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This is why we can't have nice things
So P shoved 10 mini glass beads into her laptop and jammed the open/close mechanism. I'm SO done with this 3 year old stage.
So what has your kid destroyed lately?
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Permalink Reply by DonnaKat on -
She shredded a basket that was in her room, but kept hiding it so I didn't notice the missing pieces, all of which she had shoved into the slats of the vent in her room.
She went through a phase where we couldn't leave her unattended with a book because she would tear out the pages, rip off the covers, and destroy it beyond recognition.
I'm glad this is a phase! It means it will end some day...
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Permalink Reply by Herasmus B. Dragon on
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Everything. Absolutely everything. It would be easier to list the things in our house still unscathed.
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Permalink Reply by LeastLikely2Breed on -
Is this just a phase? -- I heard 3 was the worst but I'll wait to hear what more experienced OSer's have to say.
Last month she smeared triple-antibiotic all over her plastic ponies because they were sick...ick. And ya'll already know what happened to her hair!
DonnaKat said:She shredded a basket that was in her room, but kept hiding it so I didn't notice the missing pieces, all of which she had shoved into the slats of the vent in her room.
She went through a phase where we couldn't leave her unattended with a book because she would tear out the pages, rip off the covers, and destroy it beyond recognition.
I'm glad this is a phase! It means it will end some day...
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Permalink Reply by LeastLikely2Breed on
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How old is your oldest again?
Herasmus B. Dragon said:
Everything. Absolutely everything. It would be easier to list the things in our house still unscathed.
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Permalink Reply by Feynman? on -
T_T... That makes me a sad panda.
Little man killed our Playstation and cd player a little bit ago. I came to the conclusion that 1.) We didn't really need those things..
and 2.) Needed to really sit and talk about experimentation and appliances.
So far so good.... ((Doomie Voice)) But for how lonnng...?
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Permalink Reply by GreenLantern on -
I will join your club.
I almost lost it big time when our 40 inch LCD was broken because someone threw a toy at it. It was one of the few times I literally had to stop myself from yelling, or screaming, or hitting my kid. I had a stern talking to him, and he felt really bad about it.
Whenever crap like this happens, I have to keep telling myself, "it's only a thing. it's only a thing". That and one of my favorite lines of all time from a movie
"The things you own end up owning you".
Herasmus B. Dragon said:
Everything. Absolutely everything. It would be easier to list the things in our house still unscathed.
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The oldest is 9 today. It's the 3 year old that is Dr. Destructo.
LeastLikely2Breed said:How old is your oldest again?
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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on -
Little B was into chewing. Everything. Actually he is 9, and he still sometimes chews on stuff. Mostly his clothes. He destroyed countless books and toys, a Wii joystick - he also chewed the end off the stylus that came with his Leapster toy, and he chewed through the cable as well. *sigh* Oh yeah, he chewed on the railing of his crib.
The Little Miss liked to dump stuff into the toilet. When it was 'occupied'. She was also the one who would wallpaper inappropriate places with Spongebob stickers, and use her crayons on the walls. She stopped that after I stood and glared over her shoulder for an entire afternoon while she washed her 'artwork' off the hallway. I blame SkippyJon Jones for that one.
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Permalink Reply by The Oracle on -
The rhododendron plants in the front yard. Which, you know, if it had to be any of them, at least it's the rhodies. I hate those things. Stupid state flower f*cking everywhere.
He is five, and now only destroys things when angry.
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Permalink Reply by wookie on -
I hate to tell you all this, but 5 is just as bad.
My 5 year old cut off a chunk of hair from the top of her head, hid it in the dresser and played dumb when I finally noticed that the funky sticking up bits of her hair were in fact short and not just stubborn bed-head. She was trying to cut her bangs.
Different kid, same age smeared all her sisters bunny figureines with lip gloss, painted the underside of my kitchen table with acrylic craft paint and tried to monkey crawl down the basement handrail with predictably poor results.
I've lost a lot of tools, recycling and things like calculators from children intent on building robots. Because calculators have solar cells and you know robots need power.
I'm just saying it gets worse when they can operate a screwdriver.
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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on
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wookie - you need to cut them off from the Popular Mechanics.
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Permalink Reply by LeastLikely2Breed on
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Oh No!
wookie said:
I hate to tell you all this, but 5 is just as bad.
My 5 year old cut off a chunk of hair from the top of her head, hid it in the dresser and played dumb when I finally noticed that the funky sticking up bits of her hair were in fact short and not just stubborn bed-head. She was trying to cut her bangs.
Different kid, same age smeared all her sisters bunny figureines with lip gloss, painted the underside of my kitchen table with acrylic craft paint and tried to monkey crawl down the basement handrail with predictably poor results.
I've lost a lot of tools, recycling and things like calculators from children intent on building robots. Because calculators have solar cells and you know robots need power.
I'm just saying it gets worse when they can operate a screwdriver.
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