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To say parenting is boring?

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BoredYummyMummy · 22/04/2022 20:05

I’m bored of; the shitty nappies, the crying, the whining, the coaxing to do absolutely everything, the cheery ‘well done’s’ as they do the same fucking thing agaiiiin, the infinite laundry, the tantrums, the streams of snot and oh my god I’m bored of fucking BING

Any sane human has to find the repetition bone achingly boring?

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Comedycook · 22/04/2022 20:07

Correct

MuchTooTired · 22/04/2022 20:09

Yes, it’s boring. Bing is a whinging spoilt little fucker, who I hate. The trade off for me though is the little milestones, the cuddles and fun parts.

How old is/are your DC?

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BoredYummyMummy · 22/04/2022 20:11

One and two @MuchTooTired

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Favourodds · 22/04/2022 20:11

I don't think you're unreasonable to dislike Bing. I find it deeply creepy so we don't watch it.

The rest I disagree on; I really like Mumming. But your stance definitely isn't controversial and there'll be plenty of people along who feel the same.

Chin up, we'll be the 'my teenager doesn't speak' posters before you know it 😉

DueyCheatemAndHow · 22/04/2022 20:11

Literally could have written the same. Not just bored. I actually hate it atm.

powershowerforanhour · 22/04/2022 20:12

Well a lot of it is boring. YADNBU to hate Bing. My daughters are allowed to watch loads of telly and normally I will let them finish what they're watching before I switch it off, but I just zap Bing on sight. Bing is rubbish and I have no idea why it's allowed on the otherwise decent cbeebies. I mean, I hate Waffle too but I let them finish watching it. Can't bear bloody Bing.

MissChanandlerBong80 · 22/04/2022 20:14

I don’t find it boring but I definitely think I would if I didn’t work and my DC didn’t go to nursery.

The coaxing to do absolutely anything is incredibly tedious though!

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 22/04/2022 20:15

its Relentless !

grise · 22/04/2022 20:15

I'm too old to know what Bing is but endorse everything you said. I started to enjoy mine the most when we could reasonably, if not legitimately, enjoy a beer together

zealouslemur · 22/04/2022 20:17

Oh god, trying to coax a small person to let you do something you DON'T EVEN WANT TO DO! Mostly changing pooey toddler nappies, or brushing their teeth. So frustrating!

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BoredYummyMummy · 22/04/2022 20:18

Right then, that settles one point - BING is gone.

Great word - relentless - and yet we keep going because we know that ‘if they eat a good breakfast they’ll have more fun at XYZ’ or ‘if they put their shoes on they’ll have fun at the park’ etc..

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BoredYummyMummy · 22/04/2022 20:19

@zealouslemur HOW COULD I FORGET TEETH

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LuckySantangelo35 · 22/04/2022 20:20

Favourodds · 22/04/2022 20:11

I don't think you're unreasonable to dislike Bing. I find it deeply creepy so we don't watch it.

The rest I disagree on; I really like Mumming. But your stance definitely isn't controversial and there'll be plenty of people along who feel the same.

Chin up, we'll be the 'my teenager doesn't speak' posters before you know it 😉

@Favourodds

how can you like

“the shitty nappies, the crying, the whining, the coaxing to do absolutely everything, the cheery ‘well done’s’ as they do the same fucking thing agaiiiin, the infinite laundry, the tantrums, the streams of snot”

like genuinely how?!

Camomila · 22/04/2022 20:21

1 and 2 sounds exhausting! On the plus side you'll get a sweet spot when they are 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8 and everything will seem so easy!

Mine are 6 and 2 and while the 6 year old is good fun on a day out the 2 hear is in full on terrible twos...by the time DS2 is a cheery 6 year old DS1 will probably be a moody tween.

Favourodds · 22/04/2022 20:28

Hahaha, well, she goes to nursery 10-4 three days a week and I high five her every time I see she's pooed there. So that saves one job three times a week..

I just like it? My husband works away 99% of the time so it's just me and my little irrational friend palling about? We don't make that much laundry together. I'm fairly resilient to tantrums, they just don't bother me, snot is easily wiped away. Could live without the nappies but willing to accept them.

I don't know - she's just my buddy! Maybe I spent too much time with drunk women in my 20s, used to women sat on kerbs crying?!

Lsquiggles · 22/04/2022 20:30

Same but peppa pig 🙄

Copperpottle · 22/04/2022 20:32

No. I love it. But then I'm organised enough not to have 'endless laundry' and I don't begrudge the 30 seconds it takes to put in the machine.

Why don't you do something else if it's so bad? If you can't even take joy in their achievements then what's the point?

Comedycook · 22/04/2022 20:37

No. I love it. But then I'm organised enough not to have 'endless laundry' and I don't begrudge the 30 seconds it takes to put in the machine

I do three loads a day... regardless of how organised I am...I consider that to be a shit load and pretty boring

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BoredYummyMummy · 22/04/2022 20:39

@Copperpottle how can you not have endless laundry?

I put a wash on overnight then bung it in the tumble in the morning whilst I make breakfast. The baskets are never full…. it’s endless regardless of the fact I’m organised with laundry.

nice try

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Ohyesiam · 22/04/2022 20:40

At that age yes. It’s like being a Neanderthal.
But by the time they are 5 they are interesting and you can have great conversations.
Teens are the best though.

LuckySantangelo35 · 22/04/2022 20:43

Copperpottle · 22/04/2022 20:32

No. I love it. But then I'm organised enough not to have 'endless laundry' and I don't begrudge the 30 seconds it takes to put in the machine.

Why don't you do something else if it's so bad? If you can't even take joy in their achievements then what's the point?

@Copperpottle

ooh good for you, being so organised 🤨

it’s a bit hard to “do something else if it’s so bad” once you have the kid isn’t it?! Unfortunately!

DueyCheatemAndHow · 22/04/2022 20:48

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Sandra2010 · 22/04/2022 20:55

YANBU. You're also fed up and having a bad day, and we've all been there. 1&2 is really hard work and mine were boring at that age too, they can't even have a sensible discussion about Mr Tumble. It won't be long until they're interesting and funny and developing real personalities, honestly. I liked mine more the older they got. It doesn't make you a bad mum if it's not always wonderful and your little people aren't always the light of your life. You're a good mum when you feel like that and yet they're still fed and clean and loved. Tomorrow will be better.

luxxlisbon · 22/04/2022 20:56

I don’t find it boring but I can understand why some people would.
Nappies just don’t bother me, I enjoy the constant encouragement, the exaggerated ‘well dones’ and it has made me find a lot more joy in simple things like how excited they get on a swing even though it’s every day of the week.

MangyInseam · 22/04/2022 20:57

It can be for sure. It helps to find things you like to scatter through the day. And I would tell the kids they can't watch BIng, pick up a couple of old school sesame street dvds or whatever you like.