To have a wee boast about my son

Laurendelaney1987 · 2023-07-01T22:51:47+00:00

Both DH and I have been feeling crap today: headaches, nausea, muscle pains. We’ve been tag teaming looking after DS while the other sleeps. In the evening we went to a local play park to allow DS7 to let off some steam (he needs a lot of exercise or he plays up) after we got home I went for a bath. About 5 times DS interrupted with daft questions (what book is your favourite? When are you going to be finished) eventually I got out the bath and came downstairs. DS had completely tidied the living room. Took all his hotwheels to his playroom, polished the side tables (with wet wipes), tidied all stuff lying about, hoovered !!!!, and to top it all off, put all the fancy wee lights and lamps on, to make the living room look lovely for family film time. aibu to be so bloody proud of him?

pinguins · 01/07/2023 23:52

Oh that's adorable!

Libre2 · 01/07/2023 23:55

Bless him! No yanbu!

Cheeringmeup · 01/07/2023 23:56

That's so sweet, absolutely be proud of your very considerate boy 😊

dudsville · 01/07/2023 23:56

Good kid!

ComeTheFckOnBridget · 01/07/2023 23:59

What a sweetheart!

StJulian2023 · 02/07/2023 00:00

❤️❤️❤️

HerrenaHarridan · 02/07/2023 00:00

A much more successful gesture of love from
child to parent than the Lego on toast I got one birthday morning!

BonnieBobbin · 02/07/2023 00:02

That's lovely. So considerate. Hope you and DH feel better soon

WonderfulUsername · 02/07/2023 00:03

Ahh bless him that's so sweet!

My youngest DS used to do that sort of thing and it was so lovely....until we opened the cupboards and found everything shoved in them from toys to car keys and dirty coffee cups! 🤦‍♀️😂🤦‍♀️😍 but it's the thought that counts!

Princessdebthe1st · 02/07/2023 00:03

Oh bless, that’s lovely. You should be so proud. Sometimes you are reminded just how awesome the human being that you are helping to raise is!

It reminds me when DH and I both had D&V at the same time when DD was probably a little bit younger than your DS (maybe 5/6 or so). We both felt so ill we could hardly get out of bed and we didn’t have any family around to take her. I dragged myself downstairs to make her something to eat and leave drinks for her (after scrubbing my hands with antibacterial soap), put the TV on CBeebies and dragged myself back to bed. Bless her, she spent the best part of 12 hours topping up our glasses with water from the bathroom and bringing us biscuits. She even put on her nurses uniform whilst she did it.
What was even sweeter is that we had been due to go out for the day to somewhere she was really looking forward to and she never complained or even mentioned it once.

PurpleButterflyWings · 02/07/2023 00:04

😆 That's so adorable! Good for him - and you - for raising a boy to do housework!!

IneedcoffeeinanIV · 02/07/2023 00:07

Awww I love this ❤️ What a sweet boy

HawdMeBack · 02/07/2023 00:12

You've taught him well ❤️ good lad!

EnglishGirlApproximately · 02/07/2023 00:27

Adorable ♥️ Whenever I'm feeling run down DS sets me up a little sofa den with a blanket, ipad, book, magazine and biscuits to relax. If he's feeling really worried about me he'll even put his switch out for me but generally takes it back pretty quickly 😁

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Laurendelaney1987 · 02/07/2023 00:42

PurpleButterflyWings · 02/07/2023 00:04

😆 That's so adorable! Good for him - and you - for raising a boy to do housework!!

DH and I both work FT and share all the housework and parenting (including parental leave). DHs parents shared housework (sadly DMIL passed away last year) but DFIL is very involved with my son, so my son has never grown up with the belief that housework is “womens work”.

He does put his own plate in the dishwasher and help clear the table after dinner. And he likes to help with the washing (he impressed me by knowing to sort clothes into whites and colours)

im painting him as an angel right now… but ask him to put his shoes on and it’s a bloody nightmare lol

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Laurendelaney1987 · 02/07/2023 00:43

Princessdebthe1st · 02/07/2023 00:03

Oh bless, that’s lovely. You should be so proud. Sometimes you are reminded just how awesome the human being that you are helping to raise is!

It reminds me when DH and I both had D&V at the same time when DD was probably a little bit younger than your DS (maybe 5/6 or so). We both felt so ill we could hardly get out of bed and we didn’t have any family around to take her. I dragged myself downstairs to make her something to eat and leave drinks for her (after scrubbing my hands with antibacterial soap), put the TV on CBeebies and dragged myself back to bed. Bless her, she spent the best part of 12 hours topping up our glasses with water from the bathroom and bringing us biscuits. She even put on her nurses uniform whilst she did it.
What was even sweeter is that we had been due to go out for the day to somewhere she was really looking forward to and she never complained or even mentioned it once.

thats Adorable, especially her wearing her wee nurses outfit!

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Laurendelaney1987 · 02/07/2023 00:44

HerrenaHarridan · 02/07/2023 00:00

A much more successful gesture of love from
child to parent than the Lego on toast I got one birthday morning!

Lego on toast is a delicacy in some places you know!

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Laurendelaney1987 · 02/07/2023 00:46

EnglishGirlApproximately · 02/07/2023 00:27

Adorable ♥️ Whenever I'm feeling run down DS sets me up a little sofa den with a blanket, ipad, book, magazine and biscuits to relax. If he's feeling really worried about me he'll even put his switch out for me but generally takes it back pretty quickly 😁

Aww.. that’s so cute. Too much screen time on the switch isn’t good for you anyway… so he’s just looking out for you 😉

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sashh · 02/07/2023 00:49

Both your son OP and the little girl with the nurse's outfit sound so cute.

Xeren · 02/07/2023 00:55

What a wonderful boy!

dizzydizzydizzy · 02/07/2023 01:00

Fantastic! And the same to @Princessdebthe1st