To mollycoddle PLB (Aged 249 months)

[ManchesterMum63]

As I was spraying Lavender Sleep Mist on my PLB's pillows earlier, having just prepared his 3rd "feast" of the day (even though the fridge is ALWAYS empty) I realised that I may be mollycoddling him I know i am to another level as he's the last one at home... On-demand sweaty foot rubs anyone? But he's only 249 months old and will fly the nest soon whilst i cling to his ankles

Whereas DH is told to 'help himself' in the kitchen / maybe try reflexology next year if his feet are aching

And I know I didn't always have the time/forethought/patience to always do the same for all the other 4 DC's... Who've all survived/flourished rather well...

What over the top crazy wouldn't tell the other siblings lovely things do you do to spoil your almost 6' little ones - my list is quite long come to think of it

I need to work on my 12 times table. Percy Parker didn't prepare me for this...

@ManchesterMum63 oh hell no!! If you knit for them then they must wear it. It's the rules innit!!

Oh hang on, I'm 456 months old, and my mum still sends me an advent calendar every year, which I save up and scoff on Christmas night when the kids are abed, and I watch the last of the Christmas tunes on the telly, until midnight, when they click over to summer holiday adverts! And I'm her PLB!! Mind you, her PFB gets one too...

I'm the PLB. I was ill -with a very minor cold- at the weekend and my mum brought me lunch and Horlicks. Right to my bed.

Chucky16 - well he's still so young of course bless... i was googling extra-deep mattress toppers the other day as another 'incentive'
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fibonaccisequins -*

fibonaccisequins - seems like those advent calendars are the last bastion of mollycoddling💜

TedandLola - Lovely

The "child" is 249 months old, that's 20 years 9 months old not months old.

Or just 0,275 centuries.

Ups!
0,2075 centuries

Never coddled any of mine. Who wants their adult child living at home? They should be out living their lives, exploring new places, meeting new people not dragging out an extended adolescence.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy when they come home for a visit, will cook their favourite dinner etc. But if they bring any washing they can do it themselves. I'm not a skivvy.

Are your lives so empty that you cannot bear to let your kids grow up?

I may have a special dinner (separate to family) ready for PFB tonight, and have run her a bath and picked up her favourite bubble bath, changed her sheets and put out fresh pyjamas and slippers.

.....all because she texted me saying she has had a tiring day

My PLB is 132 months old and still shares a bed with me.

I mollycoddle my PFB in other ways so fear not, he’s not overlooked.

They have chores and responsibilities and definitely won’t be helpless husbands in the future! A little mollycoddling is good for the soul. I still feel loved and special when my mum and dad do it very occasionally and I’m 457 months old!

I've just realised my sister is the PLB and that's why she gets her car washed every time she visits DF and DM. I don't!

My PLB is sleeping in my bed most whilst my PFB was self settling in his cot by now. 

One of my friends agreed with her PFB/PLB that she would stop wiping her arse on her seventh birthday....

And another friend convinced herself that the reason her DD couldn’t be expected to wipe her own arse at five was ‘because she’s got really short arms... she just can’t reach!’

And yes - my DH has nearly been exDH precisely because of this sort of behaviour. He has zero idea about how to look after himself. It’s taken me 15 years (and counting!) to do his parents’ job to teach him to be an adult.

And another friend convinced herself that the reason her DD couldn’t be expected to wipe her own arse at five was ‘because she’s got really short arms... she just can’t reach!’ grin

Oh my!

This is a funny thread and I take it how it was intended, but previous posters are right that a few of these examples are less funny, more terrifying.

I am obviously a Bad Mother as I'm gobsmacked at this thread, and I have an only child!

I think my grown up kids would be both alarmed and uncomfortable if I'd ever run a bath and laid out their pyjamas cos they'd had a tough day at work.

Sadly I'm the kind of mother who tells them to man up and have a good think about how they can either improve things or get a better job.

I suspect some sort of happy medium is the best parenting choice.

Those young men will never have sex. Probably what their mothers want....

Cheval Not the case here

I am a SAHM and unashamedly adore my 3 DC . My children are my life but even I have to admit that this thread is making me feel a bit sick. 🤢

Watch out. On MN the second your DC passes their 18th birthday they are an adult and you are not allowed to do anything for them ever again.

Not even remind them to get a flu vaccine which might save their life, as they are asthmatic.

My PLB is only 228 months old. I feel so bad, he asked for brekkie this morning and I pointed wordlessly at the cereal. I broke his widdle heart.

I don't know whether I should be weirded out by this thread or feel guilty that my DC is under-mollycoddled

Oh I'm perfectly capable of saying, "There's a letter here from the doctors. Probably about your flu vaccine."

Pouring his Frosties in a bowl and blowing on his coffee, not so much.

You are creating snowflakes. Be sure to give them ‘Bill Gates’ advice before they get much older or it will all come as a big shock.

My 308 month old still lives at home and I do their washing and most of the cooking, if I’m up first I’ve even been known to de ice their car
On the other hand I receive tlc and general emotional support second to none, other tasks round the house that I hate and a very generous financial contribution to household expenses
I worry when they leave how I will cope - can’t reach top shelf of fridge or many cupboards on my own and don’t get me started on opening bottles and jars
I nearly smashed the neck of a bottle of brandy the other week that I couldn’t open whilst they were out
And yes it is a lighthearted thread - which I need right now