Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:47:44 +0000 Mrs. Tiger on "Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-up-stuff-to-tell-your-kids-like-the-moon-is-made-out-of-cheese#post-1349426 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:44:36 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1349426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Jump Rope: DS1 always wants juice, but sometimes can be convinced to have "rain juice" (water) instead :) mrs. wagon on "Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-up-stuff-to-tell-your-kids-like-the-moon-is-made-out-of-cheese#post-1349347 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:32:48 +0000 mrs. wagon 1349347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Almost never! Only if we are joking around together. Not because I don't want to lie to them... but because I hate the explanations afterwards! He latches on so deeply onto things we say, so when Wagon Sr. makes something up, explaining takes FOREVER. We have to explain what the truth actually is, what we meant by the made-up thing, and why we made it up. Every. Single. Time. I'm a very efficient person so if I'm gonna have to explain the real truth, I'd rather do it the first time, even if he doesn't fully understand! Mrs. Jump Rope on "Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-up-stuff-to-tell-your-kids-like-the-moon-is-made-out-of-cheese#post-1349310 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:26:48 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1349310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We lie about what in her cup.. She saw us drinking pop one day and asked for some. We told her she already had pop in her cup! It was water. Now she calls anything in her sippy pop. Oops. Mrs. Tiger on "Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-up-stuff-to-tell-your-kids-like-the-moon-is-made-out-of-cheese#post-1349288 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:23:15 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1349288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH and I plan to tell DS2 he had to be in the hospital because he's bionic, has super strength, etc... But it's his superhero secret :) illumina on "Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-up-stuff-to-tell-your-kids-like-the-moon-is-made-out-of-cheese#post-1349206 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:08:33 +0000 illumina 1349206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Obviously not with my LO, but with other toddlers/pre-schoolers I find myself making up answers to their questions when I either don't know the answer or if it's too complicated to explain and I can't gauge their understanding of the subject! I should probably stop doing it before LO gets to that age, but I figure it's not bad for kids I don't see often ;) mrbee on "Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-make-up-stuff-to-tell-your-kids-like-the-moon-is-made-out-of-cheese#post-1349192 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:06:04 +0000 mrbee 1349192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I always told myself I would stick to the science, but sometimes it's fun to just make up stuff. I always tell Charlie afterward I am just joking with him and it cracks him up! But then I tell him that I'll look it up and we dig into it together. Do you make up stuff to tell your kids, like the moon is made out of cheese?