Where is the OFF button???

***crick*** · #1 07-01-2008, 04:41 PM

I've read up to page 23509834 of Volume 7 and still cannot find the info on where the OFF button is on my children! Anyone know???

Okay, kids = noise. Got it. But seriously...there are certain sounds/noises each of my kids make that truly drive me up the wall! The psshhhhwwesshhhh kapow! psshhh!, the high pitched shrieking, the repetitive phrase of anything after saying/singing/humming/miming it 10 times, and oh, let's not forget the slurp of that last drop of liquid through a straw. (no, I don't buy straws)

Is it just me? Am I in this loony bin alone where certain noises just drive me kooky and in search of a padded room???

Please, someone, anyone! Please either tell me the noises that will drive you to share a padded room with me or tell me where that OFF button is!

SupaModel · #2 07-01-2008, 04:45 PM

Hahaha!!! Can u PM me when u find the button. I'll like to use it tonight @ 3am

lovemy2boys · #3 07-01-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by crick

I've read up to page 23509834 of Volume 7 and still cannot find the info on where the OFF button is on my children! Anyone know???

Okay, kids = noise. Got it. But seriously...there are certain sounds/noises each of my kids make that truly drive me up the wall! The psshhhhwwesshhhh kapow! psshhh!, the high pitched shrieking, the repetitive phrase of anything after saying/singing/humming/miming it 10 times, and oh, let's not forget the slurp of that last drop of liquid through a straw. (no, I don't buy straws)

Is it just me? Am I in this loony bin alone where certain noises just drive me kooky and in search of a padded room???

Please, someone, anyone! Please either tell me the noises that will drive you to share a padded room with me or tell me where that OFF button is!

OOOOHHHHH man can I relate!!!!

The "superhero" noises are nonstop in this house - and lately my kids have taken to mocking each other - grrr. And for some reason, my 4 1/2 year old has started gargling 10 times a day in the bathroom - what is this about?!? Even nighttime is not quiet because JD talks in his sleep...

It's to a point now that when the kids are gone and the tv is off, I almost feel nervous in all the silence - lol.

loveajax · #4 07-01-2008, 05:04 PM

The problem is that you need FOUR off buttons....!!!!

Even needing only one, I go to bed almost every night with a pounding headache. DD is like the volume in Spinal Tap, she turns it up to an "11"!

mommy2fiveplus · #5 07-01-2008, 05:08 PM

For me it is the "But Moooooooooom" moan that comes after a "no" or "not right now" answer I have given. Also the "eh, annn, eh, eh ehn" whine that goes on for 20 mins prior to nap time.

I'm with you Crick, mine have strategically placed off switches and the manuals are lost in the black hole we call a car!

ChromaKelly · #6 07-01-2008, 05:13 PM

I know! Bea talks nonstop, from morning to night. She also repeats the same thing 100 times. She can't just ask for water, she has to ask repeatedly until I give it to her. I try telling her "you only need to ask once."
Ainsley's not so much with the repetitive talking, but man, she can whine!

DPline · #7 07-01-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ChromaKelly

She also repeats the same thing 100 times. She can't just ask for water, she has to ask repeatedly until I give it to her. I try telling her "you only need to ask once."

Yes! Why, why, why do they do that? I can be walking across the room to get what they want and they still keep asking!

And the straw slurping!! What possessed me to buy the molded plastic cereal bowls with straws up the side? It seemed like such a good idea at the time!

And you can't forget all the body function noises that come with two boys. A five-year-old should not be able to burp on demand! (Though DD thinks it is just as funny as the boys!)

Make space in the padded room Crick! We have 8 more weeks of summer vacation here!

Tudu · #8 07-01-2008, 05:34 PM

I have no idea what you mean mothers are talking about. I wake every morning to the beautiful sounds of my children trying to smother each other and the sound of a water fall when I realize someone is tinkling without closing the door. Once I am up I can't wait to answer each child as they ask one after another, "what is for breakfast?" as I am serving them and later cleaning up after them. I wait patiently for them to need my services to decide who is right. I adore the sounds of their screams of joy as I encourage their youthful play in the yard. My favorite time is when I ask them if they are prepared to slip into slumber knowing just how much I will miss their terrorizing the new dog and forcing him to bark every minute they are near him. I fear I may be bored to tears when they all begin school in 33 days, 11 hours, and 28 minutes and they take all of those joyful sounds with them.

BrandyHagz · #9 07-01-2008, 05:50 PM

Don't ANY of you listen to her! She has a button most of us don't!

tweetybirdus · #10 07-01-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tudu

I have no idea what you mean mothers are talking about. I wake every morning to the beautiful sounds of my children trying to smother each other and the sound of a water fall when I realize someone is tinkling without closing the door. Once I am up I can't wait to answer each child as they ask one after another, "what is for breakfast?" as I am serving them and later cleaning up after them. I wait patiently for them to need my services to decide who is right. I adore the sounds of their screams of joy as I encourage their youthful play in the yard. My favorite time is when I ask them if they are prepared to slip into slumber knowing just how much I will miss their terrorizing the new dog and forcing him to bark every minute they are near him. I fear I may be bored to tears when they all begin school in 33 days, 11 hours, and 28 minutes and they take all of those joyful sounds with them.

I think it's the morphine drip button.

DPline · #11 07-01-2008, 06:00 PM

I don't care what it is, I want one!

lovemy2boys · #12 07-01-2008, 06:01 PM

It's so funny because we are a neighborhood of "young" families...most of us have kids who are 6 and under (and I'm talking about 30 kids just in our little area).

So along with these kids are approximately 9 very frazzled looking moms who are all about 1 "yelp" away from finding Cricks padded room...

...and then you see Mom #10 on our block who looks all refreshed and has that calmness and peacefullness that surrounds her, even as 30 kids are screaming and yelling and hooting and hollaring...and we all wonder what her secret is (I say vodka and LOTS of it - lol).

So every night I go to bed and pray for this same calmness the next day...and every morning I say "today is the day where I feel calm and peaceful even in the midst of all the chaos". And 3 1/2 minutes later when AJ is screaming that JD has the nerve to try to climb up onto his top bunk, my serenity heads out the window.

startedover · #13 07-01-2008, 06:07 PM

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!
You have to look kinda hard and it involves turning ON a button. Take one pack of clean diapers , open but still in the bag, place in front of tv and turn on Sponge Bob Square Pants. Place one 18 month old in front of TV. WALLA. Please keep in mind all models require differentt frequencies. This is just a sample. For your exact OFF button please send 3 easy installments of just $19.99 to 1234 Crazy Drive, INsane, Permental Pause 33333. Tax included.

lovemy2boys · #14 07-01-2008, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by startedover

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!
You have to look kinda hard and it involves turning ON a button. Take one pack of clean diapers , open but still in the bag, place in front of tv and turn on Sponge Bob Square Pants. Place one 18 month old in front of TV. WALLA. Please keep in mind all models require differentt frequencies. This is just a sample. For your exact OFF button please send 3 easy installments of just $19.99 to 1234 Crazy Drive, INsane, Permental Pause 33333. Tax included.

Ok - so how much is the mute button for Spongebob?

Leigh131313 · #15 07-01-2008, 06:47 PM

First of all Miss Crickety-crank.....you know darn tootin well that YOU have powers that none of us folks have, you actually CAN turn those rotten little trolls off. So quit yer whining!!!

and as for my house....I can only muster the strength to type the words Star. Freaking. Wars.

The theme songs.....the battle noises.....the constant reciting of the dialogue...

I'm sooo flippin done.

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