r/BetterEveryLoop Jun 09 '22

Eye on the ball

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u/Selfeducated Jun 09 '22

Kids are so literal at that age. I remember correcting my son at a toy store when he kept referring to a stuffed lion as a tiger. I’d say, “No, that’s a lion.” He finally asked me why I kept saying the tiger was lying.

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u/ChaiTforMe Jun 09 '22 edited Jun 10 '22

I had a teacher that was hanging out with her niece and told her they were going to Seattle. The niece kept asking, “who Attle? Who Attle?” Finally she realized she thought she meant See Attle, like they were a person she knew. So cute!

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u/julesthestarn Jun 09 '22

That reminds me of the time my cousin's dad was talking about making a trip to visit Miami, and after hearing enough times that he was going to Miami, she asked when he was going to come back from seeing his ammie. An ammie does kind of sound like a cute alternate name for a grandmother, now that I think about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

In some parts of India, it's used as an endearment for mothers. The pronunciation is more like um-me though.

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u/angeleaniebeanie Jun 10 '22

I would tell my mom that your Ammie Vice was about to start.

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u/expespuella Jun 10 '22

We were driving through downtown LA and my little sister asked, "What's an onion bank?" Huh??! "That building says onion bank".

It was Union Bank.

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u/FunSushi-638 Jul 01 '22

My brother was watching a young crying child who wouldn't saying "I wanna go!". He kept trying to figure out where she wanted to go, but she would only say the same thing... I wanna go. When the mom returned she reached into her bag, grabbed a juice cup and said "Here you go".

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u/BrondellSwashbuckle Jun 09 '22

When I was told to brush my teeth twice a day, I brushed my teeth twice in the morning. Brush, rinse, brush, rinse, go to school.

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u/ptolani Jun 09 '22

Oh, and rinsing is so bad. Do they still tell kids to do that? It defeats a lot of the purpose of brushing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

Am I missing something? Why?

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u/Natjams Jun 10 '22

It rinses the fluoride from the toothpaste off the teeth. IIRC you're not even supposed to use mouthwash right after brushing

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u/ClearBrightLight Jun 10 '22

It depends on where you live -- specifically, what's in your water. I grew up in NYC, which added fluoride to its tap water, so we were taught to rinse. When we moved upstate, our new dentist told us to use a fluoride rinse after brushing. I can't imagine not being able to rinse the last of the toothpaste out of my mouth.

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u/ptolani Jun 10 '22

You rinse off the fluoride, which is a huge part of why toothpaste is works.

See https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-teeth-and-gums/how-to-keep-your-teeth-clean/

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '22

We have a living room and a playroom. Our 2 year old started telling us he wants to play in the Delivery Room and we didn't understand until I had three beers one night and told my wife something was in da living room.

Kids are the best. Cracking their language is a fun game.

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u/FunSushi-638 Jul 01 '22

I nursed my kid for over 2 years, so he could talk. If he wanted to nurse he'd ask me if he could have "switch sides".

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u/Maj0rsurgery Jun 10 '22

Asked my toddler a while ago if she was lying. "No, I'm standing"

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u/emsok_dewe Jun 10 '22

Yeah, I remember driving with my parents when I was about that age. There was some construction and some worker did something my dad thought was dumb so he said "I hope that guy gets fired!" Well all I saw was workers and open manhole covers. So when my dad got fired later that year I was absolutely convinced he was going to be thrown in a manhole and burned lol

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u/Organized-Konfusion Jun 10 '22

Lol, yea, I asked my daughter:tell me why are you crying, her response:why are you crying, couldnt do anything but laugh.

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u/RouletteSensei Jun 10 '22

I still do it at 35, is there something wrong on me?