Advice to the Parents-to-Be

[Coolwater]

Everybody has advice for new parents. What advice were you given that has stood the test of time?

Here's what we've learned:

Start saving and investing money for college NOW.

[brilliant!MacLeod]

Never threaten your child with a consequence or punishment you are not really willing to exercise!
Never give a promise you don´t intend to keep.
Give your child the chance to "outwit" you in small things so they let you "outwit" them in bigger things.

[Vernon Gaunt]

There's only one way to bring up a child! Ask Doris Day! K Sera Sera! Nuf said.

[appeace]

Pick your battles! Dont sweat the small stuff and keep a big jar of humor handy!:D;)

[BlackCloud]

Pick your battles! Dont sweat the small stuff and keep a big jar of humor handy!:D;)

Hi guys, I'm back in town and while I was just starting my pc, my daughter called me - exhausted - that my little granddaughter had cut her hair and that she lookes terrible, and how wonderful her hair had looked befor - and, and, and,. yes and she asked me to tell the child, how sad I was. Da..ed, I'm not sad, I am lauging my ... off! and I remember my daughter herself with the sissors in her hand with a very extraordinary hairstyle!
Thank god, our grandchildren are revenging us!!:D
Adrian and Alex, have a big portion of humour - this, with a heart full of love - that will bring you over the years without going nuts, and you will turn back one day and ask, where the years have gone.

[Coolwater]

Did your daughter finally smile? I hope she has has a clever hairdresser who can minimize the damage!:D

[BlackCloud]

Did your daughter finally smile? I hope she has has a clever hairdresser who can minimize the damage!:D

Ha ha, Cool, yes that's the problem: most of our hairdressers are on vacation mondays so the kid has to go to Kindergarten with her very individualistic style *GG* (bad grandma is still laughing). I do hope, my son in law and his mother don't make a drama on that (unfortunately they are supposed to ...;)
when that happend with my children, I was the family's hairdresser:rolleyes:
Have a nice day:)

[appeace]

BWaaaaaa! Yup, I can remember both mine doing the same thing---more than once!:D
My family barber finally had to threaten my son with being shaved bald to get him to stop cutting a, down to the scalp, plug out of his bangs!--Ackkkkk:D

[brilliant!MacLeod]

My daughter never cut her hair - she didn´t have many when she was small!!(LOL).But she was very inventive referring to "bodylotions":
once she made one of her applesauce(mhm,delicious) and once of a peace of butter while we were baking cookies.We were missing half a pound of butter and coudn´t go on .So after looking around we found her rubbing half of the butter into my friends new carpet(OhOh!) and the other half onto her face!!!
But the best idea she ever had was using daddy´s oil colours as body paint!!She and her little friend Max had turned into green frogs and even special cleansing lotion couldn´t do anything about it!!!So they had to go to kindergarten frog green!!!It was so funny!!!-for us,not for them!;)

[Coolwater]

Oh, brilliant, that's funny! What a rascal!

[BlackCloud]

ROFL, appeace
aren't they just sweet! (when you survive the first shock - and do never show them, how amused you are, even if you are just exploding!!:D)
All my four rascals (3 boys and a girl), born 80, 82, 83 and 84 did not only cut their hair, but everything, that unfortunately was laying in their way.:D

Ach, brilliant! I know those situations! did you feel like you had to scrawl under this carpet of your friend's? *LOL* My oldest boy was keen on powder - you can spread it very well over a flat!!!
Unfortunately/thank-god (haven't decided yet:D) those times are gone!

[appeace]

Bwaaaaa, BlackCloud! Yup, thats my grandson's fav game! Grab the powder bottle and the faster I chase him to get it back---the faster he shakes the powder:eek:

All over him, the furniture, the floor, the dogs--------:rolleyes:

[BlackCloud]

Bwaaaaa, BlackCloud! Yup, thats my grandson's fav game! Grab the powder bottle and the faster I chase him to get it back---the faster he shakes the powder:eek:

All over him, the furniture, the floor, the dogs--------:rolleyes:

Hahahahaaaa, appeace,
I know that game too:D And it's so funny, cleaning him, the furniture, the floor, the dogs ----ROFL
That reminds me on a story, my mother told me all of my life: when I was a little girl, we were on holiday in Innsbruck, a city in Tyrol/Austria. Mum bought me a cup of fresh milk and the da..ed cup was so full, I couldn't handle it (I was about 5 years old) and I tried to shake the milk IN! Well, I think, it didn't work, because the gentleman, who was very interested in the young lady with the sweet little girl (that was I) flet (sp.? past of flee?) very quickly and was never seen againLOL *GG* Ma didn't like him anyway, neither did I *gg*

[Coolwater]

(laughing!) You gave him a shower and he fled!

[BlackCloud]

(With devlish grin) Yesss Cool!! But he wasn't worth the good milk!!:(

[Scarpetta]

Kids are wunnerful!

Advice to the Parents-to-be.

To Father. When mother has been up most of the night with baby and finally has fallen asleep. Father DO NOT wake her with "It smells terrible in there and I think 'she pooped'...mom, you change her!"

To Mother. Let Father live another day but let him know there will be costly consequences!

[Coolwater]

To Father: Better still, gently take the baby to avoid wakening the mother, tip toe from the room, and change the little squirt yourself. Caring for babies is a lot like caring for puppies except you have to support babies' heads, and you mustn't squirt them with water when they object to their crates (cribs).

Oh, and get someone to show you how to avoid being squirted yourself. ;)

To Mother: Let Father do things for the baby without interfering. He'll figure it out.

Tsk! This poor baby has a hundred grandmas!

[Tessa]

As the big day quickly approaches for Adrian and Alexa, here are a few tips for Adrian about What Not To Do in The Delivery Room.

What Not to Do in the Delivery Room
A guide for dads.


Listen up, daddies-to-be: When it comes to delivery room etiquette, the mama gets to make the rules. (You don’t have to agree with them. Just accept them.) Take a few hints from these real new-dad blunders and you’ll be on the right track.
DON’T: Go to sleep.
My husband took a NAP...and to make matters worse, SNORED!!!!! --annam829
DO: Push through it.
Yep, labor is likely to be exhausting to you too. But, hey -- you stayed up 48 hours straight in college, and you can do it again now.
DON’T: Forget the camera.
He left both cameras in the car. Our daughter’s first moments are recorded on his iPhone. --nark
DO: Use it wisely.
Discuss paparazzi privileges with your partner in advance. Some women are cool with being photographed in labor, and others want only “after” pics. Either way, you’ll probably want to capture at least a good first family photo and some shots of the fresh, new kiddo.
DON’T: Lose it.
He turned white and the nurse had to stop helping me to get him get to a chair, and she took the oxygen off of me and gave it to him! --mel41g
DO: Prepare.
Go to childbirth class, and keep your eyes open during the videos. Read up on delivery. Learn about the stages of labor, and get informed on the different forms of goo, needles, and medical equipment you might encounter. If you can seriously prepare, you’ll be far less likely to require smelling salts come D-Day.
DON’T: Leave your ringer on.
He was taking calls from work while I was pushing!!! --goillini823
DO: Forget the phone.
If your partner agrees, go ahead and send out a general update or two to the fam, but keep it to a minimum. And once pushing begins, turn that sucker off.
DON’T: Whine.
During pushing, he put my leg down and stretched, saying his arms were getting sore. Are you kidding me?! --Soter1
DO: Zip it.
This is one time where your lady has every right to any pity that’s going around. Whether you’ve got a paper cut, a sprained ankle, or a dislocated hip…the one pushing out a baby wins. Suck it up for just a little while longer.
DON’T: Stare at the flat-screen.
Before I started pushing, he was watching basketball on the TV in the labor room. When we had to switch rooms mid-labor, he freaked out because our new room was missing a remote. I was not amused. --AmyCC1980
DO: Help her focus.
Childbirth educators stress the importance of support and touch in labor -- it can even help things progress more quickly and smoothly! Pull up a chair, touch her hand, tell her how great she’s doing (say it a thousand times if you need to), and keep eye contact with her -- not the TV.

[EvanStar4506]

To both parents...

Children should be respected as small humans, not spoiled.

Give her small tasks early on and she will always be willing to help.

When your little girl has decided to confound you with ? ...remember this too shall pass. It's only a phase.

[irishunicorn65]

Haaaa! Funny! My 3 year old Christopher got hold of my lotion when he was in the bathroom. Every parent knows when a child is quiet he is up to something! The sink, the floor, the walls were covered in it! Savannah when she was 4 got hold of my makeup. She looked like a punk rocker, her hair was pink, purple and blue in spots!! I was upset at first, then I took pictures! All I can say is kids do the most unexpected things! Love and a good sense of humor are the best tools!

All our best wishes from

Kellie and family