What would you banish into a room 101 for mums

[emilymc]

Hi everyone I've started a linky for my post Mums 101. Come and join in, let off some steam and have a read of what's bothering other mummies out there!

What 3 things would you pick?

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Chris Packham after his performance on 101 this week

CBBC
Rain
Whining DD2, but only as long as I get to keep the clever, cuddly, slightly cheeky one.

Oh can I have another, level 6 maths practice, DD2 has had enough of it.

Birthday parties - expensive, loud , brash, stressful, expensive, exhausting, expensive affairs.
Fancy dress - I just can't be arsed. Sorry!
Arts n crafts activities - too anal by far this sort of freeform craziness.

Also a cheeky additon, even though I've already picked three.
Going to the playpark. Guh!

the PTA clique, useless self serving fuckers
biddulph, Oliver James and all self appointed childcare gurus
the scrunchie,it makes mums look pram faced and neddy

I think PTAs aren't PITAs at all - ime good honest people taking an interest.

My 3?

• party bags. They mean nothing to no-one, but just an expensive chore to the host parents. Should be made illegal.
• not making an effort for fancy dress events - it's just a poor attitude by parents.
• presents for teacher at the end of term - for who's benefit is this exactly? Not the teachers, at all.

(and blogs like Commando Dad's don't help either tbh)

tosh,PTA is self serving clique who meet in school hours thus excluding those who work.and then whine no one else gets involved

not my experince sm.

do you work ft?
does your PTA meet evenings?

yes,
and yes.

our PTA
won't accommodate evening meetings
and meets are coffee mornings
times are non negotiablewiththem

anyway it's my top 101 choice smug PTA fuckers,and yep they deserve it

And related to the above--> Schools that take it as a badge of pride that none of the mums work outside the home!!

"Moses baskets"

Utterly futile waste of money. Babies don't need them, they don't support them better that a pram or bed. Should be made unlwaful to use or trade in these ghastly, posey items.

Follow on milk.

Or indeed any advertising strategy that alludes to you being a bad parent if you do not buy their product.

I found my Moses basket useful with no 2 and 3 in a large house and getting them to have a nap, be kept an eye on and other terrors to look after.
PTA is great, although since they only now organise evening Pub meetings, I am unlikely to go, too much effort and I have lots of other things to do or fancy a quiet night at home. The odd coffee morning would be quite nice and I might make.

My 101s: homework in primary school
Last minute notice for school events
Timetable clashes, eg. DC 3 's trip meeting the same time as DC1's option evening.

My three would be:

1. late notices requesting parents come in to school this week to watch this assembly or something. I'm never able to rearrange work at such short notice and it's always a nightmare greeting someone else to go. I don't know how working parents manage it all the time

2. cliques at the school gate - surely we all grew out of that when we left primary schools ourselves? Or for some mums it seems not!

3. alpha mum's who believe their children do no wrong. In my experience, those children are usually the worst (and they're very manipulative to boot)

Stickers! For two reasons, I have a smiley face stuck to my wooden floor that is not peeling off well and second I am fed up of buying stuff with price or description stickers and it leaving a sticky papery mess when you try to peel it off. Grrrr!

Barney. And competitive mothers..

Ha ha I keep finding stickers everywhere but they are a life saver when it comes to keeping my toddler happy!

I also loved my moses basket...

Totally with you on party bags!! x