to be sick to back teeth of bloody bears!

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My DS is almost 3 and like every other child that age loves a story or twenty at bed time.

I often go to the library to stock up and it has really struck me how many kids’ books are stuffed to the brim with bears. Bloody bears everywhere. Polar bears, pandas, hibernating bears, bears with guns (I am looking at you Janet and Allan Ahlberg), bears eating ice cream/honey/porridge/berries/marmalade sandwiches but never baby seals or weasels. Surely we have reached Peak Bear?!

And don’t get me started on the foxes- one minute a fox is about to eat a mouse in the Gruffalo then you start the next book (by the same author!) and Mr Fox is wearing a bow tie and living in a house with a mouse who is always losing his socks.

I thought I quite liked animals until I had a child. Now I never want to see another pig for as long as I live.

Thank goodness for Sue Hendra- Simon Sock is my saviour.

I think sloths are gaining ground a bit actually, if not as main characters definitely the odd supporting role- the Zootropolis ones are hilarious (not that DS is old enough for that one yet, so I have just realised that I voluntarily consumed animal stories in my past life...). Lemurs also on the rise.

TomKittensMum I have a great video of DS following a chicken round a farmyard saying “Mummy, he’s NOT listening!”.

I think it's a bear conspiracy. My sat nav is constantly telling me watch out for bears... "bear left", "bear right"... Every. Single. Day.

I rarely laugh out loud but I did to that.

Little Bear was one of my favourite kids programmes back in the day when I had small kids,

When my youngest stepson was tiny, it was cats. He loved Bob the Builder, and every time he saw a cat in the street he'd start shouting "PILCHARD!" over and over again.
Oh, and dinosaurs. To quote my OH, "Bloody Barney. lf l never hear that song again, it'll be too soon."

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Mummy, he’s not listening. That is priceless 😀. It seems utterly sensible that they expect some sort of answer when every animal in their books has the power of speech. They must think all the ones they come across in real life are really rude just ignoring them whenever they strike up a conversation.

Toddler AIBU : “AIBU to think that Mummy Duck was really rude when I asked her if she needed help finding her children and she just totally ignored me?”

'Boogie bear' by David Williams is the worst! I thought it was going to be about a bear that likes to boogie but nope!

Am I the only person who misread the title and thought it was going to be a thread about baked beans ?

Paw Patrol books are incredibly tedious as well, particularly as DS wanted the same one over and over again.

He also listened to the Spy Cat audiobook about 100 times

We were in a shop yesterday and they had an owl beanie baby with a horn on it. I actually said to my four year old no, you can’t have it, that is NOT a thing!

Think yourself lucky, when ds was little it was fimbles, we had the books, DVDs, watched them on Cbeebies & had all the soft toys, I still keep on finding them, I swear they are breeding.

Oh The Fimbles! And Roly Mo. DS loved them.

@katseyes7

wasn’t the Barney song used as a torture method in Guatanemo (sp.] Bay ?

The other thing that absolutely slays me is bloody jungle themed books .... lions live in the Savannah and so do African Elephants .... without tigers ...

From your thread title I was expecting you to live in the far north of Canada & having problems with scavenging polar bears

It was Mog all the way in this house but DD did also love Stick Man by Julia Donaldson.

That reminds me - we got DS a singing, dancing Bear In The Big Blue House. DH switched it on and put it on the tray of DS's high chair.

Bear starts dancing & bopping, walking forward and with his vigorous arm movements started punching poor DS in the face, all while singing at top volume. Poor DS but it was hilarious (he wasn't hurt or upset, just confused at the violent bear).

Theknacktoflying l didn't know that, but l've just mentioned it to OH, and he's saying he can well believe it!

Uffff just broke out in a cold sweat when you referred to Fox's socks.

DS nn was bear so I was quite happy with them.
Bloody MR Men though.
I still haven't mentally recovered from having to read one of those a night for years on end!

You see you think that.
But you are early in your journey.
The fucking rainbow fucking fairies may still come and bite you "suddenly"

Anyone got that book where the rabbit goes round the mouse’s house to visit, basically does a wee on the floor, they get into the bath together and then he puts on one of her dresses... slightly odd but DS seems to enjoy it lol

@AJPTaylor - Rainbow Fairies .... aarrgghh!!!