My grandson is a very friendly, helpful, and outspoken child. These are a couple embarassing moments he created.
My daughter's embarassing moment.
1. When he was around 5 years old, my daughter and he were in a Walmart superstore shopping for the weekly supply of food. She had always taught him the correct anatomical term for body parts, including the genitalia. As she was teaching him, he eagerly absorbed the information, and was now equipped with the correct terms. Ex. Pee pee, NO member, YES.
He had a habit of yelling a person's first name if he couldn't get the attention he was looking for by calling that person by his/her title. He was in the frozen food aisle where the popsicles were located. Having eaten them before, and liking them, he decided he was going to ask his mom to buy him some. So, as my daughter was busy making her selections one aisle over, she heard, "Ma-ri-eee, will you buy me some testicles?"
My embarassing moment.
2. My daughter, (same person) son-in-law, and grandchildren were visiting Me, my other daughter and son-in-law (no kids yet) on a beautiful, warm summer day. We decided to go to an area amusement park.
During the mid afternoon, we decided to go to the children's area where the water slides are located.
The adults all decided to ride down the water slides, and I was asked to watch my grandson.
I was laying on a recliner soaking up the sun, when all of a sudden, I heard a girl scream. I glanced up, and there was my grandson, holding his member, urinating where all could see, nearly hitting the young lady with his stream as she was approached from the rear. My face turned a crimson red, and the girl's father laughed, saying, "I bet you live in the country." I replied, "He does, I don't!"
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My most embarrassing moment occured when my daughter was 4, my oldest son was 6 months and I was pregnant with my middle son. I had gone to the grocery store to complain about the price of formula. A case of formula cost $79.00!! [This was in 1991]
Anyway, I was wearing a moo-moo [a dress that unzips in the front.] I wasn't wearing a bra, and I was talking to the manager about the prices. My daughter got bored and unzipped me!!! Now, I was carrying on an IMPORTANT discussion with this man, and the next thing I know is there is a major draft. I look down and my boobs are on the tube and the manager is trying really hard not to laugh.
Well being a stubborn person, I grabbed the front of my dress,calmly zipped it back up, and informed the manager, that unless he lowered the price of his formula, my family would shop elsewhere. My daughter realized that she was in trouble, so she sat down it the back of the cart and acted like an angel. You could almost see the halo.
We still live in the same town but I don't shop at that store very often because they are just too expensive on everything!! I don't even know what the manager's name was, but I can imagine what he told everybody else. We were not in his office, we were out on the floor in clear view of the cashiers and customers.
Another time, we were at church, and the same daughter came back into the auditorium and informed her Daddy in a very LOUD voice that she pooped!! At the time she was two!!! The preacher lost his place and the worshippers lost all interest in what he was saying because all 100+ were rolling laughing so hard that no one could hear him anyway!!
If you have kids you have to have a huge sense of humor and a tough hide, cause you never know just exactly what they are going to say or do to embarrass you.
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:chuckle The poop or pee pee thing? Although this didn't happen with a child per-se, it did happen with my roommate, (who had the mind of a child,) and our ever so cheerful nurse. Oh my, could my roommate ever talk!
Our room was directly across from the nurse's station where the med cart was. The nurses would often stand there to talk etc.
Well, she saw our nurse standing there, and she asked her why she was doing that.
Our nurse replied, "I'm waiting to go to the bathroom." (Wrong coment.) My roommate in turn said, "What ya gotta do, poop or pee?" The nurse tried in vain to not go there, but my ever persistent roommate was determined to learn what the nurse had to do. So she kept asking her over and over again.
Finally the nurse gave in, and replied, "If you must know, I'm going to pee." Then with a face that was so crimson red it looked like it was glowing, she said, "Well, now that everyone knows what I'm going to do, I know I can't keep a secret."
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My youngest (who is now 11 y/o BTW) has always been my biggest source of embarassment.
When he was about a year old we were having lunch in a very busy restaurant. We were getting ready to leave and I was standing next to my kid (who was still strapped into his high chair) when he let out the loudest burp I have ever heard! I'm talking so loud it almost rattled the silverware on the table. Every eye turned to ME. I tried to say it was my son but one look at that cherub faced little guy sitting quietly there and no one believed me.
He did that again a few years later when we were walking out of McDonald's....only this time it was unmistakable...it was HIM.
Then there was the time when he was about 3 or 4 and I was in the process of toilet training him. It was our first outing without a diaper and unfortunately we were detained. We were waiting at the pharmacy for our scripts and my darling son was standing in a shopping cart. Suddenly he looked at me kinda funny and bent down. Much to my horror, I saw a large yellow puddle grow under the shopping cart. :imbar :imbar
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Lesson number 2
How to toilet train your toddler.
Place toddler in shopping cart, (make sure you go overtime) go in store, wait to receive selected products, observe toddler as he squats and pees on the floor.
Oh come what may, tis truly a happy day, for I learned two lessons.
This embarassing moment was more of a tired sleep deprived parent moment. WE goofed on this one. My brother in-law was over and we were trying to show him how at ease we were as first time parents of an infant (my son was about 4 months old). So we showed him dinner time(cute spagetti all over the place), then bath time fun (wear a raincoat and golashes in the bathroom), then nighty night time. What we forgot in our haste to be so smooth, was to put a diaper on the baby before putting him to bed! That was really hard to explain away.
and then there was the time our son, then 2, tried to lift a snickers bar at the gas station. The clerk caught him before we did. Gee, what awful parents...
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The moo-moo vision is now fully engrained in my mind for the day.....HARHARHARHARHAR! What kids will not do and you are sooooo right...with kids, one must have a sense of humor. Gosh what a great thread......Thanks for starting it!
Here's a lesson on why single parents cannot have a normal dating life:
When my son was young we lived about an hour outside of the city where most of my friends lived. Many of my friends would come up on the weekends and stay. (This is the setup)
Now, one evening I invited a man I had dated only twice over to my house for dinner. My neighbor offered to watch my son and send him home at bedtime. So......
lovely dinner, then my son strolls in (5 yrs. old) and comments...
"Oh Hi! I didn't know Mom had company! Is he staying tonight Mom?" I gave up dating for several years after that!
Grocery stores are nightmares when you have little ones and mine was no exception.
Not long after my son was born I had to go to the grocery store for a few items and Dad was at work and I had to take both kids with me. Small town, and everyone was oohing and ahhing checking out the new baby. I was wearing sweats and my daughter 2yo at the time was feeling neglected so she tried to climb up my legs. Pulling my sweats down in the process. Needless to say, everyone got a great view of the moon that day. I got my needed items and left as soon as possible. lol
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my son, now 12, has to always go to the toilet when we go out for a meal.......not to use it but to grade it!! he trots off then comes back and gives it marks out 10!! also you get description of the amenities!! not sure where he got this from but if you want to know the best loos.........ask callum!!
my friends daughter managed to embarrass her... they were standing in the queue in the local supermarket when carly started talking to the lady in the next queue. my friend almost died when she realised that carly was describing to an enthralled audience the cervical smear (pap) she had had earlier that day. she hadnt realised carly had been watching so carefully............!!
or the best.........i was behind a lady in a queue and her daughter was asking for some sweets. 'no' says the mum. so the little girl thought about this then said .........'if you dont buy me some sweets I will tell granny I saw you kissing daddies willy!!' I nearly choked trying not laugh but the poor woman didnt know what to do with herself!!!!!!!:roll I think the moral is get a lock on the bedroom door!!!!!!
Life is just so much fun!
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My most embarrassing moment occured when my daughter was 4, my oldest son was 6 months and I was pregnant with my middle son. I had gone to the grocery store to complain about the price of formula. A case of formula cost $79.00!! [This was in 1991]
Anyway, I was wearing a moo-moo [a dress that unzips in the front.] I wasn't wearing a bra, and I was talking to the manager about the prices. My daughter got bored and unzipped me!!! Now, I was carrying on an IMPORTANT discussion with this man, and the next thing I know is there is a major draft. I look down and my boobs are on the tube and the manager is trying really hard not to laugh.
Well being a stubborn person, I grabbed the front of my dress,calmly zipped it back up, and informed the manager, that unless he lowered the price of his formula, my family would shop elsewhere. My daughter realized that she was in trouble, so she sat down it the back of the cart and acted like an angel. You could almost see the halo.
We still live in the same town but I don't shop at that store very often because they are just too expensive on everything!! I don't even know what the manager's name was, but I can imagine what he told everybody else. We were not in his office, we were out on the floor in clear view of the cashiers and customers.
Another time, we were at church, and the same daughter came back into the auditorium and informed her Daddy in a very LOUD voice that she pooped!! At the time she was two!!! The preacher lost his place and the worshippers lost all interest in what he was saying because all 100+ were rolling laughing so hard that no one could hear him anyway!!
If you have kids you have to have a huge sense of humor and a tough hide, cause you never know just exactly what they are going to say or do to embarrass you.