i just had a new one

ds: why is god a girl?
me: he's a man
ds: why does he wear a skirt?
me: it's a robe
ds: will i wear a robe in heaven?
me: if you like
ds: can i go naked?
me: if you like
ds: can i go in my pyjamas?
me: ok
ds: or my cut-offs ...?

silent screeeeeeam

I had an early morning one from dd once: 'if Noah put all the animals on the ark, how come the fierce ones didn't eat the shy ones?'

I once woke up to find my ds leaning right over the bed, with his face right up against mine. He then said "why do elephants have eyebrows?" I thought I was in Hades!

iheartdusty, neither of those answers would cut the mustard with dd. 'no' would be answered with 'why not?' or 'that's not a proper answer' and the other one would be answered with 'but I don't want to wait that long to find out' or words to that effect.

ah, there are answers to both of those:

does God ever forget things? either 'No' (end of) or 'when you go to Heaven you can ask him and he will remember that you asked the question'.

why is the moon? because of the sun.

Oh I sympathise.

Our best one was "why is the moon?"

wtf - why is the moon round, yellow, different shapes, up in the sky ok, but why is the moon? He remembers asking it too!

DD usually hits me with a carefully saved up impossible-to-answer question just when it's time to go to sleep. Last night it was 'does God ever forget things?'

it is one of my failings to give longwinded careful answers to DCs' questions
so oh man, does it piss me off when they interrupt with something completely irrelevant (which they do, every time) which shows they weren't listening anyway.

serves me right

Actually, it does improve eventually. Nowadays, it is always "Mummy did you know that....". But I'm not allowed to say "yes I do" It has to be "Oh wow, that is so amazing" Even when it isn't.

Two methods, the annoying them back with the same question and a very very long answer where they get bored!! OOO OOO or a song about said topic......

DS nickname was "Delilah" for a while.

today, on the way to school, i had ..

'why are ants small'
'why are ants black'
'what is rain to ants'
'what is glass to ants'
'why did god make ants'
'what is foreign'
'are we foreign'
'why haven't we been to Germany'
'how do you get to Germany'
'where is spain'

it's a five minute walk but, god, it feels so much longer ..

I also get great long diaogues about Dr Who/Robin Hood/Star Wars/ hannah Montana* *delete where applicable
I usually glaze over and then Ds2 says "I knew it, your not listening, I've just told you all that and you didn't listen........................so I will ahve to start again and this time listen". And he does. Start again.

I used to go out the room and silently scream, while whichever DS - usually DS2 was still chattering away.
I have also said on more than one occasion "you are lucky children, you ahve 2 parents, so go and ask daddy"

Ds (aged 4.5) was having a good old rummage about down below yesterday then asked me 'what is htis bit underneath my willy?' yesterday. it was his balls but he was mostly playing with the skin so i completely copped out and said 'it's your skin, darling'

i should have said 'that's your testicles, darling' but ddin't.

having done an opinion poll on the males at work they said i should have said 'that's your balls, darling'

god, i really wimped out on that one

yes, he is full of questions, some of them very awkward.

I do sometimes clutch my head, and rest it on the top of the pushchair (containing "Mummeeee! Mummeeee! Mummeeee! boy) and wail "Oh please just stoopppppppp!"

Or giving an answer that's so absurd they either laugh or at least look silently bemused for a few seconds.

Wailing in pain sometimes shuts them up.

Yup, got a 5 1/2 year old and she still does it. She does pause for an answer now but the information she wants gets more and more specific and I've found the briefer my answer the more successful the interrogation session is.

oh mine do this all the time - i say

"you just asked me that question darling remember? When you ask someone a question, after you've asked it, you then have to listen out for the answer OK"

through gritted teeth.

Or you could try saying, through really gritted teeth

"why do you keep asking the same question over and over again love?".

My dd too
She's only 4 and a smidge
Never listens to replies
It's all part of The Big Test of being a parent
Tiring

YUNBU! That would drive me mad!

I feel your pain.

He hammers me with questions. He's 5.

"Mummy, mummy, what is summer, Mummy, why do we have summer, mummy, when is it summer, mummy, what is summer for, mummy, mummy mummy are you going to tell me when summer is mummy? MUMMY you're IGNORING me Mummy, mummy, when is summer, mummy, mummy is it summer now? Is it the summer holidays mummy?"

All while I stand or walk gaping like a fish trying to find an 'in' to answer the stream of questions!

Does anyone else's child do this or just mine!?