To send DD back? (Lighthearted)

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Picking DD, whose 2.6, up from Nursery today. She's speech delayed and uses sign language when she's saying a word that's not understandable or when she doesn't know a word. She's picked up loads recently and can say a few 3 word sentences.

Was at the Nursery getting her and she came through the baby gate they separate children off from the main room into two smaller side rooms which can be seen from the main bit at pick up time and she signed at the manager that she was hungry. The manager told her she could have food when she got home (fine by me I always give a snack before bed anyway). And DD pointed at me and said "No give food" manager laughed and said "Does mummy not give you food?" And DD firmly shuck her head, looked sad and signed hungry again.

The manager took it in good humour and told me the children will tell you all kinds of untrue things, so not too worried by what she said.

But AIBU to send her back to where she came from? How dare she imply I don't feed her?

This made me laugh out loud

Yes send her back asap. Rude.

I received a bill from school for school dinners stretching back weeks when ds was 6. He had been claiming that he was never given lunch and rarely dinner. He had packed lunches daily and tbh at that age it was err clear to see he was well fed! Luckily teachers called me before ss!

DD told her Nursery teacher that “Mummy NEVER gives me breakfast!” with her very best sad face. Turns out she wanted extra snack thankfully her teacher knows me well enough to known DD was at it.

She also loudly announced on the bus yesterday when DS2 wasn’t listening to me that “you should smack his bum Mummy!” despite me never, ever having smacked any of my kids! I was mortified.

back where she came from?

sounds painful

Oh aye DS1 tried the “Mum forgot my dinner money” for a whole week once, he was apparently saving up for a minecraft toy! Thankfully they now have cards that I can top up online.

I'll have, she can teach mine to sign (the only 2 word sentence I get is MORE TUMBLE and he doesn't eat enough. Yours sounds ace. You want my husband or my laundry pile in exchange??

gotta love them!

My own is more mortifying than it is funny. To paint a picture I'm one of those sickeningly lovey dovey types with my dd, always hugging/kissing her, am completely anti-smacking or any kind of physical punishment of course, the most we do is lift her up under the arms into time out or carry her to a clear space during a tantrum.

Dd has learned a new phrase playing doctors and has taken it upon herself to shout it hurts it hurts every time she tantrums in public and we pick her up. She does it before we even touch her sometimes. I know it's just her way of manipulating me during an outburst but good god the looks we got in the supermarket the other week were dire! I cried in the car a bit afterwards.

Notreally the minecraft post 😂 haha! Something my little brother would have done.

@BuckysRoboticArm secretly I was a little bit proud of his logic! I didn’t tell him that though

Kids are so funny!!

My DD told her Nan I stayed in bed all day and made her go to the shop with her brother to buy breakfast She must have been 3 at the time.

Notreally You've got a little entrepreneur on your hands there

Sleeping It's taken a lot of hardwork to get her to this point, it was incredibly worrying and frustrating at times so I know how you feel. 6 months ago when she'd just turned 2 you wouldn't think she'd be where she is now without SALT as she said nothing and only knew one sign.

Bucky I apparently went through as phase of saying ouch when tantrumming aged 2. My mum laughs now looking back but she said it was mortifying at the time.

Herewe Can imagine DD saying similar

Mine said at teatime
“I was you weren’t my Mum, I wish I never got put in your tummy..”
Because I wouldn’t put Peppa Pig on.
She’s 4.5.
By far the worst insult she’s ever put my way.
I laughed first but can’t actually believe she said that.
Little witch

@HandPrintMug he is eh? Next he’ll be selling his sweeties for a marked up price

Have you still got the receipt? Did you purchase an extended warranty?

Or getting told off (by DS) for not providing him with breakfast... After he refused breakfast!

Brilliant! What a smarty pants.

Once when DS1 was about 3 he was misbehaving in a shop and I had to basically put him under my arm to carry him out and manage my shopping bags at the same time. He started yelling “help help. She’s the bad mummy. I want the good mummy” I have no idea who the good mummy is. I’m the only mummy he has (bad luck to you kid!)

Why did you strike through that sentence?

I once gave my dd her sippy cup in public and she said, with her sad face, "thank you for letting me have some water mummy". Yeah, like I never let her have water.

Yes...my 4 year old Dd has perfected her Oliver Twist look with her nanny.

"Mummy never feeds me. I'm so hungry"

Yes kid...alright

Must work as she seems to have a McDonald's every time.

*HandPrintMug I'll throw in left over Christmas cake?

We simply can't get pasy uh, og, oggle, oh, ow . Had a few days of Dadadad and Bababa recently but stopped again

When my sister (10 years my junior) was in reception she once told everyone in her class that I had to go to hospital to get my brain removed.

Cue lots of concerned parents accosting my poor mother at the school gates the next day asking whether I'd been in for major surgery that dsis had misunderstood!

(For the record: I've been lucky enough to never need any kind of surgery so far.)

DS has started saying 'but I'm too scared to do x' which actually means he doesn't want to do it. Great while we're out .

He was 'too scared' to put on his coat and so scared he hid under a table instead of going to bed. Funnily enough, when I threatened to take my dressing gown away (used as a blanket) he was suddenly not scared anymore.

I think you should, at least she was fed on demand where she was originally