You know you're failing as a parent when... *light hearted*

[TammySwansonTwo]

...your 12 month old starts doing excited breathing when BBC iplayer comes up on the television.

I have twins who don't sleep, one with a health issue that requires a lot of monitoring and testing, and multiple chronic illnesses... thank fuck for CBeebies.

So I guess, AIBU to let my 1 year olds watch CBeebies when I urgently need 30 minutes of distraction?

And please regale me with your light hearted failure moments so I feel better

Oh god, the YouTube videos 😩

I've told the DSs that they are only on at the weekend. DH introduced them to it, so he can bloody well listen to it!

Daddy finger, daddy finger where are you?
Aaaaghh

When ypur sitting happily watching pepper pig and u realise u dropped ypur little one at pre school half hour earlier

You're and your

At least it's cbeebies, dh & I binge watched Big Bang theory during night feeds for ages. Got to the point where just hearing the theme tune would make the twins all calm and mellow, we used it instead of white noise

minor you have just reminded me: we taught the older DC to sing 'soft kitty' to baby DD, also 'see the little goblin' from blackadder! still her favourites!!!

My DD cries when I turn the tv off and she is 18 months. I've created a monster!

When dh and I asked ds what he would like to call dd he said pizza! (And was deadly serious)

You want to throttle topsy and tim

When you find yourself walking down the street muttering "Johnny? Johnny? Yes, Papa!" in a Goodness Gracious Me voice that would mark you out as a massive racist if anyone overheard.

Your 4 year old asks "mummy why do you like wine so much".

Umm MinorRSole... whisper For mine it's the Game Of Thrones theme tune. Good god I'm a terrible parent sometimes (in fairness I haven't watched it in the same room as them since they were a few months old, and I came in and found one had tied the other to a big wooden X and was holding a sharp pair of scissors.... kidding)

You burn the frozen pizza

I came in and found one had tied the other to a big wooden X and was holding a sharp pair of scissors.... kidding)

Give them time!

Thank god it's not just me.

Raa-raa is one of my twins only actual words - he shouts it at the television. Still hoping it's coincedence.

I draw the line at Justin's House though weird grooming hideousness

When you're pretty sure you conceived their sibling while still co-sleeping. Bad mother.

With ds1 - he wanted to watch TV so I suggested something educational.
"No, I want rubbish TV."
Oh well.
As for ds2 - this is the kid that at 2 years old worked out how to stack the rubber bricks at toddler group so he could reach up to the shelf with the biscuits on.

When your (then) 2yo DD shouts daddy every time Jeremy Kyle comes on the TV.

When you're in the supermarket and DS starts shouting for a "chocolate surprise egg" then spends the entire walk home saying "What's inside?!" in the same voice as the YouTube guy.

Or when he can name most types of hoover and all the parts and you're too embarrassed to admit it's because he loves to watch the hoover demos on YouTube.

My DS also loves the GoT theme tune - I've never watched it so the blame lies solely with his uncle on that one at least.

Billieandthesillies That made me laugh at loud. My daughter was exactly the same!

I quite miss Duggee, he was one of the more tolerable tv shows

When your MIL asks 2.5 DS what he has eaten today and he say 'Chocolate'. She asks what else and he says 'Chocolate'.

Billieandthesillies and funnily enough, the Dancing bug badge is one of the only ones she'll watch now

When your DC automatically heads to the wine aisle in the supermarket

My little one loves Duggee- so much so that on I player she recognises the episodes on the carousel at the bottom of the screen & will say river badge! That and the yoga badge are my favourites!!

When you 2.4 year old points to a bit of bacon and says peppa....
she's been listening to her older siblings

Your 4 year old says that great conviction : 'This bloody bike's buggered'

I need to step it up.

He's good at alliteration though.