I can't moo. How will Mia ever learn what a cow says with a mother who can't moo?
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Beth fled the corporate world to be a stay-at-home mom to Mia, born July 2005, and baby-to-be-named-later, expected in early February. She lives in Virginia with her daughter and husband and her vast collections of chapstick and cheap purses.
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Her PaPa was raised on a dairy farm, and he is a world class
moo-er. Bring her over anytime for mooing lessons! We will moo with her today!
Seriously, Beth, I hope this is the worst thing you EVER have to worry about with Mia.
Posted by: Beth's Mom | 04/14/2007 at 07:38 AM
hrmmm ... if you can say "moo" ... and perhaps "moo-moo" ... you're doing good. Then, for the advanced lesson, go visit a farm type place, and see/hear, actual cows (preferably outside, since cows inside are very stinky). If you are close enough, and stay long enough, the cows will moo. Note, cows are not very talkative, so this may take a while.
Now - figuring out a good elephant sound, that has proven to be my challenge!
Posted by: airwick | 04/14/2007 at 07:55 AM
I find that volume makes up for accuracy.
Posted by: Swistle | 04/14/2007 at 07:59 AM
Piper is under the impression that a cow says "Boo." Maybe it isn't so bad if Mia assumes that cows are mute. Or moot, as the case may be.
Posted by: Nichole | 04/14/2007 at 08:23 AM
Hmmmmmm, I have no thoughts. I can't whistle, so maybe we should start a swap with people teaching our kids to do what we can't.
Posted by: jodi | 04/14/2007 at 08:36 AM
That's it. She'll never get into college now. You have failed.
Posted by: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | 04/14/2007 at 09:10 AM
Daya says, s\"Sheep make funnier noises, Mia should go see sheep immediately."
Posted by: jessica | 04/14/2007 at 09:19 AM
Daya says, "Sheep make funnier noises, Mia should go see sheep immediately."
Posted by: jessica | 04/14/2007 at 09:19 AM
I can moo, but I can't baa or neigh. Kieran is doomed. I agree with airwick, elephant noises are tricky, but Kieran's favourite animal is an armadillo (thank you, that one Sandra Boynton book). What sound does a freaking armadillo make???
Posted by: Carmen | 04/14/2007 at 09:48 AM
I can moo but I can't neigh and I don't do goat terribly well.
I don't know if they even make those toys with the animal sounds anymore. They were Mattell and you pulled a string for the animal. Now they're pushbutton (probably the string was removed for safety reasons although my kids never came to harm).
See and Say or something like that.
Posted by: ann adams | 04/14/2007 at 09:55 AM
I can't make elephant noises which is unfortunate because Peanut loves elephants. He'll be scarred for life, as will Mia, due to our insufficient animal noise making skills.
Posted by: Jennifer | 04/14/2007 at 10:10 AM
I would suggest going to get one of those cans that you tip upside down and a moooooo sound comes out.
I can still totally recite the entire Sandra Boynton book "Moo, Baa, La-La-La." That is an awesome book.
A cow says MOO
A sheep says BAA
Three singing pigs say La-La-La!
hee hee
Posted by: markira | 04/14/2007 at 10:37 AM
Amelia has a see and say, it's a circle toy that you push something and it spins around and makes the animal noises.
Oh and I can not make a noise for an elephant. I don't remember having that problem when i was a kid, but now, no elephant noise will come out.
Posted by: Steph | 04/14/2007 at 10:41 AM
Make that her daddy's job... ;0)
Posted by: Kris H. | 04/14/2007 at 10:52 AM
I thought all these instructions were in the Parenting Handbook you get at the hospital after you give birth. What? They're not??
Posted by: samantha jo campen | 04/14/2007 at 02:48 PM
Teach her the sounds of some exotic animal to distract from the lack of moo-ing at your house. People would be way more impressed if she could make dolphin sounds....
Posted by: b | 04/14/2007 at 02:48 PM
Markira: my youngest is IN LOVE WITH THAT BOOK! I seriously read it to him a bajillion times a day!
Beth, I wouldn't worry about not being able to moo properly. I can't neigh for beans and my children don't seem traumatized by my lack of farm animal voices!
I am liking the weekend postings!
Posted by: Jenny H. | 04/14/2007 at 03:23 PM
Beth...if this is your only problem you are doing good.
I love weekend posts! Keep it up!
Posted by: Jennifer | 04/14/2007 at 04:55 PM
LOL LOL LOL
Posted by: shawna | 04/14/2007 at 07:56 PM
Ha ha ha. Wouldn't that be the best if that were the worst parenting failure ever?
Posted by: Colleen | 04/14/2007 at 09:04 PM
Farm Sounds See-n-Say to the rescue!
There are benefits to not being able to moo...like, you'll never have a bull stick his head in your car window because he's got the hots for you after he heard you moo out the window. My dad once brayed until an entire herd of donkeys surrounded our truck and tried to stick their heads in the windows. Of course, my dad was just channeling his inner jackass, but that's another story!
Posted by: Jaycie | 04/15/2007 at 12:44 AM