Comments on: 5 Things I Thought I’d Never Let My Kids Do in Public.

By: Tina Bietler@One Tired Working Mommy

Tina Bietler@One Tired Working Mommy — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:38:08 +0000

The first time my boys peed on trees I was mortified. They did it right in front of the neighbor’s house who love to gossip and run to the association. But honestly, when you have little kids I LOVE that they can drop their pants and take care of business anywhere. It has come in handy on several occasions. I feel sorry for moms of little girls.

By: Northern Mommie

Northern Mommie — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:29:29 +0000

I wish all us “normal” mommies could live on the same block!! About 5 1/2-6 years ago when my youngest was about 2 1/2, he absolutely hated wearing clothes so I let him run around most of that summer in just his diaper. Well, one of the neighbors didn’t like this and called child welfare. Thankfully they were really cool but had to do their job and check up on the call. Not a big deal and I learned that it is NOT illegal to let your 2 year old run around his own yard in just a diaper. =)

By: ashersmom

ashersmom — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:18:14 +0000

Yep. Childless people just have no idea how freaking hard it’ll be. I was clueless!

By: Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:40:44 +0000

I’ve been handed so many plates of humble pie! For every time I said “When I am a parent”…I have been smited by God.
Thanks for the chuckle!

By: Gotta Laugh | Motherhood, WTF?

Gotta Laugh | Motherhood, WTF? — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:42:14 +0000

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By: ashersmom

ashersmom — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:05:50 +0000

Thank you so much! This really made my day! I’ve always wanted to find my interweb twin! And we really are. My kindergarten lives in costumes. He decorated our tree in a full Buzz Lightyear get-up (there’s a photo on my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/toulouseandtonicblog) but he’s usually in a Spiderman or Batman costume. I don’t even care if he wears it to the grocery store. I like that he’s creative and I’m down for encouraging that. And I make it a policy to never comb his hair. It’s curly so I just wash it (well, sometimes…) and let it be. Welcome, twin. So glad you’re here.

By: Joanna S.

Joanna S. — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:55:26 +0000

A little late but whatever… I just found your blog and I’m in love (I have a five year old and 11 month old and big old chipmunk cheeks… your like my long lost interweb twin). Yeah, I never thought I’d let MY kid do anything besides be perfect. My son pees on trees in the park, at home, it doesn’t matter the boy loves to pee on trees (one morning on the way to daycare I literally stopped on the side of the highway because he needed to relieve himself and I had no time for a gas station). He ALWAYS has something on his face, a friend of his in preschool always has his hair brushed and nothing on his face, and HOW DOES HIS MOM DO THAT?!?!? We’re lucky if I comb his hair… ever. My daughter has walked around a store with a diaper that smells horrendous just because we’re five minutes from home I can wait. Oh and my son pretty much spent the ages 3-4 in costume and I didn’t care… didn’t bother me one bit. It’s much easier to be a mom until you’re a mom.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:29:43 +0000

I adore this blog – I have written one in my mind similar to this but never put the words to paper – thanks for doing this for us. PS – thanks for the heads up on trees! 😉

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:18:42 +0000

I totally let my two little girls pee on trees when we’re at the park. You just hold them up under the thighs and make sure they’re pointed away from you. It’s awkward to explain, but pretty easy to do. I have yet to get pee on either myself or them when we do it. Granted, girls definitely grow out of the peeing outdoors age faster than boys do…

By: Paula @lkg4sweetspot

Paula @lkg4sweetspot — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:54:42 +0000

So true! You have to walk in another parents shoes to fully understand and appreciate the choices! And you are right about boys, that whole ‘being able to pee anywhere’ makes up for the perpetual dirt on their person, like, everywhere!