Saved my favourite show of all time, The Amazing Race, on the good ole PVR to share with my little brood. That little brood would NOT shut up!
I shushed them.
Calmly explained…no talkie during Mama’s favourite show.
Attempting a phone conversation with bff. Little girls screaming in the background.
I shushed them.
Not cool little ones. We all know you don’t bug Mama when she is chatting with Aunt Julie long distance. Aunt Julie has the BEST gossip. Not that I ever gossip cause that would be evil.
Stealing a quiet moment with my Hubby, girls don’t seem to care. They were all interrupty and in our faces!
I shushed them.
Do they not realize how lucky they are that they have parents that still want ummm quiet time together?
Party of four little girls downstairs sounds like a mosh pit.
I shushed them.
Having severe case of play date regret. No escape.
I Shushed so much today I need some lip balm but hey, at least I didn’t tell them to SHUT UP!!! I didn’t even think about telling those little creatures to shutty and go to their rooms and leave me alone cause my head hurt and I needed QUIET. Sigh. Bad Mama.
Apparently to survive life in the suburbs, shushing is required.
Oh, and note to self, baking the kids some double chocolate cupcakes following the aforementioned shushing, relieves much of the Mama guilt.
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62 comments:
Somehow, I just saw "Baking the kids"
and thought, 'OMG, she didn't?'
Then I saw 'cupcakes'
With icing? and sprinkles?
Shushing during The Amazing Race should go guilt free. It is The Amazing Race afterall!
Shush is the greatest word ever made! HA
No need for guilt! We have all been there! :)
lol baking the kids...a little shush can go a long way...
my mom still shushes me during the amazing race, ha!
i do love that show as well!
funny. I used to love amazing race too. I would so go on that show!
glad to hear I'm not alone in this!
Everyone likes to pretend they never tell the kids to shush. But I'll just say it, I have even told them to SHUT UP! Then I feel guilty and wish I hadn't said it.
there's a lot of shushing when i'm pms'ing. i actually tell my boys it's that time again, please keep it to a whisper.
I don't even bother sushing them.....I just go in the other room.
I get shushed by my 2-yr old; I figure that I can shush back. Or is it the other way around...?
Does it make me a bad wifey to shush the hubs..because I did that the other day...he walked away mad...I ran after saying I was sorry...does that count..?
Hey, there is nothing wrong with shushing your children! It is way more polite than saying: SHUT UP! :)
Is it bad that I 'shush' my 7 month old when she babbles during my shows, even though she doesn't understand? Hahah.
I've got to keep working on eliminating some of my other language, and focusing on words like "shush". It's a great word, by the way!
I shush too.
I also offer the kids to: Zip it.
It works as well.
I don't like SHUT up. I loathe that one.
I fully intend to shush my future spawn....and I may or may not feel guilty about it. Haha.
I feel your pain. There are certain times of the day when I just don't want to talk to my kids or hear them...which is impossible. So, I tell them that "mommy can't deal with a lot of noise right now," (ususally when I'm hungry and cooking)and limit them to a reasonable volumn. With constant reminders, they do fairly well.
Raised 3 to adulthood. Been there, shushed that.
I think shushing is ok especially during the amazing race.
And, then there's what I say "Shut the hell up!" So, you are already a much better mommy in comparison!
You mean shushing is bad? Uh-oh, I'm in trouble.
I'm a shusher, a "be-quieter", "please-go-into-another-roomer" too. Gotta do it. Glad to know I'm in good company.
Oh I'd love to have one of those cupcakes and you can Shush me all you want!
bizarrely I also read "baking the kids" and thought OMG! I yell "OY, Chill!" - is that worse than shushing?! It is said with a heavy English accent, does that make it more acceptable?!!!
Shushing is required sometimes. Hope your head feels better. xo
My kids don't understand Shush! Wish they did!
see...
all i really took away from this post was the double choc. cupcakes.. lol!!
Are you not supposed to shush kids?? Oops, I shush my students all the time. Which is kind of funny, because the shushing sound we make is the same sound Chinese parents make to prompt their babies to pee.
Shut up was not allowed in our house, but I was definitely shushed when needed! I don't think it's bad to shush kids. They need to learn to keep their mouths shut at times! (Adults too, but that is another story.)
I think Shushing is an automatic response of Mommies. So sweet of you to make them cupcakes, that would definitely wipe away all Momma guilt!
But with "sh" you can reenact that whole Austin Power scene... I think I'm going to try that next time! "Let me tell you a little story 'bout a man named SH!"
Amen sister!! You shush away!!
I hate when they ask me a question, while I'm on the phone AND my husband is sitting in front of the TV doing nothing. Hello kids...Do you see another parent in this house?!?!?!
In the old days, kids were taught to be seen and not heard... Not a bad thing, is it? ;-)
Today we have earplugs, thank goodness! ha ha!
Yes we practice "please be quiet!" 'round these parts...a lot...no shut ups just, FOR THE LOVE PLEASE STOP MAKING THAT NOISE! ;)
I get shushed all the time. You didn't do any damage to your kids at all!
Yep, a shush is a must sometimes!
You do sound the the best of Moms!
You are so cute. My son still demands to scream in my face while I am talking on the phone, but when he is pretend talking he says "shhhhh I am on the phone" Puhleeeaasse!
Shushing is absolutely required! Oh yes!
Do not feel badly. Repeat after me: I'm a vivacious, loving, suburban mom and it's okay that I shush my kids.
Now go have a glass of wine. ;)
Just found your blog- Love it! I'm not a mom, but a pediatric nurse for many years. Love to see moms and said shushees in action. Great blog! Love- Danna
www.sherunslikeagirl.blogspot.com
oh yes! the shushing!
I couldn't believe it the first time I caught myself doing it but it has become second nature now...
=)
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So, the lesbian couple..Carol..the blonde...the last man she dated was my husband before she turned gay..swear!!
They will just love the cupcakes!
They will be quiet while they are eating them too.
I usually stuff a banana in their mouths. Well, when they were little anyway. Now when I give 'em the "look" they go get a banana.
[kidding]....my 'kids' are 40 and 37. And, they really don't like bananas all that well.
I really wish shhh would work in my house. It doesn't I end up yelling and then feel really guilty!
aaaawwwhh...shushing is ok
I'm a teacher.
I am a champion Shush-er. And? Don't feel (too) guilty!!
It's okay, sometimes they need that. At least you didn't put tape over their mouths!
I don't have to shush my girls much. My husband, on the other hand get's "SHaaaaaaaadddduuuuupppppp" quite often!
Yeah...shushing is pretty much essential. I do it without making the cupcakes and I'm still a pretty good mom. Boundaries are ok...right?! Following you now. Holly;)
I do the "look" first, then move on to shush.
You sound like a pro.
YOU did good!!! SHH is much better than what we usually want to SCREAM... BE QUIET!!! or SHUT up...but we would never say that...or want to run into our rooms, shut the door, and just Scream...no that wouldn't be a nice mommy!
I probably would have slipped a screamed SHUT UP!! So good for you!
Look at it this way, shushing is so much better than duct tape.
Love The Amazing Race and shush my husband during the show.
I just wish my son would listen when I shush him!! = )
as you can see, you are so not alone. I am a sssshhhh mommy too...something about a phone, a child and you get an urgent need for mommy. and the guilt, oh the guilt, always hits me just after bedtime when they are restful angels
You shush on! The Amazing Race is my favorite show too and don't let anything or anyone come in front of that!
My kids have no respect for the shush. It takes a cattle prod and an act of God to get them to be quiet.
Sometimes yelling: SHUT UP at the top of your lungs really does the trick. For the next 15 minutes anyway.
Lmbo! I say shut up sometimes, hee hee!
I shush all the time. My kids tell me I sound like I am deflating!
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