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To think there should be seperate playgroups for people like this?

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MumblingRagDoll · 22/06/2011 14:41

I am talking about people who feel the need to SHOUT every flipping sentence when talking to their DC? I went to ours this morning and as usual there were umpteen women who couldn't speak at a normal level...

"FREDDY! WOULD YOU LIKE A BICUIT DARLING???"

"HARRY! LOOK! LOOK AT THE TRAIN!!"

"OOOOOOOHHHHH CHARLOTTE! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL ANENOME YOU'VE DRAWN!!!! THAT IS AN ANENOME! AN-EN-O-ME"

I wanted to say "NO! BODEN-CLAD WOMAN...

IT IS AN ANEMONE...AN-EM-O.NE!"

The kids are all like this Hmm and they play quietly and well...it's just these bloody loud women who swan....and stalk and dash importantly about the rooms like they own them! I want a playgroup where people talk normally!

WHY? Why do they do this??? They also look like this Smile all the time...never budge it..."Oooh...no Chloe! Smile Don't push Harriet! Smile She was on the train first Smile Smile Smile

Have they all had lobotomies? Do they feel NOTHING but Smile for and hour and a half? Really?

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PuppyMonkey · 22/06/2011 15:41

Baby groups are bad enough, but i witnessed one woman doing this with her small dog the other day:

OOOH PENNY, I WONDER WHERE DADDY IS? WE'LL HAVE TO GET HOME SOON FOR COUNTDOWN. WHERE IS HE? OOH LOOK, THERE'S A NICE LITTLE PARK, ISN'T THAT A NICE PARK, WE'LL HAVE TO GO THERE, YOU'D LIKE THAT WOULDN'T YOU PENNY? WHERE'S DADY?

And the little dog just went biscuit

PuppyMonkey · 22/06/2011 15:41

That is Biscuit

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MumblingRagDoll · 22/06/2011 15:43

nine Grin

puppy my MIL does that!

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activate · 22/06/2011 15:46

shit shit shit

I have just realised it's anemone and not anenome

shit

idiot

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MumblingRagDoll · 22/06/2011 15:48

Took me a while too activate! Grin

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thejaffacakesareonme · 22/06/2011 15:50

Oh dear, I was a shouty Mum. DS1 had hearing problems and if I didn't shout he wouldn't have heard me. Usually I was yelling at him not to climb up the slide when another kid was about to come down it.

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MumblingRagDoll · 22/06/2011 15:51

NO judgement on Mum's who NEED to shout! My sister does it as her son is deaf in one ear....but there's a difference...I can tell!

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Dozer · 22/06/2011 15:55

Had friends like this to stay recently. Their DCs are 2.5 and 11 months. Both parents do it. Turned a relaxing Sunday morning walk in the park into a nature / literacy lesson / "OOOOOH, CECILY, A DEEP DARK WOOD, SHALL WE FIND THE GRUFFALO?" (followed by reciting of the story), "OH LOOK, A DOG, WHAT RHYMES WITH DOG?" , "CAN YOU FIND A WHITE FEATHER" blah blah blah.

They also spent lots of time talking to each other proudly and publicly about the wonderful things their DC had done during the visit (e.g. say "mamamama"). Didn't get any normal conversation out of the friends for the whole visit, they were too absorbed in their DC.

I don't mind too much when it's randoms at playgroups of wherever doing the braying and occasionally lapse into it when I feel like I should be trying harder (though more often just shout "NOOOOOO"); when it's friends with whom I used to have a reasonable relationship and just want some basic adult conversation (and to ignore all the kids for a while) it drives me nuts.

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MumblingRagDoll · 22/06/2011 15:57

Dozer Are they always like that?

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cheesesarnie · 22/06/2011 15:58

i'll be with you in spirit.in rl i'll be polishing my mummy medal or similar

Dozer · 22/06/2011 16:00

Not seen them much since they had their DC (they live far away, thank god), but yes, every visit is like that. Really old friends, is quite sad.

TandB · 22/06/2011 16:05

I suspect I may be well on my way to becoming a loud, non-stop talking parent.

But in my defence it is all about damage-prevention rather than displaying my precious baby's precocious talents.

DS. DS!!!! WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING UP THERE? HOW DID YOU EVEN GET UP THERE? DOORS ARE NOT FOR CLIMBING! THEY ARE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING!

gapants · 22/06/2011 16:08

actually i do do the running commentary with my DS, but ONLY when we are alone, as I am cringing inside a bit, but as an educator I know the value. To be fair I am reasonably quiet as I do it!

JamieAgain · 22/06/2011 16:09

I remember doing the non-stop-anxious-talking-to-prevent-a-tantrum-of-epic-proportions, but I think what we have here in the OP is a different breed

OSTENTATIOUS PARENTING

DO YOU LIVE IN NORTH LONDON BY ANY CHANCE?

Dozer · 22/06/2011 16:13

Ceebeebies is on and Katy from "I Can Cook" is a classic example - argh!

Insomnia11 · 22/06/2011 16:13

Yes, when we were on holiday last year there was a braying Hooray family with two little boys who seemed to take over the whole pool area, every time they were there. Honestly, I could still hear the dad braying at the pool while walking down the road towards the local village. This year there was no-one like that and it was lovely.

I do admit to being one of those parents who treats every trip out of the house together as a school field trip though. Guilty as charged. Except I am definitely talking to my kids and not anyone else, and hopefully at a normal volume. Recently, as she is doing it at school, I get DD1 to work out the change at the shops and things like that. DD2 I ask what colour and shape things are. I do just want to instil a love of learning and curiosity about life though.

exoticfruits · 22/06/2011 16:14

They were in a coffee place near me this morning-no one could hear themselves think.

FooffyShmoofferschinhair · 22/06/2011 16:14

I'm obviously frequenting the wrong places. The only loud we have is loud Dad. He is about 5 ft 0 and would remind you of that skinny Dappy from NDubz. You mostly hear shouts of "Morgy, ey Morgy come ere an get yer toast" but reeeeaaalllyy loudly.

To give him his due he is great with the kids and they seem to really like him. I think it's because they think he is one of them. I'm sure there is a 4 yr old taller than him.

I want braying. and Boden.

Insomnia11 · 22/06/2011 16:15

Katy is slightly a heroine of mine though Blush. That's what I'm going to be doing soon, cooking with pre-schoolers.

Dozer · 22/06/2011 16:15

Doing it quietly/privately is different. Although can still be soul-destroying, there is only so much fake enthusiasm one can muster in 24 hours.

Dozer · 22/06/2011 16:17

Loud Dad sounds much more fun!

Insomnia, cooking is fab, hope it goes really well for you, but please don't model yourself on Katy, insincere, braying and condescending.

Pumpernickel10 · 22/06/2011 16:19

Noisy shouty parents should be shot and banned from going outside,I always seem to attract them in Asda, I have been know to abandon shopping and leave to get away from the noise

Insomnia11 · 22/06/2011 16:21

I shall try not to model myself on those aspects Dozer (I haven't seen her enough probably to judge) and just make sure I have clean hands, sleeves rolled up, apron tied :)

kaid100 · 22/06/2011 16:21

I swore blind that the word was Anenome, but I've just looked it up having read the first post and you are right! I'm normally very pernickety about words.

Riveninside · 22/06/2011 16:22

Best to join in 'DARLING, STOP HAVING A SEIZURE' brings the whole place to a stunned silence.
Then get the arse medicine out Grin