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.
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.)
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all i really took away from this post was the double choc. cupcakes.. lol!!
My kids don’t understand Shush! Wish they did!
Shushing is required sometimes. Hope your head feels better. xo
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?!!!
Oh I’d love to have one of those cupcakes and you can Shush me all you want!
I’m a shusher, a “be-quieter”, “please-go-into-another-roomer” too. Gotta do it. Glad to know I’m in good company.
You mean shushing is bad? Uh-oh, I’m in trouble.
And, then there’s what I say “Shut the hell up!” So, you are already a much better mommy in comparison!
I think shushing is ok especially during the amazing race.
Raised 3 to adulthood. Been there, shushed that.
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.
I fully intend to shush my future spawn….and I may or may not feel guilty about it. Haha.
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’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!