Listen av tilgjengelige babynavn blir så mye større når man begynner å åpne opp for navn som Fido og Lassie!
Posted by Adrenalynn on mai 15, 2009
Da jeg ble mor for første gang spurte en venn meg hvordan det var å ha baby. “Å, det er akkurat som å ha et kjæledyr,” sa jeg nonchalant. Hun knakk umiddelbart sammen i latter og sa at jeg snart ville spise i meg hvert ord.
Den babyen er nå tre år gammel og hans ett år gamle bror blir mindre og mindre lik et kjæledyr og mer og mer lik en naturkatastrofe hver eneste dag, men jeg står fremdeles ved mine ord: å ha en baby er akkurat det samme som å ha en hund. (Og alt blir mye kulere og viktigere i kursiv.)
For dere skeptikere der ute har jeg tatt meg den frihet å sette opp en praktisk, lettlest liste:
1. De sikler overdrevent mye. Er det noen forskjell på det å være gjennomvåt av babysikkel eller hundesikkel? Tror ikke det.
2. De spiser fra gulvet. Eew, ekkelt. Jeg burde kanskje overveie å støvsuge en dag.
3. De tygger på skoene dine. Helst de fine og skjøre.
4. De tigger ved bordet. Og treåringen min mater den han.
5. De kan ikke si et eneste ord forståelig for mennesker. “Voff!” og “Dada!” gir akkurat like mye mening.
6. De har en unaturlig tiltrekning til toaletter. Ungen min prøver å klatre oppi toalettet flere ganger om dagen, noe som begynner å bli litt irriterende. Hvem i alle dager har tid til å skrubbe den greia hver måned?! Herlighet.
7. De spiser papir. Det å grave en håndfull med halvtygget papir ut av en babys munn er ingen spøk. De tennene er skarpe! Men det er også veldig greit for å komme seg ut av å ikke nå en deadline. Det er ingen grunn til at “Babyen spiste hjemmeleksen min” ikke skulle fungere knallbra.
8. De klorer deg. Jeg har kloremerker over hele overkroppen etter de latterlig skrape neglene til ungen. Kan man trekke ut klørne på en baby?
9. Du må gå tur med dem hele tiden. Hvem visste at babyer digger å være utendørs?
10. De blir skikkelig fornærmet hvis du går uten dem. Og det hjelper ingenting å legge igjen mat.
I rest my case.
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Jarle said,
Tell me about it… Still, a complaining dog could easily be stowed away in the garage.
x said,
I guess that means I’m kinda sorta pregnant with my first child then cuz Jake and I are on the verge of getting our first pet. I’m changing my Facebook status to “expecting.”
xs last blog post..Jake’s Manhood is on Probation
Adrenalynn said,
Um, you mean you don’t do that with your kid…?
Adrenalynn said,
Congratulations! You must be so happy! And now you have an excuse for eating for two.
My Life Thinking said,
Oh my God, I love this
Good to know such things about kids!
My Life Thinkings last blog post..Is it Really Hard for a Man to Live Alone?
Kristin said,
Have you been having problems with your site? This is the first time I could access it in a few days. : ( Seriously, what is with kids and toilets?
Mikes@Your Daily Word said,
nice and funny information you have!
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Vered - MomGrind said,
Hehehe I never thought about it but I think you’re right!
Adrenalynn said,
I aim to educate the masses! Thanks
Adrenalynn said,
Yes, the site’s pretty much been down for a couple of days, and I haven’t been able to figure out why! I’m thinking Google, but I’m not sure. Thanks for coming back and trying, though
I really love your site!
Adrenalynn said,
Thank you so much!
Adrenalynn said,
Phew, I’m glad you agree- at least my kids aren’t the only ones! Thanks for stumbling!
keekaboo said,
Rart det der med at doen er så interessant. Vi har hittil måttet fiske opp en telefon og et smykke etter at det har blitt slengt nedi der av vår minste. (Største er altfor fornuftig til å gjøre sånt!) Lurer på hva som blir det neste han kaster nedi der…
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Adrenalynn said,
I know! Jeg har fisket opp mer enn en bil, for å si det sånn… Og det er jammen ikke alltid jeg har rukket å spylt ned. Lar det være med det.
keekaboo said,
smykket var i en uspylt. deilig start på dagen…
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Neri said,
I want those white shoes…nay, I NEED them!! Brand? Store? How unhappy will I be when you tell me how impossible it will be to get some?
Adrenalynn said,
I bought them fom an eBay store along with another pair of delicious heels that are impossible to walk in. I’ll see if I can find the exact store for you, but I basically did a search for heels in eBay stores. And a million beauties appeared… how are we supposed to choose?
nadja said,
haha. mye å glede seg til, skjønner jeg.
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Tara@Sticky Fingers said,
Hilarious Adenalynn, just hilarious. And so true.
You missed off, you can walk them around on a lead. Or is that just me?
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Adrenalynn said,
Oh, why didn’t I think of that? Can you believe I haven’t read about this in a single parenting book? You and I should totally write one.
Adrenalynn said,
Å ja! Endeløs moro!
Deji D said,
Hmmm I could really get used to your blog. Lol @ the comparisms
Silje said,
Eg har vurdert å begynne med baby-produksjonen eller om vi rett og slett berre skal ta å kjøpa oss ein hund, men etter dette innlegget blir nok alle planer lagt bort på ubestemt tid.
Adrenalynn said,
Haha
Så glad jeg er for å kunne opplyse massene! Eller deg, alt etter som. Du har vel egentlig nok med Daniel…?
Adrenalynn said,
Thanks! Glad I amuse you
Kikolani said,
I have thought about that comparison since I got my puppy last October. The only difference is you can’t throw your pillow over your head and ignore your baby when it is whining about something, or leave it for several hours at a time without a bathroom/diaper change break. The rest that you listed though, sounds about right!
~ Kristi
Kikolanis last blog post..Kikolani – The First Year
Adrenalynn said,
Good point! Too bad babies aren’t as quick to potty train as puppies are!
Jannie Funster said,
I biggered your closet (’cause I’m nosey like that,) and am ‘way impressed by your radical shoes, the boots especially – what’s that? brass heels? Too cool.
Thanks for popping over to Funstertown, via Lance’s!
Jannie Funsters last blog post..Bord on a wire, 9 & 10 1/2
Adrenalynn said,
Hey, my closet is your closet. As long as you don’t actually put on any of my shoes, though. Or open the one with all my mess. Ok, fine, who am I kidding? The three closets with all my mess. Happy?
Those heels are made of some… rubbery, yet hard substance that confuses me. But they’re bouncy! See, they’re Nike, and you know how crazy those child laborers are!
Kim Woodbridge said,
LOL – We put hook locks on the outside of the bathroom door to keep my daughter out when she was a baby. She’s almost 7 now so I don’t need to lock her out of the bathroom but the hook lock is still there. Visitors often wonder why the lock is on the OUTSIDE of the door
Kim Woodbridges last blog post..How to Edit and Delete Facebook Applications
Adrenalynn said,
AWESOME! I recently read another blogger’s story about how she sawed off the top half of the doors to her children’s rooms so they couldn’t come out when they were supposed to be napping. She wanted to be able to lock the doors without actually locking them in…
I also love how you STILL haven’t removed the lock. You are truly a woman after my own heart!
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