5 yr old: Mommeeeee? Will you wipe my butt? I can’t wipe it like you do
Me: Why is that?
5 yr old: Because I might get poop on my hand
Me: *stifled giggle* Dude. That’s what soap and water are for
5 yr old: *indignant* Noooo…that’s for when your hands are dirty
Me: Um…I think having poop on your hands totally qualifies as “dirty”
5 yr old: Nuh uhhh
Me: Uh huhhh
5 yr old: NOOOO! Dirty is when you have dirt on your hands!
Me: So you don’t think you need to wash your hands with soap and water when they have poop on them?
5 yr old: YES I DO!
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HAAAA! See what I did there?
I should have been a trial lawyer.
Or a Jedi.
YES. I KNOW HE’S FIVE.
Whatever. It totally counts.
Haha! Where do they get these things? No, soap and water is not for poop… no siree!
Oh and speaking of poop can you Jedi mind trick my 6 year old into not having an explosive ass. I’m so serious. If I have to scrub the sides of one more toilet boil… What? TMI? Sorry.
I will totally come over and work my magic…right after I figure out who’s been doing the same thing here. For serious. You’re not alone.
Will you teach me your ways, Obi Wan IzzyMom?
You’re good! Very, very good.
It’d be easier to convince my boss to give me a raise and 4 extra weeks of paid vacation than it is to convince my 4 year old that the sky is blue.
Good on ya, mama!
You know, I don’t recall ever reading about a contrary phase but damn if that’s not exactly what they are…little contrarians
That’s mad lawyering skills. My 7 year old is a champion hand washer. Which is great, because judging from the looks of the potty when he’s done, I don’t want to know what’s going on in that bathroom. Ick.
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We are TOTALLY Jedi. You hone your skills on a 5yo; maybe, just MAYBE they might work on a teenager. It’s happened for me. ;)
I counting on it!
It’s an intersting conversation.You’re very good
do you think that will work on a two year old? And do I have to have studied with Yoda?
You need to open an Etsy shop with your Jedi bathroom mind tricks.
Do you have one about not spitting toothpaste on the mirror?
OMG the toothpaste spitting…it took us years to break that nasty habit. Sadly, I do not have a trick for that unless you count bribery :)
Good one …i have developed a trick that works great for everything.
It is …here it comes …”You have 10 seconds”
How it works ? Simple. “Veronic, clean the table” – no reaction or “ok-il-move-my-ass-so-slowly-so-you-know-i-bored-as-hell”
“Veronic, clean the table you have 10 seconds, 10,9,8″
And it works !! Naturally it all for fun, and she knows that yet she just loves that countdowns !
Now she wants to do everything fast ! Even the stuff she dont liked before now become fun because of “countdown” implementation.