Things you learned you liked because

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

you are a parent...

me?

cheerios dry makes a great snack... never did that before the kids

baby wipes... no further information available

cutting sandwiches/cheesburgers in quarters.... so the rest does not get messed up and you can eat it later

although my girls are big now, I still do these and other weird things

you?

[mcctatas]

1. Ants on a log, bug juice, The Upside Down Show, playing

I Packed my Mothers Trunk and Dreft laundry detergent.

[DarkTirade]

3. Bug juice? Whassat?

[mcctatas]

4. sickeningly sweet sugar substance that tastes great with vodka

[DarkTirade]

6. It's funny how one loses the taste for sickeningly sweet as they age.

I used to be a sugar addict. Now I barely touch the stuff. :P

[av8rdave]

2. Radiohead, Apple computers, text messaging, college football

There was probably a lot of stuff from earlier in their lives, but I'm too old to remember.

[AlCzervik]

5. the running man.

my daughter did that on HRH's royal yacht in Scotland, it's retired but you can tour it, so it's hella rainy when we were there, she's bored and she starts doing the running man on the deck, she thought no one saw her---i did. She's also prone to bust out into interpretive dance which is hilarious.

[surrealAmerican]

7. Keeping a band-aid or two in my wallet.

I stated doing this when my kids were little and prone to playground cuts and scrapes. The band-aids are useful even when it's just me now.

[LaraMN]

8. Babysitters.

Hair dye that covers the gray ones effectively.
Sour Patch Kids.

[HopeHoops]

9. Always, ALWAYS having a wad of clean tissues in one or more pockets.

[PassingFair]

10. Ditto on the buttwipes...

how the HELL did we exist without those?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. i don't know

I keep a ziplock baggie of them with me

[MorningGlow]

11. SpongeBob

Legos, Matchbox cars, and lots of kids' books like James and the Giant Peach, Stuart Little, and the Ramona series.

Still embroiled in it all--he's 5! :hi:

On edit: Oh yeah--and playing with lightsabers and making siren noises when playing with police cars, ambulances, and fire engines. It's very cathartic.

On edit 2: A full night's sleep. I CHERISH those, as they are so freakin' rare!

[Fran Kubelik]

13. WARNING

Flushable wipes aren't actually really flushable. The way you find this out is really too gross to describe.

[Arugula Latte]

14. There was an article in our paper the other day stating this exact fact.

It said, basically, if something doesn't start to disintegrate immediately like toilet paper, it's really not flushable. Pissed me off because we've used flushable wipes for years, and I hate to think we've been doing so much environmental harm. I thought they had figured out a way to make them hold firm and then fall apart shortly after, but nooooo. It was just a false marketing ploy.

[Fran Kubelik]

16. environmental harm and

...in our case, basement harm. You don't want to face what we faced the day we looked at each other and said: "What's that smell coming from the basement????"

[ogneopasno]

15. Seriously? Oh noes! We've been flushing them into our septic for several years!

Well, we haven't had a problem yet...

[Iggo]

17. The 'N'.

My oldest niece is in college now. So for awhile it was over.

But now we got the 13 yr old and it's starting again.

I act like I hate it, but it's fun.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. Okay, ?

???

[Iggo]

21. It's a cable television channel...

...geared toward preteen and early teen girls.

Oh, the drama.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

22. Oh, thank God I don't have it

i can't imagine any more drama than we already have.... 13 and 9

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Hot chocolate tastes sweeter

when you're watching your kid enjoy his.

[Shell Beau]

19. I am still really new to being a parent! Baby wipes are

a wonderful invention though.

[MissMillie]

23. When you're in a rush, it's easier to find stuff when it's been put where it belongs

that's the big thing I learned when I became a parent.

Oh, and that kids stop needing naps right around the time parents start needing them all over again.

[Sequoia]

24. Rug Rats and Power Puff Girls

I still like them too.