Parent's DictionaryAMNESIA:� Condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to let her husband near her again. BOTTLE FEEDING:� Opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 a.m., too. DEFENSE:� What you'd better have around de yard if you're going to let de children play outside. DROOLING: How teething babies wash their chins. DUMBWAITER: One who asks if the kids would care to order desert. FEEDBACK:� The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots. FULL NAME:� What you call your child when you are mad at him. GRANDPARENTS:� The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right. HEARSAY:� What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word. IMPREGNABLE:� A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid. INDEPENDENT:� How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say. LOOK OUT!:� When it's too late for your child to do by the time you scream it. OW:� The first word spoken by a child with older siblings. PRENATAL:� When your life was still somewhat your own. PUDDLE:� A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it. SHOWOFF:� A child who is more talented than yours. STERILIZE:� What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it. STOREROOM:� The distance required between supermarket aisles so children in shopping carts can't quite reach anything. TEMPER TANTRUMS:� What you should keep to a minimum so as to not upset your children. THUNDERSTORM:� A chance to see how many family members can fit into one bed. TOP BUNK:� Where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies. TWO MINUTE WARNING: When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises. VERBAL:� Able to whine in words. WHODUNIT:� None of the kids that live in your house. WHOOPS:� An exclamation that translates roughly into "get a sponge".
Created by Barb 1998 and 1999
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