Comments on: The anomie and the ecstasy http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:15:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Toddler: 572, Baba: 1 at Lesbian Dad http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/comment-page-1/#comment-388218 Toddler: 572, Baba: 1 at Lesbian Dad Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:12:05 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2007/04/17/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/#comment-388218 [...] I hadn’t lived through hurricane toddler before, I’d be face down on the boxing ring mat around about now, his tiny foot would be on my back, [...] [...] I hadn’t lived through hurricane toddler before, I’d be face down on the boxing ring mat around about now, his tiny foot would be on my back, [...]

]]> By: LesbianDad http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/comment-page-1/#comment-10485 LesbianDad Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:22:26 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2007/04/17/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/#comment-10485 Aaargh! Aaargh!

]]> By: Blue Ox http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/comment-page-1/#comment-10463 Blue Ox Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:18:42 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2007/04/17/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/#comment-10463 [Rocky and Mama, playing a naming game] R: My name is [Bad Word that starts with S] M: [silence whilst I figure out the right response] R: I said, my name is S---. M: Well all right then! Hey, my name is Phlemphlam [hoping to distract] R: No its not. It's S---. [repeats word several times] M: Hey, so your name is [word that sounds like the S word but isn't] R: NO, Mama, it's S---. [repeats several more times, trying out different techniques] M: Rocky, that's a word that's really just not polite to say in public. R: [begins to sing the S-Word in a song, made up at that moment, while M tries valiantly to hide guffaws] [Later, in church or at the grandparents', the S-Word Song WILL reappear.] At three, it appears there's no outwitting, distracting or leveling with them. [Rocky and Mama, playing a naming game]

R: My name is [Bad Word that starts with S]
M: [silence whilst I figure out the right response]
R: I said, my name is S—.
M: Well all right then! Hey, my name is Phlemphlam [hoping to distract]
R: No its not. It’s S—. [repeats word several times]
M: Hey, so your name is [word that sounds like the S word but isn't]
R: NO, Mama, it’s S—. [repeats several more times, trying out different techniques]
M: Rocky, that’s a word that’s really just not polite to say in public.
R: [begins to sing the S-Word in a song, made up at that moment, while M tries valiantly to hide guffaws]

[Later, in church or at the grandparents', the S-Word Song WILL reappear.]

At three, it appears there’s no outwitting, distracting or leveling with them.

]]> By: Liza http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/comment-page-1/#comment-10274 Liza Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:25:19 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2007/04/17/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/#comment-10274 *chuckle* Oh, lordy. *chuckle* Oh, lordy.

]]> By: Vikki http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/comment-page-1/#comment-10264 Vikki Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:06:42 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2007/04/17/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/#comment-10264 Dare I say that it starts as early as two? This morning, my two year old awoke and her first words were not "good morning" or even "hello mama". She started her day with, "Mama - let me tell you sumpin'..." and then proceeded to direct me through the rest of the morning. Dare I say that it starts as early as two? This morning, my two year old awoke and her first words were not “good morning” or even “hello mama”. She started her day with, “Mama – let me tell you sumpin’…” and then proceeded to direct me through the rest of the morning.

]]> By: LesbianDad http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/comment-page-1/#comment-10257 LesbianDad Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:38:17 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2007/04/17/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/#comment-10257 Ah, my sister. As Bette Davis said, right before she got all butch on the upstart Eve in <i>All About Eve</i>, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride." Set your watches to somewheres about two-and-a-half, if your boy is an ordinary homo sapiens. Hey, not that a good bumpy ride can't be fun! But as you leave the house, when you call out in your regular chipper tone, "Dog!", be ready for him to either: (a) break down crying upon hearing the words, where before they set him off in paroxysms of joy; (b) scream out, "No! No! No! Cat!! Cat!!"; or (c) both, in rapid succession, followed eventually by his making up a delightful song about dogs as he skips out the door. After which you are either in a heap, shaking your head, or humming and skipping behind him. Ah, my sister. As Bette Davis said, right before she got all butch on the upstart Eve in All About Eve, “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.” Set your watches to somewheres about two-and-a-half, if your boy is an ordinary homo sapiens.

Hey, not that a good bumpy ride can’t be fun! But as you leave the house, when you call out in your regular chipper tone, “Dog!”, be ready for him to either: (a) break down crying upon hearing the words, where before they set him off in paroxysms of joy; (b) scream out, “No! No! No! Cat!! Cat!!”; or (c) both, in rapid succession, followed eventually by his making up a delightful song about dogs as he skips out the door.

After which you are either in a heap, shaking your head, or humming and skipping behind him.

]]> By: Liza http://www.lesbiandad.net/2007/04/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/comment-page-1/#comment-10252 Liza Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:02:25 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2007/04/17/the-anomie-and-the-ecstasy/#comment-10252 Ah the things I have to look forward to! Right now, the closest I get is the announcement, "Dog!" whenever we leave the house. We have no dog, there are no dogs on our block. There are no dogs in sight. But it is true, the only time we've ever seen dogs is after having left our house. Ah the things I have to look forward to! Right now, the closest I get is the announcement, “Dog!” whenever we leave the house. We have no dog, there are no dogs on our block. There are no dogs in sight. But it is true, the only time we’ve ever seen dogs is after having left our house.

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