To be so proud of DDs behaviour the past few days?

[riotlady]

Sorry to be gushy but my 2.5yo DD is currently curled up sleeping in my arms and I’m so proud of how well she’s handled the last few days when Christmas can be so overwhelming! We went to church last night and she sat wonderfully for 45 minutes and put baby Jesus in the manger at the end. We’ve had no tantrums, she’s done everything she’s been told, said please and thank you, tidied up wrapping paper and put her plate away and generally been a charming delight. Last Christmas she wasn’t sleeping and nearly broke me so this has been a wonderful surprise!

If anyone else would like to ramble about how wonderful their children are then feel free :)

Seriously? Do you not have any friends to share this ‘news’ with?!

Go gloat somewhere else.

DS(16) cooked Christmas dinner with minimal oversight from me (timings only really), has spoken to and FaceTimed DM who is having to spend Christmas alone, came to the village carol service with good grace and was super grateful for his presents.

He's normally a good kid, but days like today really mean a lot

What a lovely thread. My 16-month-old doesn't really "get" Christmas yet and is going through a sleep regression, so still up, but he let us eat (most of) our Christmas dinners before climbing on me for a breastfeed and he had a lovely walk outside where he tried to touch every car wheel on our road.
I'll take it as a win after reading the misery that some people are dealing with today. Nice to know the "terrible twos" can actually go well.

Hi Op...
I am delighted for you,no wonder ,you are a proud mum
Glad you had a nice Christmas.
Your little daughter sounds lovely
.take care x

Mine are 17, 18 and 19 and they have been awesome. Ready to drop everything and help with the cooking (am a single parent), sociable and happy, given us all a brilliant day. The 18yo isn't technically mine, we started fostering him last year so his mum is our support bubble. She's nice, but emotionally very needy with some major mental health issues. And nobody got at all irritated with her, not a single edge to anyone's voice. Best Christmas for quite a few years.

@inprincessAuroa
Meow what a Catty/Shitty Comments,
you made earlier on to Op.😬

I didn't like what you said.

I am surprised other posters didn't notice it, and put you straight.!
You sound very Passive Aggressive ,
Go an Jog on then
This is Clearly not the place for likes of people like you..😂

Your comments say more about you,
Not a person want to come across in life

I am susprised if you can keep any friends with your kind of shitty attitude !

Vist a therapist to help to see why you are so bitter/sour 😂

Lovely thre seead.

My four year old said "thank you for making Christmas fun" at bedtime. I happy cried (probably the wine...)

My two year old managed a day without head butting me. Take your victories where you can, eh?

Lovely! Enjoy Christmas. Xxx

Oh fuck off @ImPrincessAurora did you literally just visit this thread to whinge about it?! Bloody misery!

I'm with you OP, my just turned 4yo twins had some sort of magic crescendo of both being well behaved and delightful at the same time, together, for most of the day!

We started with a Christmas miracle of noone waking till 8am and then they were both mostly delightful for the whole day. So much so that we put them to bed late as they were just playing quietly and nicely together while we watched TV, which NEVER happens!

And yes I do have friends to tell this to, and I have, and we have all talked about the behaviours of our respective kids, and yet I still wanted to comment on this lovely thread!

My early 20s DS was a bloody star yesterday. We had one elderly relative round fr the day - we rarely see them but we are the nearest ones geographically and have no one else in our bubble. DS was brilliant - with no prompting from me he spent time with them, listened to their stories and I know it will have made their day after being on their own for so much of this year.