I said I’d never pander to my children (light-hearted)

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...but I find my self serving (as DS5 requested) a hot cross bun half toasted and half not. To be brought to him to the table. Anything for an easy life I guess in these times of self isolation! Anyone else doing similar? 😆🤦🏻‍♀️

He’s now saying I toasted the wrong half 🙄

Trying and failing to establish a routine with a 4 week old and a five year old who also makes these kind of requests .. anything for peace and quiet so I do tend to be pandering to the five year old a lot more since lockdown

Oooh that must be a tricky time. Hopefully a routine will start to evolve soon 😬

“It’s that or nothing” works with my DSs 4 & 5.

I am over this shit as you may be able to tell.

I may have to pander to my middle child and force the others to play Monopoly as he looked crestfallen when we refused last night.

He's 19. 😂

Oh god my kids (16 & 19!) are obsessed with me playing monopoly with them - I hate it & have refused so its become their mission. Luckily we don’t actually own it & they’re not seeing their dad for a while.
And yes, I’ve made them breakfast/lunch every day so far. That stops today.

I have an almost five year old, my boyfriend has been looking after him so I can work, just about to have my lunch and I hear “there’s no point asking daddy says no to anything fun” 😂

I imagine while I’m working he is letting my son do whatever he wants to maintain his own sanity.

Pander away! Left DS up last night on PlayStation, telling him to shut the dog out of the room and sleep in this morning. He’s 20 😂

My 11yo is currently in his pyjamas "doing school work"
He's never allowed to hang around all day in pyjamas, but...at least he's sitting at the computer and doing some maths while singing along to The Cure

He’s now saying I toasted the wrong half

🤣

I thought you meant only the cut sides toasted and the outer sides untoasted to start with (which is the correct way to eat a hot cross bun, with slices of cold butter)

Waiting until DS10 decides he can take a break in his online game before we take my (shielding) parents their food shopping supplies to their door.
I hope they not waiting for something for lunch...

Of course im pandering to my kids.Its a lockdown,nobody knows whats going to happen.No point in making life any harder than what it already is.Kids cant go out to play,so im letting them have a bit of free time.No harm in it.

Oh yes. I am listening to endless Minecraft chat without complaint (very very hard), allowing too much telly, ignoring grumpiness and giving them treats.

We have watched a lot of thomas the tank engine this last week. Ds is 2, and thomas is absolutely his favourite. It's been on rather more than I would usually allow.

I caved and paid for Disney+...my DSs are 12&15. Let them have ice cream whilst watching 'the mandolorian' and house is silent for first time in a week!!
I celebrated by mopping the kitchen floor 🤦🏼‍♀️

We’ve done the ultimate cave and let DS (10) get Fortnite 🙈 he’s an only child and all his friends are playing it together.

Op do you mean your ds is 5 or hes your youngest of 5 Our youngest is 4 and is also the king of the house atm, earlier I had to put chocolate spread on one half of the bread and peanut butter on the other half and fold it for him, not cut it! Whatever keeps em quiet

I’ve let DS watch Phineas and Ferb on repast all weekend. I gave him about 20 requested cuddles at bedtime last night. DP has been in hospital with a suspected TIA/small stroke and I’m run ragged.

DS’ dad (who has said he can’t “help me out” at all until we’re all free to go out and about - so won’t be seeing him) asked him why he was in his jamas, why I hadn’t taken him out on his bike much and why we hadn’t been practicing his sport every day. I managed to keep it to a very restrained “I’m working full time and doing the best I can in the circumstances.”

Apparently he’d been out with his step daughter with her bike so I should manage it too.

We can't play monopoly when dd is home, she has form for flipping the board in a temper when it doesn't go her way. She is 21 . Bought younger dd (age11) a new switch game for the lockdown, normally would only buy that sort of thing for birthday etc. Mind you she has been good as gold during all this.

He’s now saying I toasted the wrong half

😂😂😂

Stairgates - he’s 5, I’ve not got 5! Love the idea of a big family but my patience can only take two! 😆

It’s making me feel better reading all of these.