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To remind people that he is two

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CruCru · 31/03/2014 10:00

My DS (2.6) is very tall and has quite an old looking face - plus his new haircut makes him look older. People usually realise how old he is when he starts talking but some people have assumed that he is four and is putting on a babyish voice.

Yesterday an acquaintance assumed that he was mocking her daughter because he mentioned her pink bicycle (he wasn't, he was just interested in the pink bike). I said that he wasn't and that at two he has only really started talking in sentences. Am now wondering if I am being a bit precious.

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KEGirlOnFire · 31/03/2014 11:21

OP, I really feel for you. Like a PP my DD is the opposite. DD is 5 in June but is the size of a 2-3 year old and everyone assumes that she is younger.

I have to go and have a 'dicussion' with DD's teacher today because they are splitting the class next year and half the new Year 1s will stay in the class with the new Reception intake and the other half will go to the Year 1/Year 2 class. DD is one of the youngest (and by far the smallest) but is one of the brightest in the class.

If they keep her in the lower class, we're moving her to another school. She thrives in a classroom environment, NOT in a classroom which is learning through play.

You may find that you'll have the other problem where they will expect so much more from your DS because he looks older. Either way it's rubbish... Sad

Artandco · 31/03/2014 11:21

People assume I have twins and wonder why one can do stuff easier/ better. However one is actually 4 and the other 2. Just youngest is very tall/ mature looking for his age so they are around the same height, and do look very similar

Aeroflotgirl · 31/03/2014 11:32

I hear your pain, my ds 2.3 years looks like a 3.5 year old, he us tall and has just had a haircut. I think people expect more of him, I have to remind them he is still a toddler. I went to the speech therapy drop in as his speech is a bit behind and wanted to know how I could help. He dident want to interact with the therapist and wanted to do his own thing (aka toddler style). He had been up since 5.30am so was ratty. She was concerned he was not interacting with her, and dident want to communicate. Paed was mentioned which I said no too, but gave agreed to see her in clinic and hearing test. He is just 2 fgs he's a toddler what do you expect! No common sense. He has started nursery and is doing very well, and he us starting to form wires and tries to make conversation with you.

Aeroflotgirl · 31/03/2014 11:34

Form words. Give the poor boy a chance. So much us expected from someone so young.

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 31/03/2014 11:47

The moral of this thread is that people are interfering twats Shock

Oldraver · 31/03/2014 11:58

DS has always been tiny for his age (when he went to school he was still in age 18-24 month trousers) so I always got comments he was advanced for his age, if I felt like it I would tell them his age but then that would lead to "oh he's so small"

People will always comment on their perceptions of kids, sometimes for the good sometime not, without giving thought to they are all different

Yes interfering twats Grin

CountessOfRule · 31/03/2014 12:03

Yes, people are interfering twats. I get the Hmm faces because DC2 is "still" in a pram.

He's two.

He bolts.

It's a tandem with DC3 and I only have so many hands.

He's squirming because he's tired. He'll be asleep in five minutes.

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 31/03/2014 12:09

DD is 3.4 and tall and we use the buggy every so often (I drive a lot). I haven't seen any looks or heard any comments but let them roll .

bellablot · 31/03/2014 12:25

Seriously why would you say anything!! It annoys me how rude some people can be. I called an old woman an old bat one day in the street for assuming the same thing. And when the doctor rudely asked me why my DD wasn't at school I simply told her next year. Fuck these people, you don't need to explain the situation.

TruffleOil · 31/03/2014 12:30

But once your children aren't toddlers anymore, they all look like babies.

MiaowTheCat · 31/03/2014 13:09

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dimdommilpot · 31/03/2014 13:25

YANBU
DD is 3.5 and extremely tall, she has also had very long hair from been very young so looks older than she is. I am often telling people 'shes only 3' when they expect more from her behavior. I even take her passport if we going somewhere where i could get charged more. Even friends forget sometimes, it does get tiring! My mum says it was the same when i was young so im expecting to be doing it a while.

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