Re: Head-butts
Dave Land wrote: >Isn't that why people have other kids? To turn them against one >another? Well, that and getting someone else to mow the lawn and take out the trash. :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >How about if Dad is unable to react quickly because Dad is already >holding one of the buttar's siblings? There's no excuse for letting yourself be the victim of divide and conquer. If they're doing it to you now, imagine how it will be when they're teenagers. :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
On Jul 26, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Dave Land wrote: On Jul 25, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:33 PM Monday 7/25/2005, Jim Sharkey wrote: Dave Land wrote: Some of _those_ head-butts are entirely unintentional, and some of them are really just an awkward expression of love (kid comes running at you at full speed, doesn't know enough about physics, kid wonders why dad is writhing on the ground, instead of reciprocating the intended hug). Dad is writhing on the ground due to an inability to react quickly, or at least anticipate the child's trajectory. A simple hip twist or a quick scooping up of the incoming projectile gets the boys out of the danger zone. :) How about if Dad is unable to react quickly because Dad is already holding one of the buttar's siblings? As a father of only one (living) child, I don't qualify to answer, but you see that it doesn't stop me from having an opinion in the matter... Dad is holding a human shield: I don't see the problem. Isn't that why people have other kids? To turn them against one another? Sometimes the one being held is not at the appropriate state of momentum to be used as a shield. It's pretty darn awkward to carry a kid so that it'll be a shield to that part of you, and you can't always adjust the carried kid. Especially if he's pulling really hard on your beard. Somehow, I never pictured you with a beard. Dave, who was kidding about using other kids as human shields. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
Dave Land wrote: On Jul 25, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:33 PM Monday 7/25/2005, Jim Sharkey wrote: Dave Land wrote: Some of _those_ head-butts are entirely unintentional, and some of them are really just an awkward expression of love (kid comes running at you at full speed, doesn't know enough about physics, kid wonders why dad is writhing on the ground, instead of reciprocating the intended hug). Dad is writhing on the ground due to an inability to react quickly, or at least anticipate the child's trajectory. A simple hip twist or a quick scooping up of the incoming projectile gets the boys out of the danger zone. :) How about if Dad is unable to react quickly because Dad is already holding one of the buttar's siblings? As a father of only one (living) child, I don't qualify to answer, but you see that it doesn't stop me from having an opinion in the matter... Dad is holding a human shield: I don't see the problem. Isn't that why people have other kids? To turn them against one another? Sometimes the one being held is not at the appropriate state of momentum to be used as a shield. It's pretty darn awkward to carry a kid so that it'll be a shield to that part of you, and you can't always adjust the carried kid. Especially if he's pulling really hard on your beard. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
Dave Land wrote: When Ryan was about waist-high, we were out at a park and I bent over at the waist to put my hands under his arms and pick him up. So my face was coming down pretty fast towards the top of his head. At that same moment, he received a message from his home planet that right now would be a really great time to help dad by jumping up into his arms. I was pretty sure he broke my nose. Then I was pretty sure that he had knocked out a couple of my teeth or at least split my lip. He was pretty sure that I had bitten through the top of his head. As it turned out, none of those things had happened, but the two of us were not in a particularly cuddly mood right then. Mine get the message that when you're sitting in Mommy's lap is a Really Good Time to throw the head back. Mostly I've taken it on the chin. (Literally.) But it's really rotten to have a kid screaming as a result of something he (or even worse, she -- Catherine has a really, really loud scream) did as you're holding said kid, and smarting from pain yourself. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
On Jul 25, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:33 PM Monday 7/25/2005, Jim Sharkey wrote: Dave Land wrote: Some of _those_ head-butts are entirely unintentional, and some of them are really just an awkward expression of love (kid comes running at you at full speed, doesn't know enough about physics, kid wonders why dad is writhing on the ground, instead of reciprocating the intended hug). Dad is writhing on the ground due to an inability to react quickly, or at least anticipate the child's trajectory. A simple hip twist or a quick scooping up of the incoming projectile gets the boys out of the danger zone. :) How about if Dad is unable to react quickly because Dad is already holding one of the buttar's siblings? As a father of only one (living) child, I don't qualify to answer, but you see that it doesn't stop me from having an opinion in the matter... Dad is holding a human shield: I don't see the problem. Isn't that why people have other kids? To turn them against one another? Dave "Dad always liked you best" Land ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
At 07:33 PM Monday 7/25/2005, Jim Sharkey wrote: Dave Land wrote: >Some of _those_ head-butts are entirely unintentional, and some of >them are really just an awkward expression of love (kid comes >running at you at full speed, doesn't know enough about physics, >kid wonders why dad is writhing on the ground, instead of >reciprocating the intended hug). Dad is writhing on the ground due to an inability to react quickly, or at least anticipate the child's trajectory. A simple hip twist or a quick scooping up of the incoming projectile gets the boys out of the danger zone. :) How about if Dad is unable to react quickly because Dad is already holding one of the buttar's siblings? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
On Jul 25, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote: Dave Land wrote: Some of _those_ head-butts are entirely unintentional, and some of them are really just an awkward expression of love (kid comes running at you at full speed, doesn't know enough about physics, kid wonders why dad is writhing on the ground, instead of reciprocating the intended hug). Dad is writhing on the ground due to an inability to react quickly, or at least anticipate the child's trajectory. A simple hip twist or a quick scooping up of the incoming projectile gets the boys out of the danger zone. :) Yep. Sometimes, dad is the object of such forceful attention precisely because his attention is directed elsewhere... On the phone, talking to someone at a party, and so forth. And don't start lecturing me on my neglectful parenting, either :-). Dave "Swivel Hips" Land ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
Dave Land wrote: >Some of _those_ head-butts are entirely unintentional, and some of >them are really just an awkward expression of love (kid comes >running at you at full speed, doesn't know enough about physics, >kid wonders why dad is writhing on the ground, instead of >reciprocating the intended hug). Dad is writhing on the ground due to an inability to react quickly, or at least anticipate the child's trajectory. A simple hip twist or a quick scooping up of the incoming projectile gets the boys out of the danger zone. :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
On Jul 25, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Horn, John wrote: Behalf Of Julia Thompson Sam has gotten into the act, as well. He's butting a lot higher than he was 2 years ago. :) Which is a real problem if the receiver of said head-butt is a male. Some of _those_ head-butts are entirely unintentional, and some of them are really just an awkward expression of love (kid comes running at you at full speed, doesn't know enough about physics, kid wonders why dad is writhing on the ground, instead of reciprocating the intended hug). When Ryan was about waist-high, we were out at a park and I bent over at the waist to put my hands under his arms and pick him up. So my face was coming down pretty fast towards the top of his head. At that same moment, he received a message from his home planet that right now would be a really great time to help dad by jumping up into his arms. I was pretty sure he broke my nose. Then I was pretty sure that he had knocked out a couple of my teeth or at least split my lip. He was pretty sure that I had bitten through the top of his head. As it turned out, none of those things had happened, but the two of us were not in a particularly cuddly mood right then. As for the origin of Ryan's literal head-butting, I'm pretty sure that we have Finding Nemo's Crush the turtle to thank for that. I hadn't really thought about it 'til I watched the film at a friend's house this weekend. There's a point where Crush is introducing Squirt, his offspring, to Marlin and he says "NOGGIN!" and the two bump heads. It was not long after that that Ryan started head-butting Peggy and me (Or, as he calls it, "giving us a coconut"). So there. We know who to sue. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Head-butts
Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sam has gotten into the act, as well. He's butting a lot higher than he > was 2 years ago. :) Which is a real problem if the receiver of said head-butt is a male. Ouchie. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts (was: Half-Blood Prince)
At 06:51 PM Tuesday 7/19/2005, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And now I'm only 38 pages from the end of the other > book, but have to > stop and admit that naptime is over, and be overrun > with little ones for > the next few hours. (It's not the overrunning > that's a problem so much > as all the head-butts the 22-month-olds have gotten > into the habit of inflicting) Head-butts from toddlers are certainly more "oof!"-able than those from cats and kittens, but when a half-ton of equine *thonks* you one, prepare to kiss some dirt! :D Debbi who is currently correcting that particular cute-but-bad habit in Cezanne Admittedly head-butting is a cuter habit that the one some people have of being butt-heads . . . Non-Commutative Operators Maru --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Head-butts
Deborah Harrell wrote: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And now I'm only 38 pages from the end of the other book, but have to stop and admit that naptime is over, and be overrun with little ones for the next few hours. (It's not the overrunning that's a problem so much as all the head-butts the 22-month-olds have gotten into the habit of inflicting) Head-butts from toddlers are certainly more "oof!"-able than those from cats and kittens, but when a half-ton of equine *thonks* you one, prepare to kiss some dirt! :D Debbi who is currently correcting that particular cute-but-bad habit in Cezanne Oy. Sam has gotten into the act, as well. He's butting a lot higher than he was 2 years ago. :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
