I drop them off for school and I kiss them in front of all their friends. My boys are such momma's boys,lol.