In a post that I'm running tomorrow, I talk about nagging my kids. I shared the concept of how much I nag them vs. how much I could nag them with Amy of Pregnant Chicken. And then I begged her to help me make it into a graphic - which she did. And now we jointly present with great pride and stupidity... The Mommyland Nagging Spectrum.
LOVE it! My 4, my husband, and my niece all had me at a 10 most of the day today!
ReplyDeleteLove! My kids had me at 10.5 earlier!!!
ReplyDeleteyes and YESSER!!! love this one!
ReplyDeleteI love that spectrum so much I'd trade you my Hello Kitty lunchbox for it. Or my nagging speculum. Your choice.
ReplyDeleteThis exceeds hilarious. The icing on the cake is that the only tag is awesomeness!
ReplyDeleteI was honestly at an 11 today with a Code Red on the Schmidt scale. We are never to discuss the Hoover Dam tour in our family again.
ReplyDeleteI am printing and Putting up on THE bulletin board. I love the silent nag... My four year old has been trying his hand at the silent nag with me... Makes me chuckle!
ReplyDeleteIt's got to be time for something from the offspring ladies. I hear buzzing in my head and I don't know where it's coming from....
ReplyDeleteAlmost 11 today, the kids locked me out of the house and I had the guy next door take my door off the hindges so I could get in. I thought I was going to kill someone I was so mad!
ReplyDeleteInching toward 11. Husband's out of town and the oldest two won't. Go. To. Sleep.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, this one needs to be a t-shirt!
ReplyDeleteToo funny and so true!
ReplyDeleteI was at a 9.5 recently with my four boys (ages 6 and under), so I sent them to time-out in their rooms on their beds. On the way down the hall I over heard one of them say to the other, "And she thinks WE'RE the ones who need a nap."
Maybe it's just due to summer vacation, but I have been at 11 for the past 2 days. Could also be the PMS.....
ReplyDeleteOoooo! How do hormones factor into this chart?!
I turned it up to 10 and all the way back down the other day. The husband has been promising me he would install a baby gate for our basement steps. Still not done. The baby almost plunged head first down the stairs, and all I had to say (well, scream) was the word "TONIGHT." and he knew what I meant. And by God, do I have a baby gate now? Yes. Yes I do.
ReplyDeleteKate, Lydia, and Amy FTW!
12: Wow, Mommy, you look really nice in that white jacket and I am sure this padded room is lots of fun.
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I taught my children baby sign language (don't judge to harshly, they WERE babies at the time!) just so I could tell them to "STOP" with hand signals alone. I also frequently use signing as a silent prompt to remind them to say stuff like "thank you" to someone, and most of the time the person (particularly if they're elderly) doesn't even notice. Now we need the advanced dvd so I can learn to sign "NO playing outside until your homework is done" in front of visitors and let them appear way better trained than I'm sure they will be.
ReplyDeleteOh lawd! Some days I'm at a good 12 or 13...My poor child lol...I always tell him, "I can't wait til u start school in September and Mommy goes back to college, cuz Mommy needs some non-mommy time and you need to be with your peers(other kids)!"
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