Comments on: Parenting: Being a Dream-maker http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Little Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-51264 Little Mummy Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:19:25 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-51264 Glad you enjoyed it Laurie, good point about the words too. Glad you enjoyed it Laurie, good point about the words too.

]]> By: JHS http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-51241 JHS Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:26:51 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-51241 Thanks for participating in this week's Carnival of Family Life. It will be posted at midnight (PDT) at http://www.jhsiess.com! Thanks for participating in this week’s Carnival of Family Life. It will be posted at midnight (PDT) at http://www.jhsiess.com!

]]> By: Laurie http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-51232 Laurie Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:27:49 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-51232 Thank you! I enjoyed that very much! In addition to the rush i get from providing my son with material things, power behind my words is just as thrilling. To be the one that can say a few words and make things all better is a power I dread losing. thank you again! Thank you! I enjoyed that very much! In addition to the rush i get from providing my son with material things, power behind my words is just as thrilling. To be the one that can say a few words and make things all better is a power I dread losing.
thank you again!

]]> By: Little Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50776 Little Mummy Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:39:28 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50776 Poor Beanie. I like the alternative lyrics...pretty much sums it up really! Poor Beanie.

I like the alternative lyrics…pretty much sums it up really!

]]> By: Mother at Large http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50753 Mother at Large Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:28:38 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50753 Beanie's favourite word is 'no'. We've made up alternative lyrics to the Amy Winehouse hit "They tried to make me take a short nap, I said 'no, no, no', Tried to make me eat my veggies, I said 'no, no, no'." Beanie’s favourite word is ‘no’. We’ve made up alternative lyrics to the Amy Winehouse hit “They tried to make me take a short nap, I said ‘no, no, no’, Tried to make me eat my veggies, I said ‘no, no, no’.”

]]> By: Mother at Large http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50752 Mother at Large Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:27:03 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50752 Oops! Typo there in earlier comment ... I meant Beanie, not Meanie! Sure she wouldn't thank me for getting that wrong. Oops! Typo there in earlier comment … I meant Beanie, not Meanie! Sure she wouldn’t thank me for getting that wrong.

]]> By: Mother at Large http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50751 Mother at Large Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:25:12 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50751 Fantastic, isn't it, to be able to make them so happy. Great to see Erin enjoying Iggle Piggle so much. Meanie has a soft bear she loves very much and can't go to sleep without. I didn't give him to her, but it is my job to track him down when he goes missing (after being hurled from the cot) and to reunite them. Fantastic, isn’t it, to be able to make them so happy. Great to see Erin enjoying Iggle Piggle so much. Meanie has a soft bear she loves very much and can’t go to sleep without. I didn’t give him to her, but it is my job to track him down when he goes missing (after being hurled from the cot) and to reunite them.

]]> By: Little Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50699 Little Mummy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:57:55 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50699 Haha, I bet we all have our little dream-make stories, anyonelse want to share? Haha, I bet we all have our little dream-make stories, anyonelse want to share?

]]> By: 21st Century Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50684 21st Century Mummy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:33:20 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/2007/08/09/parenting-being-a-dream-maker/#comment-50684 What a lovely story Little Mummy. It's true that as a parent you have the power to make or dash all those little dreams. You're right about the adrenalin junkie element. For the first couple of years of my eldest's life he was allowed to have anything, but I soon realised that they were often my dreams too mixed in with his. During the first Christmas that he could vocalise his wishes for presents from Father Christmas. He started to give me a long list. At that point I said that Father Christmas could only meet one wish and asked him for his top two, so Father Christmas could pick. This has worked so far. However last year on the last day of posting b4 Christmas, he suddenly changed one of his wishes to a Pink Power Ranger, which he really really wanted. Given that his other top wish was a pair of pyjamas (he's easily pleased), I relentlessly tried to track down a Pink PR. Local toy shops and Argos, Woolworths etc were all sold out. Thankfully after an internet search a phone call from Bury St Edmunds to Harry's Dept Store in the Shetland Islands did the trick, with only an hour left to make last post. I kept my fingers crossed in desperation and thankfully it was delivered just in time - phew ;-D What a lovely story Little Mummy. It’s true that as a parent you have the power to make or dash all those little dreams. You’re right about the adrenalin junkie element. For the first couple of years of my eldest’s life he was allowed to have anything, but I soon realised that they were often my dreams too mixed in with his. During the first Christmas that he could vocalise his wishes for presents from Father Christmas. He started to give me a long list. At that point I said that Father Christmas could only meet one wish and asked him for his top two, so Father Christmas could pick. This has worked so far. However last year on the last day of posting b4 Christmas, he suddenly changed one of his wishes to a Pink Power Ranger, which he really really wanted. Given that his other top wish was a pair of pyjamas (he’s easily pleased), I relentlessly tried to track down a Pink PR. Local toy shops and Argos, Woolworths etc were all sold out. Thankfully after an internet search a phone call from Bury St Edmunds to Harry’s Dept Store in the Shetland Islands did the trick, with only an hour left to make last post. I kept my fingers crossed in desperation and thankfully it was delivered just in time - phew ;-D

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