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House rules I forgot to make.

413 replies

CadleCrap · 28/04/2013 09:23

Don't comb the soap. Hmm

OP posts:
slug · 03/04/2014 11:57

Mummy is not a slide

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 03/04/2014 11:02

Daddy does not want you to watch him wee - he has moved to one side and then the other, to stop you peering round him to watch him wee. It is a really bad idea to pop up between his legs, to see him weeing - you will get a wet head before you see anything.

I know you are learning to crawl, and to pull yourself to standing, but if you try to pull yourself to standing using the potty, please don't do so when it is full, and when mummy has just changed you and got you dressed.

Don't eat tortilla chips from the bin. OK - you can eat them, but only because mummy is so stressed out at you tantrumming that she will let you eat the tortilla chips from the bin in preference to starting another tantrum!!

TodaysAGoodDay · 03/04/2014 10:17

There is no such thing as a willy dance. No, I don't want to see you do a 'helicopter' with it. Put it AWAY!

Mummy is not a climbing frame.

Stop licking the car.

No flicking snot around inside the car.

Flibbertyjibbet · 03/04/2014 09:45

Pots of gooey stuff on mummy's dressing table are not finger paints, nor is the carpet a blank canvas.

Beastofburden · 03/04/2014 09:37

If mummy pops into the garden to fetch some herbs, it is not a good thing to turn the security lock at the bottom of the kitchen door so she cant get back in. This is especially important if daddy is at work and there is something boiling on the stove.

When you are in sixth form, do not go into the garden in your pyjamas when Mummy is out for the day, letting the door swing shut behind you. You will find that although it is almost possible to break back ito the house through the catflap, using a bamboo stick to hook the keys to the back door, it isn't quite. Because of the security lock at the bottom.

Beastofburden · 03/04/2014 09:33

Do not barricade yourself into your bedroom during quiet time at the top of the house, and then announce you are climbing out of the window. Likewise, do not lock yourself in your grandmother's upstairs loo with the big oldfashioned key that gets stuck easily.

No, you will not get a real live fireman in uniform with a shiny hat and a big hose and a ladder. The fire service has special middleaged lady firemen who rescue stuck children and are Very Stern with them.

drivenfromdistraction · 03/04/2014 09:19

Do not try and redecorate your bedroom carpet and wallpaper using the oil paints from your big brother's modelling kit. And if you do, don't call me to help when it doesn't turn out how you expected. But if you do, don't be surprised and hurt when I tell you off and take the paint away instead of joining in the splodgy fun.

Don't draw bottoms all over the wrapping paper for Granny's present. No, they don't look like hearts. Yes, she will know they are bottoms. No, I don't think Granny likes bottoms on her present.

Telling your younger siblings to do something that you know is wrong isn't a cunning wheeze to stay out of trouble yourself. I heard you say it and your look of outraged innocence won't save you. Neither will saying cheeky/naughty/rude things in a high-pitched voice and blaming it on your cuddly toy. I know it is you, I can see and hear you. Because I can.

VivienScott · 03/04/2014 08:58

Do not see how far you can push your leg through the railings until they get stuck then leave telling me until it's so swollen I need the fire brigade to cut you free.

DP do not put cardboard on the open fire, it's how chimney fires start. Oh there's a chimney fire, like I said there would be, I'll call the fire brigade. Do not ignore what both the firemen and I say and put cardboard on the fire again starting another chimney fire in less than 2 weeks and decide to take the kids to safety at your mothers aka hide from the firemen who WILL tell you off because I do not wish to be on first name terms with the local fire brigade, it is not 'cool' that they wave at me when they pass in their truck and I do not feel like I'm being accepting into the community because if it. I feel like a prat who has the fire brigade round all the time.

DS don't feed the dog your poo, don't let the dog sniff your bottom as you are pooing, do not yell at anyone flushing the toilet because you want the world biggest wee, stop trying to put tampons up your bottom, don't take thd dead mice the cat brings in into school for show and tell, especially if it's only half a mouse with it's guts hanging out, the mess in the book bag was horrendous.

kweggie · 02/04/2014 23:03

Don't dig up the dead hamster to show your friend. Don't let him put it down the front of his fleece. Don't nod and smile when he shows his mum when she comes to collect him.

FutureNannyOgg · 29/05/2013 19:27

Do not lick my nose while I am telling you off.

FutureNannyOgg · 29/05/2013 12:18

Your head is not a weapon.

springymater · 22/05/2013 01:57

He thought everyone did it HAHAHAHAHA

Bogeyface · 21/05/2013 22:55

Running I am sure there was an MNer who found out that her DH stripped naked to do a pooh! She was taken aback and he thought everyone did it!

amazingmumof6 · 21/05/2013 21:08

bogeyface I'm happy to report that t dryer sorted it. phew

Runningonempty222 · 21/05/2013 18:56

You do not need to strip naked to do a pooh everytime and when I point this out (when you are aged 8) and you reply that everyone is unique please don't be offended by my laughter!

Bogeyface · 21/05/2013 14:00

I did that once amazing I think its a right of passage, we all have to do it at least once in our parenting career :o

amazingmumof6 · 21/05/2013 13:16

seriously, never ever ever wash a didposaple nappy! EVER!

I have had to re-wash entire load, but everything is still cover with nappy fibres. on verge of Sad just hoping tumble dryer will get rid of "bearding"

amazingmumof6 · 21/05/2013 12:15

we do not wash disposable nappies.

do not sneak orange crayons in the tumble dryer. ever. definitely not with white clothes in it.

Bogeyface · 20/05/2013 21:57

Please do not look at the pictures in tesco and then shriek "NOOO!!!!! NO PEPPA!!!!" when I am putting a chicken in the trolley.

Its not Peppa ok? We dont eat Peppa in our house, and even if we did, just dont!

And anyway, Peppa looks nothing like a sillouhette of a pig that you get on pork products, so dont freak me out please!

Doughnutmaestro · 20/05/2013 20:55

Don't push your willy all the way inside
Don't pull your willy by the foreskin as far as you can
Both make daddy want to cry
Don't sit on the toilet for ages not doing anything then stand and pee in the bath within seconds of getting off!

NotAnotherPackedLunch · 18/05/2013 19:13

Don't do the splits with no pants on. We don't want to see it all.

scarecrow22 · 14/05/2013 19:22

for toddler

kind as you are please do not feed frozen peas to you 2 week old brother

it's nice to want to help those in need. but do not offer the charity shop your baby brother to sell

for my MiL

children who wear nappies are not mature enough to decide they do not want their nappy changed for six hours. Especially when they have pooed nit just once but twice.

if you undermine my parenting by getting a child out of bed before 6am it I'd not acceptable to allow them.to come into my room

amazingmumof6 · 13/05/2013 18:57

teamakesit or sausages. especially at the age of 6 - just WTF????

and a minor one - please don't start planning your birthday party the day after your birthday, I really don't want to hear how you and your friends are thinking of going camping on your own for a weekend just before Christmas - you will be only 7 and I just can't keep telling you for the next 364 days why it is not going to happen.

CouthySaysEatChoccyEggs · 10/05/2013 00:35

Yet another new one :

Don't roll over to lick the sofa whilst you are having your nappy changed. In fact, don't lick the sofa at all.

He is 2y3mo, not 6mo!

MickeyTheShortOne · 09/05/2013 16:55

this thread is hysterical Grin but also quite frightening! the future does not look good for the dog....Confused

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