What Is Your Milestone Suggestion?

First time my child shoved something up their nose. (have gone to the hospital TWICE in the past two months for my 2 year old putting raw cauliflower up her nose and my SEVEN year old put a LEGO in his ear! what?)
First time i said "because I said so"
First time my kid has a temper tantrum in public
First time I leaked on my HUSBAND! (no one told me THAT was going to happen!)

- First time my kid got their head stuck in a railing
- First time they threw a tantrum when leaving the park
- First screaming-kid-in-a-grocery store...and I became THAT mom
- First time kid smeared poop ALL over...and second time...and third time
- First time they walked...and then first time they face-planted the floor
- First time they drank milk from a day old cup
- First time they recite numbers in spanish...and you realize Dora has more influence than you do!

First time your kid decided to paint with his/her poop.

I know your question is for fun, but I have friends who will bury their 8 month old tomorrow...my guess is their milestone list would have included him living into healthy adulthood. We who are blessed to have our kids should be thankful for the reality check milestones, they're treasures! The flushings are priceless :)

There should ABSOLUTELY be a reality check milestone list!!!

I think we should 'bump' this thread (rewrite) once a week for awhile, and the compile it!!!

Get some kind of catchy name... And seriously do it.

I'll update later, because our Xmas morning is in 8 hours... But this is AWESOME! We'll need a parent category, too (stepped on a Lego / Barbie shoe in bare feet in middle of the night in dark... Look up and realize you're the only one still building with blocks, first time you realized parents -occasionally!- think homicidal thoughts, etc.)

Brilliant idea Erika!!!

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ETA... We had these silly lists in the hospital, too, Gamma.

First time your kid 'pops' out their NG because it make a cool noise
First time you don't freak when your kid codes
First time your kid won't look at you for (an hour, a day) because they're mad at you
First time you teach a nurse how to do a procedure
First headstone bake sale

There is always grief. And hardship. Finding joy in the little things, is as important ... More, maybe.

Hiding peas up their nose so they don't have to eat them.

Hmmm...

First time stitches/skin glue are/is required.
First time toddler figures out how to get out of the car seat.
First time child asks 'what's that' while poking at an animal's butt hole.
First time a child pukes all over you.
First time you utter don't make me pull this car over and then actually do so.

ETA: Oh...and the first self haircut. Hasn't happened with my children yet but my 7 year old niece recently chopped a chunk of her hair.

You should totally record them somehow because my kids are 8 and 11 and I can't think of any and I know there were a ton! Keep a little journal so that you can look back and laugh.

First time I realized I sound just like my mother... Yeah, that was a sad day in this house, lmao!

First time you stepped on a lego or other sharp toy and didn't mutter a four letter curse word in the middle of the night.

First time your kid threw themselves on the floor in the middle of grocery store having a monumental tantrum. All you can do is breath and comfort your little one:)

First time you go for pictures and you get through it without some sort of bodily fluid.

First time kid gets stitches.

First broken bone.

First time your child is literally awake for 2 or more days straight.

First time your child has decided to call you something other than mom. FYI my name is Bob according to my nonverbal autistic 6 year old.

First time you have to correct a stranger on the gender of your child once they're past the infant stage.

First time your realize that you are no longer in charge and must leave a store, restaurant, the library and so on because for whatever reason your child has decided that now is time for a meltdown.

First time your child has a meltdown in public and you actually tell the onlookers to be on their way.

First time you correct another parent on how they're buckling their child into their car seat incorrectly.

First time you yell at someone because they tell you they're sorry your child has autism, or doesn't talk, or is still in diapers at 6, or can still yes fit into the cart at the grocery store.

First time you have to explain to your pediatrician that NO giving my child 8 shots at one time is not his/her best interest.

First time you have to do the doctor's job of administering a medication because they have no idea what in hell they're doing.

LOL.....go for it.....make a scrap book just for those Reality Check Milestones. They are indeed priceless when they occur!

-First time they ask for help in Spanish "Ayuda mi!" another thanks to Dora
-First time you had to call poison control ( found out both silica and febreeze are not really poisonous -same kid)
-First time they do a head stand a flip out of their cribs
-First time they smear poop on the walls (carpet and their heads. She did a headstand on her poopy diaper)
-First time your shirt became a snot rag
-First time you slept in the same clothes you wore that day
-First time you ran errands on the same clothes you wore to bed the night before.
-First time you said "Hell with it! A little germ can not be that bad." (usually happens with the 2nd kid onward, rarely if ever with the first)
-First time they climb outside the bannister
-First time they cut their own hair
-First time they (proudly) dressed themselves creating their own wacky days
-First time they got in trouble for kissing (a boy/girl)
-First time they got in trouble at school for drawing pictures instead of doing work.
-First time she threw a tantrum at a restaurant because the mac&cheese was not orange

-First time I realized that except for the #1 first these are all about my wonderful memory making troublemaker 2nd born. Love you to pieces Root!

Oh here is one about my first born
-First time you called the Dr because you daughter did not poop. The first wasn't bad but the 4th 5th 6th....that was awful because the pediatrician said she was fine again and again lol

The first time they get their tongue frozen to the metal railing.

The first time you are out with your newborn and strangers stop to say what a cutie he is.
(I was so exhausted and felt like such a mess but that first compliment just put me in orbit it made me so happy.)

The first time they ride Daddy's back playing horsey.

The first time they get every single solitary toy they own spread out over the living room floor so you can't find the floor anymore.

The first time they get a present and play all day with the box it came in.

The first time they launch themselves into a large box of packing peanuts.

The first time they are invited to a birthday party and spend the whole thing watching while not budging from your lap.

The first time you find the wall mural in Sharpee marker on the wall behind the easy chair (first hidey hole). (Somehow Sharpee markers are just toddler magnets.)

The first time you go through a car wash and they want to go through it again.

The first time you find an entire roll of unrolled toilet paper behind the crib.
(I could just picture him trying to figure out "How long IS this thing anyway?")

The first time you hear your potty trained toddler say "Uh oh. The water's coming out." as they finish up in the bathroom.
Daddy and I just look at each other and say 'Oh that does NOT sound good!' and we then make a dash for the plunger and the wet dry vac.

First time they poop in the tub.
First time they are riding in a car and they go through a tunnel and the eyes get as big as saucers.
First time I heard myself saying "Just wait 'til you have children of your own..." (two days ago...)
And a really sad one -- the first time I got mad at my toddler -- she was making too much noise for her newborn brother to sleep. I had never yelled at her before -- I think I really shocked her and changed something in her forever. To this day, I regret opening that door...

Ha. This post is great. What fun.

I have also corrected an adult on a superhero's real name (ie, Wally West, hello? Why don't you know that?)

What about the first time your child walks in on you and your honey having sex?

There's also the first time that your child craps his pants in public - in my case, yelling down from the top of the slide for all to hear "Mom! I pooped in my pants!" and all heads turned towards me. (Luckily that playground had a potty. Those underwear got left in the trashcan there).