tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post8227935869835779068..comments2023-09-29T07:58:18.353-05:00Comments on My Life as Described by Twin Trials and Triumphs: Mommy, You're Too Fat!MandyE (Twin Trials and Triumphs)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02510155408149227364noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-60520058241330961722013-02-11T07:45:56.251-06:002013-02-11T07:45:56.251-06:00I dont think I would have come up with that so qui...I dont think I would have come up with that so quickly. Well done.Ordinarylifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06136274266634314394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-6469555996415222182013-02-03T06:33:33.577-06:002013-02-03T06:33:33.577-06:00Yes, that's definitely not the conversation I ...Yes, that's definitely not the conversation I would have been expecting with a game of hide and seek, but it's amazing how they pull things out when you least expect them. I often find myself thinking, "Where did they learn *that*??"<br /><br />It's awesome that you had the chance to have that conversation with them to help them clarify their word meanings. Linguistically, I am sure there is a term for the tendency of children to overgeneralize words because they haven't yet figured out connotation/shades of meaning. I find that stuff fascinating, btw ;-)championm2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/14867731446440889107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-16965145005044976392013-01-31T09:00:56.937-06:002013-01-31T09:00:56.937-06:00You handled this fabulously! Sometimes we have to...You handled this fabulously! Sometimes we have to think like the little one's do and then what they are saying makes sense...which is exactly what you did. I had to have a discussion with the boys last summer after they referred to someone cashing us out one day as "big" (right at the check-out, in front of the individual). I told them that the person was an "adult, or grown-up." Thank heavens the woman (who was obviously overweight) didn't take offense and that I was able to come up with the correct words intsantly to correct the situation. Whew! Situation diverterd, although I'm sure she couldn't help but notice my beet red face!Double the Giggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115579924959497064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-53915472002588266102013-01-30T21:30:19.319-06:002013-01-30T21:30:19.319-06:00Oh, the conversations to be had with these kiddos,...Oh, the conversations to be had with these kiddos, huh?? <br /><br />One of the girls called me "squishy" the other day...though to be fair, she's not really wrong!! : )Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371310465607810535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-30485270337160129392013-01-30T18:47:32.449-06:002013-01-30T18:47:32.449-06:00whew! what a great response on the spot. i'm s...whew! what a great response on the spot. i'm so impressed. <br /><br />my kids have called me big, but not fat. <br /><br />....but they did call me grandma today, so... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-53091577017003784152013-01-30T14:57:50.214-06:002013-01-30T14:57:50.214-06:00I like your explanation. I'll have to file th...I like your explanation. I'll have to file that away for when the 'fat' discussion comes up with my girls. Although, we use fat all the time to describe babies... my favorite thing in the whole world is a fat baby. :)Johanna at The Baker Twinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617825893321957603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-57483517688746290182013-01-30T13:17:27.109-06:002013-01-30T13:17:27.109-06:00Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. I couldn't help myself, becaus...Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. I couldn't help myself, because that is what I would have probably done before I realise I am been called FAT!!!Mrs FFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147637777019088507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-503542649583645152013-01-30T11:52:17.058-06:002013-01-30T11:52:17.058-06:00what amazing self-control!
I would have gasped an...what amazing self-control!<br /><br />I would have gasped and then just blurted out something :)Marcia (123 blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15581613927187600748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-80444787453411643252013-01-30T10:18:47.704-06:002013-01-30T10:18:47.704-06:00Oh, man, the FAT discussion. You did much better t...Oh, man, the FAT discussion. You did much better than I did. Elliott told me last year that his former babysitter was "pretty, but she's a little bit fat" and I nearly passed out! I think my eyes almost popped out of my head...I wasn't angry necessarily, just stunned speechless. I made sure to tell him how much it would hurt her feelings to hear him say that, and that really seemed to make him get it. Until he asked someone else a few months later why her tummy was so fat. He's so literal...when I reprimanded him, he responded, "But I didn't SAY she was fat...I ASKED why she was fat!" Fortunately he seems to have moved on/matured. Things are never boring with preschoolers!Eric, Marilyn, and Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127044855660358874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-9343551309064708152013-01-30T09:29:15.286-06:002013-01-30T09:29:15.286-06:00You did awesome. That is why playing with our kids...You did awesome. That is why playing with our kids is so important. Things like that wouldn't come up otherwise. Embracing everything as a teaching/modeling moment. You are right that she probably meant "to big for the space" but I love how you took it on and didn't fuss for calling you fat. When that wasn't her definition of the word. Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530353457851225134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596567296179908968.post-56128219698939441232013-01-30T09:26:27.213-06:002013-01-30T09:26:27.213-06:00You did awesome. That is why playing with our kids...You did awesome. That is why playing with our kids is so important. Things like that wouldn't come up otherwise. Embracing everything as a teaching/modeling moment. You are right that she probably meant "to big for the space" but I love how you took it on and didn't fuss for calling you fat. When that wasn't her definition of the word. Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530353457851225134noreply@blogger.com