To find letters from babies and toddlers written in the first person absolutely nauseating?

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Just got the first batch of thank you letters from the youngest members of the family / godchildren.

Many of them aren't even speaking yet, but ALL of them have written to us in the first person, "humorously" retelling us their Christmas adventures at some length, poking fun of Mummy and Daddy etc etc etc.

It's just so utterly nauseating, but I can't quite put my finger on why. Is it all a bit PFB? (Our DS is 19 but I can't remember writing stuff like this -or receiving it - back in the 1990s).

I'd be so touched if a friend actually wrote back as herself, but no, a nice exercise in good manners and appreciation just becomes another opportunity to showcase your child .

siblings in the bath as christmas cards? Were they wearing santa hats or something? very strange

op I know what you mean about thankyou cards in the 1st person. It depends how smug they are really as to how annoying they are.
I did it with ds1 to begin with but stopped when I went back to work as I couldn't be bothered and why was it my job and not dh's anyway?

"I cringe whilst doing it."

Pickle, love, just stop it please .

Seriously now, I'd be so touched if a friend just wrote back as herself and said, "The kids preferred the wrapping paper but I knew you were thinking of them and that's what's lovely."

catgirl
it was a lovely nursery, but I don't work there anymore

Phew.......if I ever saw you posting about an annoying child you looked after I would be worrying!

Did it have "lodge" in the name?

yes, I worked in 2 of them this year and loved it but got the chance of more responsibility and better pay with term time working

That's the ones then!

Glad you got a better opportunity (term time working sounds fab!)

(but also glad you said they were nice)

I would happily recommend them to anyone. fantastic staff, great facilities- very child-centred. Unike some other local places that i have also worked in.
Which one does your Ds go to? The big one or the smaller one? How old is he? I might know him!

The smaller one :)

And he is 1....he's been going since April when he was 5 months

SO nice to hear there are good. They seem it

Funny to think you might have looked after DS!

I think i might have. I have worked in the baby room there recently, covering for odd days.
It is a good nursery and the staff are all very good (they only employ the best )

I do this for people I know (hope) appreciate it i.e. GPs

Yes, I did look after him!!
How exciting. He is very cute

I don't think nurseries should be doing this at all. I've worked with non verbal adults with learning disabilities before and had to write daily reports and had to use terms like ´it would appear Sam enjoyed our trip to the cinema's etc because as the was unable to expressly say if he did or not we weren't in the position to assume.

Squeeeeeeeeeee!

That is exciting

Thank you so saying he's cute :) I have PFB blindness so I agree of course

Sorry for total thread hi-jack OP

And I like the first person diary entries

Yeah it used to make me cringe when DS got those first person reports from nursery... also when they called me "mum" all the time, please, I do have my own name...

Baby Jesus on the front of a card? Give me family photos any day

Its nice they have made the effort to send a card.

DS is just 3 so can't write them himself yet so I will write it from him and he will write his name at the bottom.

Yanbu. Ditto people having answerphone messages on their landlines that say things like "John, Anne and Katy can't come to the phone right now ..." when Katy is a 2 month old baby.

I think it's nice anyone sends you a thank you card - whether written from the perspective of the adult or the child. Surely if it is the child's present there is nothing wrong with it being written as if from the child. It is better than a text, or a facebook message. Since DD1 is three she writes her names on the cards, which I think is a nice bit of learning for her about thank you letters. And it would be odd to make her sign something not from her. DD2 is only 18 months.

Sigh. Just another thing MN has taught me I do wrongly. I do sometimes wonder if some people spend their whole time being annoyed and affronted by the habits and ways of others, as you do rather get that impression some days.

Oh no. DD1 & I MADE a Christmas card with a photo of her and DD2 on for GPs. I thought they'd like it. If they don't, I think it says more about them.

Maybe people think it's a way of including you in their family? Ungrateful OP!

Although I don't like the sound of babies on FB but then I generally think FB is awful

YABU, isn't is nice that the parents made the effort? Have a sherry and chocolate and cheer up

YANBU - I haaaate it! I also don't know what to do with the photo cards of other people's children - feel sort of guilty chucking them out, but half the time I've never even met these kids...

You total grump!

I don't have kids of my own, but I love messages from my godchildren.

You should tell the parents that you don't appreciate it, they should definitely stop wasting time trying to do something nice for you.

Also, if you don't fancy being a godparent, you should mention that too.

VBisme What do you suggest I do with the godchildren I already have?