To want to give you all a nice safe place to boast about your lovely children

[WriterofDreams]

There have been a couple of threads lately about competitive parenting which I know is annoying and ridiculous. But I do think some of the ridiculousness comes from parents wanting to share their genuine love and pride for their DCs with other people, they just go about it in the wrong way. It is lovely sometimes to hear a nice thing said about your DC or to just be able to share a nice story about them and their wonderfulness.

So, you are cordially invited to come on this thread and brag shamelessly about your DCs lovely manners, great spelling, amazing talking, magnificent poos or spectacular bogeys No judging allowed. This is only in AIBU to get the traffic. Yes I am bad.

So, I'll begin. My DS is only 7 weeks so not a huge amount to brag about, only the fact that he is extremely cute, has gorgeous sticky up hair, is very alert for his age and has a beautiful smile :)

DS(9) He is tall, handsome, intelligent an absolute angel at school, half angel/half lanky monkey at home but always loves a snuggle on the sofa with his Mum. (even though he is almost as tall as me)He loves to perform and dance.

DD(2.5) She is a little dolly with big blue eyes, curly hair and a bubbly, fun personality. Cuddly and affectionate/independant and a bossy madam. She worried us by being a late starter with her talking but now she would talk the legs off a chair.

They tell us that they love us countless times every day just because they want to and I adore that about them.

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I love this thread, you are definitely not BU.

My DD is 5, beautiful, funny, clever and just totally lovely. At the time of the Haiti earthquake, we were collecting coppers in a tin- the little puddles of change DH took out of his pockets at the end of the day but never took away again in the morning. I had said to her that we could change the money at the bank and use it for a treat. However, she immediately wanted to give the money to Haiti. We counted it- £51- and she took it to the bank in bags, marched up to the counter with it and told the teller that she wanted it to go to Haiti so the people could buy a tent and some food. She had spent ages with me making lists of the types of things people in a disaster zone needed and felt that this was the best use of the money.

She also quite often says that she would like to take some of her things or our money and share it with people children who don't have as much. Her generosity makes me cry with happiness and I hope she never loses this. For me, this is more important than her academic achievements which, so far, seem to be stacking up too :o

I NEVER brag in RL, I always think 'pride comes before a fall'. This has been nice.

My beautiful little girl appeared on Gigglebiz a few weeks ago and told a joke to Justin. I was bursting with pride especially after the punchline when she leaned over to Justin and said: 'My mum told me that joke' and Justin snorted with laughter.

She was a celebrity in the playground the next day!

My dd is 4.11 yay omg soon to be 5.

this morning she anounced how dare the Pm sell our forests. does that nean in our country we will have no forests any more? who will buy them? and were will the buyer take them? I love walking in the woods!! I told her its ok as he has changed his mind now. she asked who actually owned the forests.

yesterday she had a merit assembly and she is just in reception started september and got a 40 merit badge already, as did 2 others in her class. I was worried about her last week as she cant seem to stay out of trouble at school was sent to head twice last week and was sat out of PE for acidently on purpose bashing into every one! and she managed injure some one whilst sword fighting with sticks in bushes . poor boy was o.k.

tonight she managed to swim for the first time with her heqd under the water. she kicked off the side of the pool so well she oly had to kick after getting 2/3 across the width of the pool.

she is just so wonderfully naughty.

DD3 has just started learning her sounds, she wanders about with a pad n pencil making little squggles whilst saying "we need bread B red we need milk M ilk" very proud.

She also always say please, thankyou, your most welcome, bless you & pardon me

She will be 3 in a few weeks.

Ahh online bragging, feels good

What a lovely thread- really enjoying everyone's stories here.
Proud mummy here today as my DD 15 took up jewellery making 6 months ago and today negotiated with our local craft shop to see if they would buy some of her necklaces to sell. They liked them so much they have asked her for 10. She has always been quite shy and not wanting to put herself forward yet today she managed to come up with this idea herself and do all the negotiating too!

School that is so lovely and inspiring to hear.

My dd is sweet and cuddly and bright and first demonstrated her great sense of humour around 7 months of age by mimicking dh's tone of voice and laughing uproariously at herself, repeatedly :) Since then she has found countless ways to crack herself, and us, up.

I'm also going to take this opportunity to sneak in a boast about my little sweetheart of a nephew (age 8) who sent me a letter that arrived today. It began: "Dear Auntie Cloudy, For our essay in school this week, we had to write about something that we're grateful for. I wrote about you." I thought my heart would burst :)

school that's brilliant, you have every right to boast.

Everyone, these are so fab.

I forgot dd also has the biggest eyes and longest eyelashes I've ever seen. And I'm going to her assembly tomorrow to watch her get a certificate for being this weeks 'top banana' (monkey themed reward system - don't ask!).
But aside from everything she is just the lovliest little person in the world.

My ds is 6 and a half months old and in the last week has learnt to crawl, pull himself to standing and is now trying to let go and balance on his own. He also keeps forgetting he can't just walk off yet so falls over a lot.

He also talks a lot when he's standing up, he has said "Dada" "Nana" and is halfway to "Hiya". Unfortunately he only says "Muummm" when he's upset (I appreciate these are just babbling but I like to pretend lol).

school that is fab - no way would I have had the confidence to do that at 15 (or possibly now! Has she thought about photographing them and selling some over the internet - ebay/fbook selling page or similar. She might have to do it in your name though.

Every morning, whilst I am in the shower, DD1 (3y) will take DD2's (18months) pjs and vest off, take off her nappy, AND put it in the bin, so I can then hoik DD2 into the shower with me.

DD1 is only 3!! She is a genius, so grown up and helpful, my pride and utter joy.

DD2 just today learnt to put on her tenny tiny size 4 wellies all by herself. She is equally amazing apart from when she is pooing in the shower...

God, I love boasting about my babies.

DD's science teacher said that she was thinking on a higher level. She has been put into a lunchtime science club at school which is for pupils 2 years ahead of her. [chest swells] I've been dieing to tell you all.

She is the sweetest little thing. I adore her.

DS is almost 18 months and isn't really talking yet, but he's been singing away all the time for the past couple of months. He can sing (not entirely accurately but recognisably) Twinkle Twinkle, Old MacDonald and The Wheels on the Bus. He's got such a lovely little voice it makes me go all mushy. Sometimes he mixes them all up, and sometimes he breaks off part of the way through to applaud himself.

Are you sure I wont be judged for boasting? But my DS is nearly the best in his swimming class he is 3.5 and the others are all about 5. (I did say nearly). I think he will be in the Olympics! He is also very cuddly - and don't get me started on my DD. Sometimes competitive parents are misread and are just really really proud and why wouldn't you be - it doesn't really annoy me unless they are comparing to my children.

Ds1 (15) has worked really hard this last two terms at school and got himself completely off his stage reports. He also had an excellent report.

It's especially good news because he spent the first three years of senior school mucking about, getting detentions right left and centre and generally being in trouble. We went in to see his teachers at least once a term, had umpteen phone calls home about his poor behaviour/attitude and bascially were despairing of him-particularly so because his teachers all agreed that he was clever but lazy.

I'm so proud of the way he's turned things around.

As for ds2- well he's just the biggest smiler around and has fans all round the town I live in.

Ahhh, lovely thread!

I have 3 dds aged 9.5, 8 and nearly 4. They all tell me I'm the best mummy not in the world but in the universe!

Dd2 is so clever, she amazes me and dh. Taught herself to read at age 3 and read fluently at the start of reception which amazed her teacher. At age 8, her history knowledge is incredible, don't know where she learns it from - just reads a lot I guess.

Oldest dd is a fabulous all-rounder - good academically, talented ballet dancer, good swimmer, good at art. But more importantly she's just a lovely, sweet girl and a joy to have around.

Dd3 has a lot of keeping up to do and can be a handful lol but v sweet, loving and affectionate.

Thank you for this opportunity YDNBU!

DD is just 16 months and has been saying words since she was one. Last weekend she started to count to ten (she isn't very good at 4 or 8 but LOVES six, seven and TEN! always gets a big shout) She knows some great words like crocodile and seahorse and she asks me for her breakfast ("bepfass")We have chats on the way to nursery (I'll ask who she'll see and she names all her nursery buddies!). She says mummy and daddy properly and melted my dad's heart when she said grandad for the first time last month.

I've run out of animal noises for her to learn, she does duck, dog, cat, sheep, cow, pig, chicken, lion - all very very cute (in my completely unbiased opinion!)

She's really enjoying learning and I LOVE that we are communicating so well and I'm SOOO proud of her!

Thanks for lovely thread!
DS1 aged just 3 can say "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and knows the words to just about every song he's ever heard. He sings to DS2, 11 weeks, who has just started joining in with "Ahgooooo!"
Every time DS1 gets a toy out to play with, he tells me who bought it and asks to phone and say thanks! (needless to say this keeps the gifts pouring in )

Shodan Great news onwards and upwards
My lovely DS 6 yrs is Master Average. In his favour he won't be mean to anyone. Every time I speak to a Mum of a girl in his class they say their daughter has a crush on him. Various little girls want to marry him I can also trust him not to be naughty (Maybe over creative at times)
He is so beautiful I can't believe how lucky I am to the point it scares me.

My DS (7) is the youngest in his year and only scraped in by a few days yet he had an amazing parent's evening report tonight - his teacher said that she has to remind herself that he is a year younger than the oldest ones because he is so clever and plucky and cheeky confident. And watching him become big brother to DD (7 months) has been fantastic. I love him so much it hurts and this thread has made me remember that - I am sometimes guilty of getting lost in DD (who is of course the most beautiful cheeky pixie-looking little creaure on earth who laughs like a drain).

How lovely to have a truly nice thread with no subtext - keep it coming!

My dd is almost 5 and started talking at 6 months and walked unaided at 9 months. It was like she just couldn't wait to get going and grow up but this has meant that I have had over 4 years of chirpy, chatty dd and I wouldn't change it for the world, she is funny and cute and kind and loving, uses 'big' words but also enjoys a good fart joke. Well you can't beat that.

And she is the most beautiful button ever - heaven knows how, dh and I are quite fugly plain.

Her empathy and sensitivity to other peoples emotions makes me so proud - she is the one who will step in when someone is being bullied, or hug someone is they are sad including mummy. She treats other children and all animals with kindness and respect, and has been vegetarian (won't eat eggs either) voluntarily since she was 18 months, after seeing chickens and fish etc on a trip out. I wouldn't believe that a child her age could have made the connection between plate and animal, but she did. I was none too pleased at the time, but now she is older and is quite vocal about why she doesn't want to eat meat, well I can't fault her. (I'm not veggie will eat anthing)

If someone else told me that about their child I would think they were deluded so I keep quiet in rl