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!

Sooooo glad its not just me who feels like this

They do grow out of it thankfully.

DS1 was terrible. He would ask for something, I would leave the room to get it and the second I was out of the door he would be shouting mum. I'd say what is it and he'd say 'just checking you were still here' (like I regularly run out of the house and leave him there) or 'just checking where you are' when I was with him a nano second before and was en-route to the kitchen to get whatever it is he required.

It used to go in phases but I think it finally stopped when he was 6 or 7.

Thankfully DS2 was never as bad although he would come looking for me and demand instant attention, sometimes physically putting himself between me and whatever I am doing. He still does it occasionally and he is 7 although I can leave them both for ages now.

It is very wearing, more so if you like time to yourself and like to be alone I should imagine.

They are back at school today, so my ears have had a break. I am pre menstrual though so any whining is completely doing my head in. Mine are aged between 5 and 10 and most of the yelling is to come and sort out their permanent bickering. I'm a single parent, so no one to relieve me when it gets too much. Still I have another hour of peace before it all begins again.

Oh glory be I am so glad that it's not just me!

Our neighbours always know when I'm on the loo as I am constantly yelling the information down the stairs to still the plaintive cries. Mine are (almost) 4 and 7.

Neicie I'm not sure they do grow out of it.
For me it's mumwheresma?
I had a conversation with my eldest, mum, wheresma boots?
Tried looking down the side of the setee?
Ah right.
She was in her flat, in another town, phoning me!

So glad i stamped this outa my boy early on.

Went to friends for a coffee the other night and both her kids were not just shouting but SCREAAAAMING MUUUUUUUUM through the dividing wall between the 2 rooms.

All they wanted was to know what time a programme started...

They did it about 5 times and she didnt pull them up at all, interupting conversation by bursting into the room if they couldnt hear her answer them. It was very irritating tbh.

They are 9 and 12.

But ignore me becuase i do struggle with other peoples kids sometimes. im rubbish tbf.
As o only have the one i have nothing to compare to either, wasnt sure if this was normal or not, so it might just be me that would find this annoying....its just common good manners though is it not to not do this and communicate in a more civil manner???

Ratspeak - LOL (with a slightly hysterical edge).

That is a worry. DS1 would do exactly the same I suspect - he can never find anything and I am always supposed to know where it is even if I wasn't there when he last had it. It doesn't sound like there is much hope then!

Of course he takes after DH who also can't find anything even when it is right in front of him.

I always thought, at his worst, it would have been easier all round if I just wore a tracking device and he could watch me on a monitor as I moved around the house. Would have saved on the yelling!!

Sadb - another single parent here who is driven mad by two bickering 8 year olds. I've realised it's best not to get involved at all. I pick up a book and pretend to be reading it and completely ignore them. They go away eventually. I was doing this on holiday last week and people were laughing. Or I just say is it time for bed? That works well.

What is it with kids and following you into the toilet/shower, mine are terrible for it.

If I lock the door when in the loo mine unlocks it from outside (child safety lock) and opens it or used to until I now threaten naughty step for that.