To be sick of hearing mum, mum, mum everytime i walk out of a room?

[Sadb]

Everyone wants a piece of me. It,s not like they're babies anymore! Scream!

Keep walking?... Seriously, if you don't respond to the whistle, they might stop whistling. Only respond if requests are made a) in the same room and b) at speaking volume.

I'm tempted to keep walking and not come back at the moment!

I feel your pain.
how many years of not responding until they ask properly does it take till they stop?

Feeling your pain here too.
Everytime I go to the bleddy toilet DS suddenly needs something that he didn't need 3 seconds ago when I was there

no, it's more muuuuuuuuuuuumeh, MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMEH!!

(don't know where they got their common accents from)

Often requires the reponse, "I'm ON THE BLUMMIN TOILET!!"

Can I not just have a wee in peace?

or else they yell like something terribly important has happened and you rush up there only to be informed 'I've just done a wee and a poo!'

Do you find they have finished talking to you but for no reason follow you up the stairs in a loud jog. You turn round and say "what do you waaaaaaaaaaant?" - they look as if they're not even sure why they did it.

DS are 8 and 10 btw, not toddlers.

I have taken to saying 'now I'm going upstairs to have a shower, is there anything you need in the next ten minutes' or 'only call me if one of your legs or arms suddenly drops off'

I think it's starting to work.

I'm sure they are just doing it to wind me up. They clearly don.t realise i am teetering on the edge at the moment.

Mine are 6 and 3 and they do this ALL the time. Usually when DH is in the same room as them. I've even sneaked upstairs to go to the toilet in peace they come looking for me asking for things like drinks and I politely remind them that they have 2 parents and perhaps they should try asking the other one - if they can get his attention away from his sodding iphone!

oh Jennie, you are me, snap!

When my youngest was 2 I even learned to scuba dive on holiday for the sole reason that he couldn't follow me underwater!

But just keep repeatingto yourself 'this too will pass, this too will pass'

Happens to me all the time too. I go upstairs for a while and hear desperate conversations from downstairs "Where's mum" "I can't find mum". I wouldn't mind but one of mine is 12!

It will pass. Promise. It will pass so quickly and one day you may even miss it.
I have a 14 year old who definitely does not want to be anywhere near me now. Think Kevin the Teenager!
I am sympathetic though. I remember what it was like.

i still get this from my dcs 16 and 13

DS clings to my leg when I'm trying to do something (anything, doesn't matter what) and wails 'Muuummmmmyyyyyy, I neeeeeed youuuuuuu'.

BTW, he doesn't neeeeed me to for a specific reason, he just needs 100% of my attention 100% of the time.

" i am teetering on the edge at the moment."

If you're serious about that then ask for help. Can a friend, neighbour, partner or relative look after them for a day while you relax and do something for yourself? Is there a park or playground you could take them to and let them run off some energy? Do you think you need to see a doctor?

Me and my brothers did it to my mum so much, she simply doesn't hear 'mum, mum, muuuum' anymore. As adults the only way we get her attention is to go 'mum, mum, muuuum... ANNABEL!'

Get earplugs!

My DH told me the other evening that DS1 had been yelling muuumm at me for about a minute before I answered him....I think I've just learned to tune it out

I know what you mean. DD (3) left alone, within earshot, for roughly three minutes whilst I got her a drink from the kitchen. 'MUUUUUM'ed at me the whole time. I get back and she looks all mournful and says 'I really really missed you.'

OP, perhaps ignore them which is easier said than done, if you can ignore the first minute then it's easier. Perhaps sing 'shuuuuuuuut up' in your head or take ten breaths.

at jonesy 'if one of your legs or arms falls off'. My Ds is constant 'muuum' too, I'm another who can't go to loo for 2mins without 'Mum! Where are you?' I have asked him at times where he thinks I might have gone, but don't usually get much response.

I was called from my important "work" on the computer this morning,(mnet!),with a request to fix a blanket back on DS1...it had slid onto the floor...HE IS SIX!!!!!!
I need to employ a full time servant.But they would probably quit after one day!
Gah!
And Jenniepanda,that is my DH too!
Reassuring post though,thought I was the only one.