Stay away from the baby, Bobby McFerrin
August 3rd, 2006
Hannah was having a cranky fussypants fit.
I tried to be a good mother. I offered up a brief but fervent prayer for guidance to the heavens, but Bobby McFerrin intercepted it, and so I said to the H-bomb, Don’t worry, be happy.
In response, the H-bomb screamed in my face:
IF I’M NOT HAPPY, I’M NOT HAPPY!
She has a point.
Entry Filed under: Uncategorized, Because I said so. (Parenting), Tattletales. (Mouths of babes)
15 Comments
1. Sister #1 | August 3rd, 2006 at 9:39 am
I love how the babes make it so simple for us
2. Kelli | August 3rd, 2006 at 9:51 am
And she made her point so eloquently!
3. Bethany | August 3rd, 2006 at 10:17 am
Maybe she should have said, “If I’m not happy ain’t nobody happy!” At least that’s how it seems to go around house.
4. mplsmerland | August 3rd, 2006 at 11:07 am
Wait a minute, let me get this right, they talk? Right now Jenn and I just get the ear drum-shattering scream. We assume that means she is un-happy, but still have yet to figure out how to make it stop.
5. Charlie | August 3rd, 2006 at 11:22 am
Here is a little song H-Bomb wrote
You might not want to sing it note for note
IF I’M NOT HAPPY, I’M NOT HAPPY!
In every life we have a fussypants fit
She’s still cranky, yeah thats it
IF I’M NOT HAPPY, I’M NOT HAPPY!
Ain’t got no choice but to writed a poem
Guest blog for mom, cuz she aint home
IF I’M NOT HAPPY, I’M NOT HAPPY!
6. JustLinda | August 3rd, 2006 at 12:53 pm
I have a two year old.
She likes to hit.
I sent her to her first time out the other day and she couldn’t figure out if she was PROUD of having to do what her sisters have to do or if she was MAD at being punished. It was the funniest thing I ever saw.
The point? They are fickle. F I C K L E. She may not be happy at that moment, but produce an ice cream cone and I bet the wind shifts faster than you can say, well, fickle.
I love this age. I even love the ‘bad’ parts of it. They are just thoroughly entertaining. In fact, I think mommy blogging was born simply to share the awesome entertainment abilities of the toddler crowd.
7. Deb | August 3rd, 2006 at 12:58 pm
ahhh the wisdom of babes……good for her, feelings are what they are and they are all OK…..
I am compelled to say things like that, it is part of my oath as a therapist and parent educator.
8. Raehan | August 3rd, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Hee-hee.
If only they weren’t so smart, these kids.
9. J | August 3rd, 2006 at 5:35 pm
At least yours talks.. My 15 month old screeches like a harpie, scratches and bites while yelling his favorite word… NO! or alternatively… DON”T! He can talk but he feels leaving his victims slightly deaf and bleeding, is more effective.
I am looking forward to the time when he becomes a reasonable human being with whom I can have a dialog. Unfortunately, between the two of my kids, I am beginning to have the feeling I will be in Depends before this happens.
10. nolamom | August 3rd, 2006 at 6:36 pm
Wait til she starts talking about running away, and “driving to Sissy’s house.” That is when I ask, “and just how do you plan to drive, and do you know how to get there”? Sometimes mine tells me she doesn’t like me, and is not going to do what I tell her. How do you explain to an almost 4 yr old, that for the rest of her life, she is going to have somebody she has to answer to? Oh, the joys and pains of parenthood! LOVE EVERY MINUTE!
11. Lisa S. | August 3rd, 2006 at 10:14 pm
You make me laugh EVERY time..hahahahahaha
12. beetlebomb978&hellip | August 4th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Stay away from the baby, Bobby McFerrin
nice..
13. Spot the Wonder Dog | August 4th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Give her the cage.
14. kris | August 4th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
lol @ remembering “the cage”
15. Woman with Kids | August 4th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
You can’t argue with that. Except it may be slightly more true to say, “If I’m not happy, we’re all not happy!”
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