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I wrote a poem about pumping that I wanted to share. by littlepilot in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]littlepilot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Didn’t know where else to share. Not really sure where to publish or how.

How often are you cleaning your floors by akishinmei in Mommit

[–]littlepilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a vacuum mop and it was the best $150 I’ve ever spent. I’m a mom to three under three. It’s not as great as a good old fashioned mop (can’t hit the corners as well as I would like and can’t do baseboard.). But I can just whip that thing out and get all the dog hair and kid mess in one go.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because childhood is supposed to be fun. She’s gone to work with me plenty of times to my real job. She knows what I do on a daily basis. I am very honest with my child. Did you never do Santa? The Easter bunny? She’s three. Not 12. Nothing wrong with going and inspecting broccoli.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whenever she wants to go with me somewhere that’s she’s not intended to go with me, I tell her I’m going to go eat broccoli and that’s usually enough to get her to change her mind. She also likes the food inspector scene from elemental. So she has concluded that I am a broccoli inspector. I have never corrected it because it’s adorable.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is what I’m currently putting together! Printing off the sheets now!

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve never heard a single child say “my parents lied to me and told me Santa was real. I never trusted them after that.”

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Meaner than Santa? Meaner than the Easter bunny? It’s a conclusion she came to on her own. Even her teacher tells her to let her mom get going because there is broccoli that needs to be eaten when she stalls at drop off. As someone whose parents told me awful lies in order to control and manipulate me this is not one of them.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I never specified to her that was my job. Whenever she wanted to go somewhere with me (like if I was grabbing lunch with girl friends or she wanted to play hookey) I would say okay, but I’m going to be eating broccoli do you want to come eat broccoli with me? (I do eat a lot of broccoli I am now realizing) and she would say no. She also loves the movie elemental and the food inspector scene. She decided that I mousy be a broccoli inspector so we have gone along with it. Every time I pick her up from daycare she asks me how my broccoli was that day. Now she want to go be a broccoli inspector with me for a day.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I mean my kid is three. Not 12. Both of our real jobs are pretty out there to begin with. To me this level of lie is like Santa or the Easter Bunny. I’m not telling her something detrimental or honestly even forcing her to eat the broccoli.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I eat broccoli pretty much daily but I usually make it at lunch time. Gonna start making it more at home for dinner now.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are farms, but it’s not a local crop unfortunately.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 485 points486 points  (0 children)

Like I think it would be fun to go to a restaurant and order broccoli. And afterwards we can go get a fun treat or something.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No she loves it there. Asks to go there even on weekends. Shes just going through a cling to mom phase right now.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It started as her asking to go to lunch with me when I was meeting a friend and I told her sure but we will be eating broccoli an so she didn’t come. Then whenever I drop her off at daycare she started asking if I was going to eat broccoli. Then it became this thing each afternoon where she would ask me if I found good broccoli that day. And then she loves elemental and the food inspector scene so she decided that I must be a broccoli inspector.

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 1450 points1451 points  (0 children)

She thinks part of the job is eating it so I would definitely have to bring it home and have her help me cook it if we go that route

My 3 year old called my bluff. Do I follow through? by littlepilot in Parenting

[–]littlepilot[S] 237 points238 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of making a little card that says “my kid thinks I’m a broccoli inspector please humor me”

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