I’ll bet I fall for this a lot.
I’m realizing that there’s nothing worse than listening to a kid whine. Except, of course, listening to a kid FAKE CRY. I’m getting so aggravated, investigating these incidents! Here’s how it usually plays out:
Lexi: WAHHHHHHH-HAAAAAA-HAAAAA! AHHHHHHHH, WAHHHHHH!
Mommy: Lexi! What’s wrong, honey?
Lexi: Mom! I’m not crying, MY BABY IS CRYING. Can’t you hear her? WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Mommy: Your baby needs to shut the fuck up before Mommy throws her out the car window. Okay, sweetie?
All right, I made up that last line. But seriously, that business gets old in a hurry. And I’m realizing that they can fake cry very realistically. I’m starting to think that probably 82% of the crying I respond to is invalid. Hmph.
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Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism.
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September 19th, 2008 at 8:19 am
My kids do the same thing. Or they play house and yell “mom!” And I come running and say what? They look at me like I’m crazy and tell me they’re just playing.
September 19th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Genoa can fake TEARS, I think. I basically wait until I can actually SEE an injury before I respond.
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September 19th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Yea my kids do this too. And when I respond to “Mommy! Waaa!” I get in return “I wasn’t talking to you!!”
Kids.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
You’re a riot. 82%, huh? You arrived at that figure via a complicated formula, didn’t you? It must be that engineer you’re married to, rubbing off on you.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Michele – Nope, it’s just a rough estimate. But the engineer rubbing off on me IS how I ended up with 2 sets of twins. HA! ::rimshot::
September 19th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Erm, if it was a rimshot, you wouldn’t have gotten pregnant in the first place!
(Miss you chick!)
September 20th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
lmao!!!
September 21st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Maybe you could get them into acting? Or doing voices on cartoons of crying babies.
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:40 am
How funny! My little one has started with the fake crying but he does it to get attention. It is actually quite funny.
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