to think its irresponsible for my OH to leave our 2 yr old downstairs on his own?

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Argh!

I'm so angry with him rite now and generally since our little boy was born cos he just has no clue how to watch him properly but if i ever have a go at him its 'oh shes off again...' and switches off.

Is this just a general 'men' thing??

Thismorning is a prime example, hes been taking over morning duties of late due to me being 7 month pregnant so thismorning he takes DS1 downstairs and then i can hear him saying 'So r u gonna stay downstairs and be a good boy while Daddy has a shower?' now forgive me if im being unreasonable but surely im not the only one here thinking you dont leave a 2.5 yr old downstairs - on his own - while u go upstairs to have a shower??

Whats everyones opinion on this one - Am i being unreasonable to have a go at OH??

helly - if your 2 year old is going to choke on a button s/he can do it while you are loading the washing machine - you wont hear it :(

SGM - I missed it before - I love your youtube link :)

YABU
I leave both my sons downstairs whilst i have a shower. I am a single mum so i can't exactly get anyone else to look after them and if they come into the bathroom they start pulling the shower curtain about so water goes everywhere and they knock all the shampoo bottles etc over and chuck them about.

DS1 is 4.5
DS2 is 19months

They can both get up and down the stairs fine by themselves and theres no real danger downstairs apart from the kitchen so i tend to shut the kitchen door.

YABU sorry.

DD often sits and plays or watches TV while I shower. In fact she regards it as a big treat to have the TV on when I have my shower as its not on that often otherwise unless mummy reaches the end of her tether! Its been going on since she was 2 and we've never had a problem. On the other hand DD is a very calm level headed little girl the majority of the time and with another child I may take a different view

At what age do you STOP using stairgates ?
I only ask becasue i have never had them on our stairs. Both ds's have gone up and down at a very early age.
But when should you be able to get away with not needing stairgates anymore ?
If Op moved the bleach and knives. saying thta i have never moved the bleach or knives and ds's have never touched them. But if Op did the basic child proofing, she may not need gates at all, right ?

I have just caught up with this thread which seems the weirdest ever!

Oh, I don't want this thread to ever end!

Canadian ducks - wonderful!

Ob I still use them at the top for my three year old but he does tend to belt up and down the small landing so I just close them to keep him from plunging down the stairs.

And at the bottom across the living room door so I can answer the front door, get the milk in and put the rubbish out knowing he can't race out into the road. They are fabulous inventions

I want to be Canadian now, just so I can stand next to SGM and scream ' I AM A CANADIAN' a la I am Spartacus.and then laugh until i cry.

it is really boggling how self obsessed the OP is.

one of DH's cousins emigrated to Canada, so I must know more than the OP, just cos me cuz lives there, innit,so I don't need to listen to an actual real life canadian who might now more than me.

Yes, Lulu. I have visions of us all standing, hands on heart, proclaiming "I am MN. I AM CANADIAN"

I shall take a Canadian flag to the MN meetup next week.

at meetup

I AM CANADIAN!!!!!!

(I'm not, but have been there on holiday three times, to Vancouver as well, thus I am more Canadian than OP!)

RIGHT I HAVE JUST GOT TO PAGE 15 AND HAVE HAD TO STOP AND POST.

OP I AM DOING A DEGREE WHILE RAISING A CHILD ALONE AND WORKING FULL TIME. I AM INTELLIGENT AND YOUNG LIKE YOURSELF BUT...

I AM ALSO DYSLEXIC AND CANNOT READ THE THREADS WRITTEN IN TEXT SPEAK WITHOUT PUNCTUATION OR CAPITAL LETTERS. THIS IS NOT ME BEING RUDE TO YOU JUST BEGGING YOU TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU WANT MY HELP WRITE IN A WAY I CAN HELP YOU.

(sorry for the rant in capitals just thought it may get noticed)

Thank you mumbar and bloody good for you

I AM hear me rooooaaaarrrrrrrr CANADIAN too!

AND SO IS MY WIFE!

(Well my best friend emigrated to Canada when I was five and I have seen pictures of it, so there)

DOES EVERYONE SHOUT IN CANADA?

I spent five weeks in Canada in 1990 so can I be Canadian too?

I'm not Canadian I was having a rant (still at page 15!) about ops disrespect for those of us who are dyslexic and need proper puntuacted sentences to dipcipher what the questions are.

FWIW SGM - You have made me howl with laughter the last few pages and I'm actually glad I wasted an hour of my life I'll never get back continuing to read

As for op I do think that people hve been quite blunt with you but TBH you have not helped yourself at all and hormonal or not shouting at people will not help your cause.

Best of luck with your move to Canada.

Just read this. Bonkers. Is the Op settled in Canada now?

BUMP

Happy Canada Day folks

(you have to read the thread to see why I bumped it - or at least the last bit)

Oh god that is a great thread - wish op would come back and update a year on.

BUMP

Cause it is SGM's birthday and her cat ate the cake.

THIS SHOULD BE IN CLASSICS.

Happy Birthday to our Canadian xx

I'd forgotten this was SGM's "I AM CANADIAN" Thread.

Brilliant - thank you MmeL for bumping. And yes, it should be in classics.