Allearia Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 1. ds5 was squeezing several balloons with his face when one popped and hurt his eye. Me: Sorry you hurt yourself but I HAVE TOLD YOU HOW MANY TIMES TO STOP DOING THAT! KNOCK IT OFF! 2. ds5 ramming his older brother with his head and hurt his nose. Me: Sorry you hurt your nose but STOP HITTING PEOPLE WITH YOUR FACE AND IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Too right. It's also hard to be sympathetic when your kid hurts him or herself by showing off.. :001_rolleyes: They still get a hug though, bless them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Yeah... I give hugs and loves til they feel better and then say something along the lines of "Now you see why I told you not to do that" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 1. ds5 was squeezing several balloons with his face when one popped and hurt his eye. Me: Sorry you hurt yourself but I HAVE TOLD YOU HOW MANY TIMES TO STOP DOING THAT! KNOCK IT OFF! 2. ds5 ramming his older brother with his head and hurt his nose. Me: Sorry you hurt your nose but STOP HITTING PEOPLE WITH YOUR FACE AND IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN! My response of choice: "I'm sorry you hurt yourself. Did you learn anything?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 DD usually manages to hurt herself while flailing around--either in excitement or tantrum. I have zero sympathy when it's in tantrum. I've actually told her "no kisses for self-inflicted injuries." Now, when I flail around and she gets hurt (like this morning when my fingernail caught her face right below her eye as I reached above her to turn on the bathroom fan--I have no depth perception!), I am VERY sympathetic. Likewise I don't generally mind when DD laughs at my self-inflicted injuries (tripping over the carpet yesterday, for example, or hitting my head on a cabinet I left open).:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryCatherine Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Don't you come crying to me when you..... Nope. I said don't come crying to me. But really, I gave hugs when they were little. But now I just shake my head and snicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 My replies tend to be a little more sarcastic. Unless of course they seriously injure themselves in which case I tell them that if they live through whatever it is, I am going to make them wish they didn't. I am not exactly a warm and cuddly mom. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I always have to stop myself from laughing. When I've just said don't and it was really obvious why anyway... well, it's sort of funny (assuming it's a minor hurt, of course - things that require trips to the ER are never funny for at least two months). I try to hold in the giggles, sympathize with the pain and point out that it can be a learning experience. I do try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Don't you come crying to me when you..... Nope. I said don't come crying to me. But really, I gave hugs when they were little. But now I just shake my head and snicker. Yeah, that's me too.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 A dad at the park once caught my son when he fell out of a huge tree. I said "oh! why can't he just break his arm for once and learn not to do that?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I usually say something like.... Gee it seems like someone was just talking about how you shouldn't do that, because you could get hurt. Oh, that's right! It was me :D Next time, maybe you should listen ;) Then they get the hugs and fanfare, because I'm a big marshmallow and the older my oldest gets the more I cling onto the babiness in all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 It's also really hard to be sympathetic when DD6 hurts herself when pitching a fit. Umm....sorry sweetie....that's what happens when you are acting like a two year old. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 It's also really hard to be sympathetic when DD6 hurts herself when pitching a fit. Umm....sorry sweetie....that's what happens when you are acting like a two year old. :tongue_smilie: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylianna Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 It's also really hard to be sympathetic when DD6 hurts herself when pitching a fit. Umm....sorry sweetie....that's what happens when you are acting like a two year old. :tongue_smilie: :iagree: Hey, that sounds familiar... Oh yeah, my DD6 was throwing a fit and threw herself back and scraped her back on the door. It is hard not to snicker, or at least smirk at them when they do something like that. My other DD would scream and cry for an HOUR over minor things, and then complain that her throat hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 My kids had to have SURGERY last week because they stuck BERRIES in their EARS. They are 8 and 5. :glare: I told them if they did it again the berries could live in there till they would let the ENT suck them out like he tried to do before they threw gigantic fits. (More :glare:) Maybe if they grew plants out of their ears, they'd learn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 After church on Sunday, ds8 showed up with a cut on his eyelid. I asked how that happened. He was tossing his bible in the air and it hit him in the eye. I told him he should have known better, because, after all, the Word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 My response of choice: "I'm sorry you hurt yourself. Did you learn anything?" This is my response. Verbatim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 My kids had to have SURGERY last week because they stuck BERRIES in their EARS. They are 8 and 5. :glare: I told them if they did it again the berries could live in there till they would let the ENT suck them out like he tried to do before they threw gigantic fits. (More :glare:) Maybe if they grew plants out of their ears, they'd learn... :lol::lol: My Dh stuck corn up his nose when he was little. Twice. The second time it sprouted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 We have a word at our house for these occasions: STUPIDENT. It was not an ACCIDENT it was a STUPIDENT. It no longer needs any explanation. They all know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 We have a word at our house for these occasions: STUPIDENT. That is genius. Definitely going on next week's vocabulary list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 My response of choice: "I'm sorry you hurt yourself. Did you learn anything?" :lol: Brilliant!! My favorite was when dd would get so mad she'd hit the wall and then cry that her hand hurt :rolleyes:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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