to think people shouldn't be judgey about things they haven't experienced

[whoneedssleepanyway]

was having a conversation last night with some colleagues about long car journeys and little ones and portable DVD players came up, we have one and it has been a life saver on occasions on long journeys.

my colleauge who has yet to have children piped up "oh there will be none of that with us, it will be I spy all the way".

I resisted saying "good luck with playing I spy for 3 hours with a fractious 3 year old" and kept quiet but it irritated the hell out of me.

it isn't the first time said childless colleague has had an opinion on my child rearing techniques. Grrrr.

You could also do roadkill bingo.

Mark out a card with pictures of common roadkill, with points for different ones. The rarer the roadkill the greater the points.

eg

Pigeon - 10 points
Squirrel - 20 points
Rabbit - 15 points
Magpie - 15 points
Fox - 25 points
Badger - 35 points
Domestic cat - 30 points
Unidentified splange - 2 points

they know nothing!

Though I must say my 8 months of maternity leave was like a very long holiday. OK so I was up lots in the nights, BF, etc but I wasn't in the office & I had the time to just get on with these things. I had a very relaxed attitude & I got a 3 month trip to NZ in summer squeezed in. Seriously it did feel like an 8 month holiday!! One of the best times of my life.

They probably stopped making cars with wing mirrors because they were impossible to adjust by yourself.

You had to get out, move it, get back in, tut, get out, move it again, get back in, tut and swear, get out again, move it again, get back in, swear a LOT. Etc

I thought this was going to be a bumsex thread.....

I still call them wing mirrors. I am very old though

do you know, I have never ever heard anyone refer to door mirrors before, only wing mirrors

the things you learn on MN...

No, I have never heard anyone say door mirror either.

And 'wing' can just mean the side, can't it. Like in hockey and such sports.

Most of us don't know much about car terminology and we operate on a very simple level.

i thought everyone called them wing mirrors....you learn something new every day.

aaaah wing mirrors

My Ds's have expanded i spy so that even if you can't see it you still have to guess it. Its soo much fun.

Example :
Ds : I spy... being with G
Me : grass, green car, green field....
Me : Ok i give up
Ds : Gravy !! My turn again.

Continue until you get there/leave them at a service station.

DD1 doesn't really get I spy, she says "I spy something beginning with red" and then you say "Red car" and she decides if she wants that to be the answer or not....all a bit random and lasts all of 5 mins!

YANBU

My brother and his wife are yet to have children. It makes me laugh when we are visiting my mam the same time as them. My three boys make a fair bit of noise, and my brother always comments about this. He insists that his children won't be doing that, but they will sit quitely with a book or a board game . Good luck with that one!

BC (Before Children) I was one of those people who used to be very very judgey of big kids in pushchairs. All of mine would be out of it by 2.5yo for sure, I was determined on that one.

I have 4 DC and none of them out of pushchair before 4+yo.
Boy do some of us get our comeuppance....

My driving instructor calls them wing mirrors and he should know.

I spy with my little eye, something.......

....beginning with..........

T.

Those kids in that car watching Toy Story 2 on a DVD!

Your go

Car journeys are much easier with dc that like to sing. Take song/lyric books with you/cd sing for 3 hours. Job done!

It's always hard for people not with dc at that exact age to comment because technology doesn't compare to their experience. Children today are not used to waiting for things or making their own entertainment. You either have to force them to learn (painful) or do things you didn't think you would... I reckon one day cars will come with wifi and no parent will be able to cope without baby netbooks for their dc. And you can say that's awful or you can just say it's not what you expected...

I banned I Spy in the car using letters. We do colours instead, so much easier.

Thatbloke... I spy with my little eye a Police Car - quick, slow down to 70!