to be shocked at a mother feeding her 7 and 4 year old DS's yoghurt with a spoon?

[Anna8888]

Franco-American mother I know a little - her DSs are at the same school as my daughter. They were having a picnic lunch in the park yesterday and she fed them each a yoghurt (in its entirety) with a spoon.

[Anna8888]

itati - I am shocked when mothers (especially evangelical SAHMs) don't bother to bring up their children to independence.

[VictorianSqualor]

It's definitely odd, but can I just point out the only people that know about DD's possible dyspraxia are my partner and her teacher/SENCO.
It's not something people tend to discuss as a matter of course.

(oh, and MN of course)

There could be something you don't know about.

I doubt very much I'd take a yoghurt to the park if they would have trouble eating it though.

[eandz]

and she has help?

[love2sleep]

You have absolutely no idea whether she is bothering to bring up her children to independence. All you know is that on one occasion she fed her children yogurt.

Or is there more to this than you are telling us?

[KnickersOnMaHead]

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[Anna8888]

VS - possibly... not at all convinced, I have seen the 7 year old a lot and he moves/interacts like any normal 7 year old, plus he's bilingual and SN tends to be a great problem for bilingual families

[itati]

I still don't see what bsuiness it is of yours or why you are so bothered.

[Anna8888]

Part time nanny and cleaner, yes

[AuntieSocial]

Oh fgs, anna why do you care how somebody else's child eats a yoghurt?

Honestly.

[Anna8888]

Curious that some people don't think it matters that a 7 old seemingly thinks it's normal for his mother to feed him...

[AuntieSocial]

It's not that it might not matter, it's that it's none of your, or our business.

[VictorianSqualor]

This is the oddest thread I have seen in my whole time as a mumsnetter.

Why do you dislike her so Anna? I'm assuming there is much more to this than a yoghurt.

[Aitch]

i would be shocked, deffo. not hysterical or shivering... just .

[Aitch]

lol she's just posting on MN, she's not embroidering a sampler about it or writing a letter to her MP. anna, i'd be shocked too. it is WEIRD.

[poorbuthappy]

If people never commented on anything that anyone else does then MN message boards would probably be half empty...

It is odd to see a 7 year old being fed...
Is it wrong? each to their own!

[posieflump]

I agree it is a bit odd
don't know why you are getting 'what has it to do with you' comments. Mumsnet is all about sharing things we've seen etc

[Kewcumber]

Am I being unreasonable to agree with Anna? I NEVER agree with Anna

I once watched a friend spoon-feed her child tea - he was seven no dyspaxia, autism, unworking hands etc they weren't going anywhere. I'm known as the wild woman now because I taught him to butter his crumpet with a knife rather than call mummy to do it

I judge.

[Anna8888]

Thanks Aitch.

No, nothing particular about the mother VS.

[posieflump]

x posts poorbuthappy!!

[VictorianSqualor]

This is one of those threads that is really bonkers but you can't get off of.

Anna could you invite them for dinner?

[Anna8888]

Why on earth would I want to invite them for dinner?

[Spidermama]

YANBU. Shocking. Also disempowering and possibly even humiliating for the children.

[MsSparkle]

Purhaps she is one of those mothers who wants their kids to stay babies for ever. A woman i know of who is friends with a friend of mine still sterilises her 2 years old dd's bottles. The fact that her dd still has bottles at 2 is but to still sterilise them as well!

She also up until a short while ago fed her dd 6 months+ baby food from a jar and baby rice! The sort you would give to an infant between 6-12 months

[theyoungvisiter]

What is it with all these easily shocked threads recently?

I've seen so many that are like "GGGGGGGHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! I am so shocked!!!! I can't believe that this parent swore in a restaurant/spoonfed her child/dropped a shopping bag/allowed their 2yo to drink from a bottle/ate with her fingers in public/picked her nose"

Mumnetters - step AWAY from the computer and get out more! Yes it may be slightly odd. Yes, you may not agree with it. Yes, it's unlikely to win any nominations for "parent of the year" award. But shocking? No.

Shocking is when a man relieves himself in the children's paddling pool of your local park. That's shocking. Until such time please head your threads "A parenting decision I disagree with".