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Re: noodad » When Your Kids Are Bi-Racial

latiamh — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:08:10 -0000

My boyfriend and I are parents to a tri-racial daughter in very conservative South Carolina. I am half black and korean and my boyfriend is white and from a very conservative family. When we were just dating, people gave us odd stares in public and now that we have a child together, the stares are only prolonged and more evident. We will try very hard to enstill a positive self image and the notion that everyone is different and everybody has a little somethin\' somethin\' in them. I think that children never see skin color initially, its the ignorance of the parents that affects their view on others. Children don\'t know the words \"nigger\" or \"chink\" until their parents teach it to them, so I\'ve found to let my child just be for now.

Re: noodad » Should girls be allowed to play in boys Little League Baseball leagues?

latiamh — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:14:54 -0000

Yes. Girls should be allowed to play baseball. Duh. And GoBots are better than Transformers-on some levels.

Re: noodad » Giving Thanks

latiamh — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:52:36 -0000

I am thankful for...
...My OG, also known as, My Baby\'s Daddy-for keeping it real and keeping it gangsta.
...my Little G, also known as, TinkyBumBum Baby-for being more solid than your diapers.
...freaking Baby Einstein for keeping the LG occupied and satisfied.
...food
...oxygen
...and Noodad-for being the pioneering gangstas in the field of Dadwebsitery (no, it is not a word-you got a problem with that?)

Re: noodad » Would you take away your son’s porn stash?

latiamh — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:56:59 -0000

I practically raised my younger brother and have always had lots of guy friends...I even had a friend whose parents would hand him Victoria\'s Secret catalogs (when they were done ordering stuff from it of course). Playboy is a part of life-it\'s a part of a boy\'s upbringing. Sure, I\'d let the kid have a Playboy...but I\'d draw the line at Hustler and Penthouse. I\'d keep him off the internet b/c 1)Hardcore porn and internet predators go kinda hand in hand when speaking of youngsters and 2) doesn\'t internet porn cost money?!? All joking aside, when the kid \"stumbles\" upon Playboy or any other porn I think that would be the perfect time to have \"THE TALK\" about not only where babies come from and sex...but respecting their bodies and the bodies and minds of the opposite (or same if they choose...again, another discussion) sex. I agree with the two above commenters...

Re: noodad » Hooray! You Fell Down!

latiamh — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:02:58 -0000

When our little one falls...which happens quite often being that she is a cruiser...we do nothing. I\'ve had to cover my mouth to muffle my motherly gasp-but we do nothing. We watch her closely at all times so chances are that when she does fall or bump into something it is very minor. I have found that when I have made a big fuss about a little injury it really scares her and makes her cry. Now she goes back to business as usual. When she cries upon impact with the floor/wall/doll/toy...I know she is hurt. I think that this method is teaching kids how to not be whiny...and if she really needs something I can give it to her rather than her \"crying wolf\" as she gets older.

Re: noodad » The Top 7 Babes in Children’s Television

latiamh — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:19:24 -0000

Ok ladies, don\'t think that I forgot about you...being that I, myself, am a lady:
1)Bob the Builder-HELLO!?! Who doesn\'t love a man with a tool belt?
2)Handy Mandy-Again, who doesn\'t love a man in a tool belt? And he\'s Latino-extra hotness.
3)Levar Burton-You know...he used to play the fella with the glasses on Star Trek now he\'s enriching the lives of children through literature. A man that reads for fun!?! Sign me up.
4)Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George-I don\'t know what he does for a living. I don\'t know what\'s under that hat. I don\'t know why this man keeps a wild animal as a best friend but I DO know that the mystery of it all has me intrigued.
5 and 6)The Kratt Brothers from Zooboomafoo-super cute, super smart, and super excited about animals. Have you checked them out in their khaki shorts? Great legs and bum, right? Totally.
7)Dad/Harold Shrinks from George Shrinks-Yummm a musician and inventor...You know what they say about musicians, right? I don\'t know either. But nevermind that-he\'s got the goatee going on and the crazy hair and he\'s for sure working the whole \"Family Man\" thing as he invents things for his vertically challenged son, George.

Re: noodad » The Top 7 Babes in Children’s Television

latiamh — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:21:35 -0000

Steve is a cutie...I am so sad he left...I hope to see him in one of my college courses.
Rupertz-can\'t believe you talked about Laurie\'s boobs-dude, she\'s a mom.

Re: noodad » When Your Kid Drops the F Bomb.

latiamh — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:39:02 -0000

Words are only words and curse words are bad words. Bad words mean that they can be used to hurt someone else, regardless of what the user means, they make you look bad and tasteless, and the just sound freaking bad. As an adult of a very energetic toddler, I will let the d or f bomb slide from time to time but I never curse in public or use curse words against someone. While it may be cool these days to call your best girlfriend a \"bit*ch\", it\'s not cool, it\'s not cute. Crosby, Stills, and Nash said it best: \"teach your children well...\"
Please-it would be more impressive if children could learn a new word in place of a curse word.

Re: noodad » Is it Ok to Lie For Free Admission?

latiamh — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:25:17 -0000

Do it. Dooo it. What\'s a couple of months? The kids don\'t have to see that you\'re slightly fibbing. Have the other parent divert their attention while you say, \"Oh, my daughter is four and my son is three...\" Theme parks are a pain in the stinking ass. The food sucks. The souvenirs are crap. Half the rides are usually shut down and the restrooms blow. They are usually overpriced for the amount of time you spend there with children under the age of needing a nap during the day-which is usually about two hours before a child has a breakdown. It\'s not like you\'re dressing your twelve year old child in diapers and carrying them to the gates and trying to lie to get them in. No one gets hurt here, folks...the kids can\'t hear what\'s going on so they don\'t learn any bad habits and the theme park is already raking in ridiculous amounts of dough...it\'s a win win for everyone! I\'m a petite girl and growing up with five other kids, my peeps milked that \"she\'s underage\" thing until I was 16. I was paying kids prices to the movies until I was 15. Sometimes, I can still order off of the kids menu at restaurants.
Ain\'t nothing wrong with this. The theme park man is gonna make his money back with that cheapo Nora the Excavator-Dora the Explorer knock off dolls and really cheap and ugly t-shirts and keychains.

Re: noodad » Is it Ok to Lie For Free Admission?

latiamh — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:29:14 -0000

It doesn\'t really matter what I think of the park....my kid is gonna drag me there when she is old enough regardless...Just like I did to my parents and my parents did to their parents. Lots of times the workers called my folks out on this-I mean, I had zits and my brother began to sprout facial hair. BUT when you can slide, take the stinking slide. There is no use hating on my mad skills. I don\'t steal or lie or commit tax fraud-so taking small freebies when given is cool. If I found a twenty on the side of the street, I\'d try to find the owner. But if someone was giving me a twenty dollar ticket to a theme park for being underage-I\'m not going to argue. I\'m just trying to save some money.

Re: noodad » Is getting your baby’s ears pierced an act of child abuse?

latiamh — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:35:43 -0000

Piercing ears is not abuse. For those of you who have had your ears pierced at a young age, you may agree with me.
I got my ears pierced when I was four. I was rewarded with a slushee. The slushee was all that I remember. When my folks did it, it was more of a cultural thing.
My parter is from a very American and very Conservative family. They think that ear piercings are a sign of adulthood and if a girl had her ears pierced too young she may be \"loose\" or wild or something.
This is something that is either cosmetic or cultural.
It\'s not that big of a deal for people to get heated over.
It\'s not abuse.
It\'s just a matter of personal parental choice.

Re: noodad » The Must-Have Toy Chase: Do Whatever it Takes or Avoid at All Costs?

latiamh — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:38:14 -0000

I would totally say to wait until January. If every other kid on the block has the latest and greatest video game console, then your kid could just play with theirs. Toys don\'t measure the amount of love that you have for your children. If you even wait to December 26, your kid wouldn\'t really be missing out on anything. BE PREPARED suggests that you start a little tradition called the New Year\'s Panda. The Panda will deliver the Wii along with New Year\'s greetings! Woot woot.

Re: noodad » Is it OK to Spank Your Kid?

latiamh — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:37:52 -0000

I\'ve received everything from the hand to the \"go outside to that tree and pick out a switch.\" I was one of those kids that a serious talk would work for, on the other hand, I have cousins that are in dire need of a couple of hands to the bottom. I\'d say that spanking is ok. Beating is not ok. I\'ve always read that the key is to discipline rather than punish. I guess what parents would want to achieve with the spanking is that what the child did was wrong and they want for the child to remember that their action was wrong. I would also say not to spank/discipline your child while you\'re angry or still upset. That makes it easy to take things a little too far and forget why you are spanking in the first place. Our plan to discipline our child is to try the \"naughty corner\" and if our child turns out to not be suitable for a \"naughty corner\" then we will spank our child, and afterwards we will have the serious discussion as to what the child did wrong, why it was wrong, and in effect, why they received the spanking.
Bottom line: spanking can be used as a tool for discipline. Beating is abuse and won\'t really teach your kids anything except for it\'s ok to lash out violently when angry.

Re: noodad » 10 Names That Would Get My Kid Beat Up

latiamh — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:01:30 -0000

My father referred to all of my siblings and I as, \"Hey, one of y\'all come here!\"

But I have a friend named Dick Diamond. Not gonna get him beat up...gonna do the opposite, get him a lot of potential lay.
I\'ve always heard stories of twins named
\"Lemonjello\" and \"Orangejello\" and \"Shithead\"(pronounced sh-th-eed)

Re: noodad » How Close Should Siblings Be?

latiamh — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:00:10 -0000

I say wait a few years. I\'d even go so far as to wait about four years, that way, you\'re not paying for college at the same time, they\'ll be at different grade levels so the teachers will forget about one hellion before it\'s sibling gets there, and you\'re not having to change diapers at double time. My mom had my sister and I 14 months apart-that means she got pregnant again when I was about five months old. There wasn\'t even time for the hemorrhoids to heal from the first baby before she got pregnant with the second.
Also, and my boyfriend calls this the \"evil genius theory\", before too long, the older of the siblings can babysit the younger 1 or 2. FREE BABYSITTING! WOOT WOOT! It doesn\'t get better than that, folks.

Re: noodad » The Disaster Called Co-Sleeping

latiamh — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:41:51 -0000

One word: WHUT?

Re: noodad » Is it okay to spoil your kid on his or her birthday with a big party?

latiamh — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:28:28 -0000

I guess if you have the money, some folks would want to spoil their kids with a gigantic party.
Me personally, I wouldn\'t want to. I think a simple party with some friends, cake, and ice cream is plenty. I honestly don\'t think that the kid will even remember or appreciate the huge party that you would give them.
My daughter is going to have two first birthday parties. Her grandmother wants to throw her one with all of her family and we are choosing to do a smaller, simpler one at our home with some friends and delicious food.
Our daughter isn\'t going to remember her first birthday parties let alone give a crap about some creppy clown making crappy balloon animals.

Re: noodad » When Should Kids Get a Cell Phone?

latiamh — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:12:41 -0000

In a perfect world, I\'d let my kid have a cell phone when she started driving/dating...and that would be when I crawled into a hole and died...
BUT all joking aside, I\'d let her have a cell phone when she shows that she is responsible enough to have one...that comes around the same time that I am able to drop her and some friends off at the mall and places similar to that for a couple of hours. I\'d guess that would be around the middle school mark.
We\'d make it clear that certain calls and texting should never exceed a certain amount and the cellphones w/free night and weekends starting at seven would be an extra help in keeping the bill from stratosphere amounts.
However, is she were to go over her alloted minutes/amounts, we\'d take the phone away and she wouldn\'t get it back until she paid the excess that she put on the bill.
No cell...no go outtie with the friends.
Too bad so sad, shouldn\'t have crossed the line. There are consequences to all of your actions...
Oh, and course, we\'d teach her proper cell phone etiquette.

Re: noodad » Sick Kid Etiquette: When to Cancel, Keep, and Reschedule Plans

latiamh — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:48:52 -0000

I\'ve heard many different versions from various parents and nurses about green and yellow snot...some say that when the snot is clear, the kid isn\'t contagious...and when it\'s yellow or green, it is contagious. I am not sure of the exact rule of thumb on this one...I only have one baby and she doesn\'t go to daycare, so I\'m not well versed in colds and stuff...she did recently catch a cold (that spread to me) from a cousin who does go to daycare...I never made it a priority to check the color of his snot, so I\'m still not sure about all of this. Can anyone set the record straight?

Re: noodad » I like to pinch my wife’s butt

latiamh — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:11:09 -0000

Thanks wahoodad for backing me up. That wasw pretty much the point of the entire response...the wife didn\'t like it, the kids were laughing, and the dad didn\'t know what else to do.
As for having to look out for \'doctor\'...Every play \'Plastic Surgeon\' when the school bully tries to rearrange your face? Not. fun. at. all.

Re: noodad » Understanding Bras and Thongs

latiamh — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:42:43 -0000

My boyfriend says, \"Don\'t forget, it\'s ok to be a little uncomfortable if the other person likes it...it can be an every now and then thing.\"
And that\'s fine. I totally agree with him...ESPECIALLY since he said he would wear a speedo for me every now and then since I like them on men so much.
I have thongs b/c I don\'t like for my granny panties to make a cameo through my pants or show though my jeans. So yeah, sometimes, every once is a eon, I will wear the least uncomfortable version of thong that I can find. And even if they\'re uncomfortable, they don\'t stay on for long.
Any other time, I stick to they type of underwear that I think is sexier and comfortable-the boycut short.
And before anyone starts getting all \"What\'s the big deal about thongs?\" I highly suggest that they buy a pair and wear them.

Re: noodad » Is it okay to breastfeed in public?

latiamh — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:22:35 -0000

Of course it is ok to breastfeed in public...and if someone has a problem, they can look else where.
It\'s totally natural-it\'s the most natural thing in the world, in fact...

I breastfed in public-I\'m modest so I covered up...but if you don\'t want to cover up, fine..it\'s your boob and your baby.

It isn\'t porn, it isn\'t indecent, it isn\'t gross...

You have the problem. Not me.
So I tell them to get over it.

Re: noodad » Is it okay to breastfeed in public?

latiamh — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:51:48 -0000

Cool it guys.
Let\'s play nice.

It\'s all just opinions here.

Re: noodad » Using Television As a Babysitter

latiamh — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:44:29 -0000

\"Hilarious\"

Re: noodad » Do kids really need so many scheduled activities?

latiamh — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:48:15 -0000

I don\'t think too many scheduled activities are good for kids. Why such a strict schedule? The lack of family time and the frazzled parents should be enough to want to have only one or two events two week for the kids.

Re: noodad » 5 Reasons Why The Transformers Are Better Than the GoBots

latiamh — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:57:44 -0000

Another awesome thing: The Transformers theme song is sung by guys and girls.

The GoBots theme song is not.

Transformers: Equal Opportunity Employer.

Re: noodad » Noodad Product Test Drive: Bumbo Baby Seat

latiamh — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:27:13 -0000

For EXTRA use, they make Bumbo seats that come with a tray attachment...so now it\'s a booster seat!
Extra months added on to that kinda high price!

Just be sure to strap the kid in the Bumbo and the Bumbo to the chair.

Re: noodad » What’s better for bathroom training: potty or toilet?

latiamh — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:17:28 -0000

I agree! Why go through all the extra steps of cleaning and disinfecting a little plastic pot of poop and pee when you could have just flushed it in the first place?

There\'s nothing cooler to little kids than being able to use the \"Big Girl\" or \"Big Boy\" potty-add the toilet seat and step of their choice, some Baby/Kandoo wipes, and call it a day!

Re: noodad » Why You Shouldn’t Watch American Idol with a 4 Year Old

latiamh — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:59:31 -0000

Paula was at her best dancing with that cartoon fox in the \"Opposites Attract\" video and you all know it.
That dancing fox was awesome.

American Idol represents what a lot of people are doing to their children...there\'s a lot of \"Me! Me! I\'m special! My mediocrity is SPECIAL!\"
But every now and then you see someone who is in touch with reality, even though they have a terribly harsh sense of it and that person is Simon.

Where\'s Taylor Hicks?
Doing Just For Men commercials last I heard.
And Ruben Studdard\'s working for Subway now.
Just Kidding.

Re: noodad » Strollers on Escalators: Your Laziness Could Kill Your Kid

latiamh — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:49:12 -0000

Thanks for posting that.
I always take the kiddie up the escalator because in our mall (Our Idiot stupid mall) there is ONE elevator that is about the size of a closet and FOUR escalators.
So I\'d have to walk all the way onto the other side of the mall, wait in line, and PRAY that my stroller fits into the elevator along with the two teenagers making out in the corner.
But taking the elevator would be worth it so my little darlin\' isn\'t missing any body parts when she gets older.

Re: noodad » When “Nothing” Means “Something”

latiamh — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:11:13 -0000

Hmmmm...is that sarcasm I sense?
Just a little?

Did I make a funny?
Because I was totally serious.

Sparkly things makes women feel warm and fuzzy inside...

When in doubt? Buy diamonds.

Re: noodad » Suffering from Man-struation

latiamh — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:23:09 -0000

I knew I wasn\'t crazy.
I knew it.
Guys have MEN-strational cycles as well.

My ex cheerleading coach (a straight State trooper) told me that men had periods to a \"certain extent\"...certain extend my behind.

I knew it...just knew it.
So that\'s to explain the hissy fits and immeasurable need to cuddle.

Re: noodad » The Only Book Dads Need: Babyproofing Your Marriage

latiamh — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:20:16 -0000

Gonna get the book.
Marriage senseis.

Awesome.

Re: noodad » When Should Your Kids Stop Seeing You Naked?

latiamh — Mon, 07 May 2007 10:57:20 -0000

Stop it tomorrow....

I guess when they learn that your privates are well, private.
If your kids feel uncomfortable seeing you naked by responding with an \"Eeeeewww.\" Then maybe you should put on the boxer shorts.

Re: noodad » Hot Celebrity Mom: Nicole Richie

latiamh — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:15:46 -0000

Uhhhh guys, Nicole and Joel Madden had a baby girl named Harlow.

Just thought I'd let you in on the scoop!

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