To be offended by my toddler (light hearted)

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To be a teensy bit offended when DD2 points at something hideous and says 'Mummy'? I am currently the Hippo off Tinga Tinga Tales, the space ship off Despicable Me and a ratty hoodie wearing boy in her dolls house. I suspect I might be being unreasonable in feeling a little bit smug when other people are the hideous things/characters (Grandad is Gru and Kyle in Despicable Me, Nannie is the mosquito in Tinga Tinga Tales and Vector in Despicable Me). DS always gets to be the glamorous one grrr!

When William and Kate got married DD was only around 18 months old. Every time she saw Kate on the television she pointed at her and said 'Mummy'....

The only thing I have in common with Kate is our hair colour. I was however secretly very pleased that DD saw a resemblance between us

2yo watching me unsuccessfully trying to get into my pre pregnancy jeans "mummy bum too big. Chunky knees!"

YANBU.

DH recently asked DS1 how old he thought I am and DS answered 'erm .... about 73?'

He's nearly six for God's sake - he ought to have SOME idea even if I do often look about 73.

DD started stroking my legs when I was wearing a dressing gown before comparing them to Thomas (grandma's cat) in furryness. They weren't even that bad!

Also regularly get asked if I've got 'another baby sister' in my tummy following the birth of DD2. 5 months ago.

My DS1 once made a thing at school with four corners and something he loved hanging from each corner. He'd chosen Daddy, his sister, his brother and his friends as the four things sad angry

DD did the same! Hers were (in that order) : the nanny, me ('because mummy has two iPads and sometimes I'm allowed to play on one'), her little brother and the train station. Her dad (DH) was not mentioned.

Aside from that, DH was called Daddy Pig for over a year by DS; I've been told I look like Chewbacca. The first time DD (2) saw baby DS in hospital, she was very excited that I had had a baby monkey 😂. In DS's defence, he was 7 weeks early, covered in black hair and looked like a gnome. He's gorgeous now!

It's good not to take ourselves too seriously!

When ds was about 2 my dsis was looking after him for the day. She went into the fridge for something and ds clocked the bottle of wine in the door, pointed to it and said: "Mummy!" Yeah, thanks son

It doesn't get better as they get older. DS's 11 and 7 asked me a few months ago if I was working that evening. Thinking that they wanted to spend the evening together with me and DH, I happily said "no I'm not working today" to be met with complete disappointment because they wanted a boys night in with dad. Oh how loved I felt.

I'm also constantly being told that I'm the odd one out because everyone in the house are boys (including the cat) and that I'm the only girl.

But apparently I'm the best at cooking. Dad's best at everything else though apparently.

When waiting in the Drs surgery, looking at to screen playing public service announcements re smoking. Flu jabs etc. One comes on about drinking and recommended units, with illustrative pic of bottle of wine.
"Look!" Pipes up DD toddler "it's special mummy juice" which is obviously how I've described it to her in the past.
Everyone definitely heard.

DD was inventing a game, in which she was the queen, DD2 was a princess and Daddy was the King. I asked what I was. She stared at me critically for a second and said "The cook. Or you could be the servant?" Oh good. Not really liking this game.
Steady yourselves for bad news. She's 7. It doesn't get better.

Apparently I am a big girl on short legs

OP this three has made my day definitely not unreasonable.

According to DSD I love rubbish. Its OK though because DH gets 'pft dads bum stinks'

These are great and glad it's not just me who is seen as some sort of ghastly troll by their doted on little darlings. If as a toddler DD realises what a clapped out old heap her Mother is what hope do I have for the future? Is there some sort of Childline for Mums that I can ring? Also DREADING the public loo announcements which will surely follow in due course.

Loving these.
My best friend took my daughter 5 ( her Goddaughter) shopping. When trying on a pair of striped b&w trousers she came out of the changing room an asked her opinion. Daughter, apparently, went into loud, hysterical giggles and told her,
" You look like a liquioce all sort!"
Needless to say she didn't buy them. They are still friends. Daughter is in her twenties now but friend has never let her forget it.

Just read my post back and realised that at no point was I offended by what my toddler said. In fact it was quite the opposite.

It would have been Kate herself who would have been offended to have thought my child thought I resembled her in any way

When my brother was tiny he pointed at the TV and asked, 'Uncle [name]?'

It was Moira Stuart on the TV. Our uncle is a bald, white male