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That any battery powered toy that is currently driving me crazy needs to go night night (nap) for a little bit. He puts it away, tells it night night, and moves onto the next toy.

Mine is around time. Like telling him he has 10 mins left at the park but setting the timer for only 5 mins.
Or he asks me to lay with him so I say “ok, 3 mins” and it’s only, like, 1 min.

@Reese: Oh I totally pull the "spicy" card when I don't want to share

We used to call Salmon, "salmon chicken," but that one doesn't work anymore

I tell him certain TV shows I don't like (Sponge Bob, Caillou) are "bad for our brain."

--Every meat is chicken
--Every round fruit is an apple
--Every potato is a French fry
-- When his kids Amazon fire is too loud for me, I tell him I need to "fix it"

@BadgerMom: @crazydoglady: oh yes, chicken. Everything is chicken. Or, It tastes like chicken. He figures out that it’s not, but it gets him to try it and often he likes it anyway.
And last week I told him tofu was cheese. He had saag paneer a few weeks ago, which he liked, so when he had miso soup last week I told him the little white cubes were the same cheese he had in the spinach he liked. He ate it all.

My son believes any vegetable goes into 'salsa'. At this point, it is more like a smooth veggie blend that is mostly red, but he'll eat anything with chips!

Also, everything electronic has to 'charge' at some point. Or we lost the remote. Or this is the last cookie/candy, oh look, now they're all gone.

It is cold/hot is a good way to prevent him from eating my own food.

They're fries/chips. Sweet potato fries still count!

When my child won't get buckled in her car seat I tell her we need to hurry because the roads are going to close and we won't get to where we need to go.

Annoying toys “break” and we have to wait for “daddy to fix it” (or until they forget about it).

Many toys need to charge when I need a break from them.

We used to call fish sticks “special nuggets” so she would think they were chicken nuggets. Worse, she told me she likes to eat chicken, “I mean chicken the food, not chicken the animal!” She’s going to hate me when she figures that one out.

The park is closed.

He’s only 14mo but i’ll sometimes say mama is going “night night” too! -

My white lies :
This doesn’t contain X ingredient
iPad needs to charge
Soda is an adult drink
The sweets are all gone
It’s spicy
Annoying toy is lost
That store is closed today

"I will be back to check on you in 5 minutes" at bedtime... she falls asleep rather than freak out that I left the room

If we don’t brush her teeth we’ll have to pull them all out. I feel super guilty about this one but I’ve tried for years to figure out how to make teeth brushing less of an issue and this is the only thing that has ever worked! I’ve seriously read every teeth brushing thread on HB!

Soda is for adults only.

Certain Tv shows are “not available” (aka I hate them and can’t handle watching them).

The grocery store is out of donuts.

@newlypregnantlady: we say certain videos aren’t available on different devices. My dad will look up random Disney videos on his laptop with them and we just say they are only available on pop pops computer. Definitely not on my computer or phone.

Our tv was "broken" for about a year, and then it only worked for sports for another 6 months after that. Now that she understands/accepts limits we have occasional screen time

Anything I don't want to share "has coffee in it"

@newlypregnantlady: is your LO into any characters? I ask because Elmo has been super helpful in the teeth brushing department. LO tore up an Elmo teeth pop up book, so I taped ELmo with a toothbrush to his mirror. LO’s toothpaste has Elmo on it.

@Foodnerd81: I do the same! My mother constantly watches YouTube with LO in her lap. Drives me nuts.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: the only characters she really loves are the Wild Kratts from PBS kids. She’s really meh on all others. She recognizes Judy from Zootopia but not enough to even choose that sticker at the pedi. I’ve tried so many many things. I just live with it being the worst part of the day. DH can barely even handle it because it’s just so awful, but I figure it eventually has to get better. Her aunt is a dental hygienist and she tends to be better for others.

@PawPrints: @newlypregnantlady: we tell our kids that soda is for adults.. but I really don't think kids have any reason to be in the habit of drinking soda, at least not until maybe they are 12 or so and know it's a treat.. so I totally don't feel bad about that!