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.

tmmj - lost its effect when you had to correct yourself

Actually, I really, really wouldn't fall off my seat if my friend did it. I might not even notice, either.

But not because I am not The Law. I AM The Law, but this kind of thing seems trivial and well within the bounds of 'normal'. Can completely imagine doing it myself if DS (6) said 'I hate feeding myself yoghurt - it's all drippy (or somesuch) - will you do it?'.

Haven't we all got a few weird things that we do for dc's bcs we love them? I treat DS to an arse-wipe once a week, for example

Seriously, it worries me how people seem to be constantly judging and watching and judging some more.

Some people think co-sleeping is weird. Some people think kids in buggies beyond the age of 2 yrs old = weird. Or bottle feeding instead of breastfeeding. Or extended breastfeeding. Or giving your kids McDs. Blah blah blah. Who really gives a fuck?
I mean, maybe devoting an entire thread on MN about this is the really weird thing...

lol. perfect.
I think spoon feeding a seven year old is wierd - even if Anna agrees with me.

thast poor typing not poor spelling and I think a (succesful) stint at proof-reading many years ago would probably vindicate my above average spelling skills.

And I got full marks at 11 in our school pelling competition. Was the only person who could spell Melancholy.

Pelling? Is that where you have to guest-edit a n issue of the Erotic Review?

I thought you were an evangelical SAHM. You were a few months ago.

I wouldn't be shocked about the yoghurt. I can't get shocked about yoghurt. It's too bland.

yes - damn my cover is blown

That last remark of mine mnight be rather, erm, niche - sorry

no puns about use of the word "blown" please...

The thing that makes me laugh about this thread is that I got to the end of it and had to re-read it before I realised what the "shock content" was actually supposed to be.

This must be the most mundane piece of sniping ever to grace the halls of MN.

at onebat

Auntie, I think you're right.

But the mundanity lies far more heavily on the 'freaked by yoghurt-feeding' contingent....

boom boom Aitch! I had her in the back of my cab once...

Goodness, some of you are taking the OP's thread wording way too seriously! All she asked was is she being unreasonable to have been shocked at seeing a SEVEN year old being spoon fed? Of course she isnt being unreasonable, spoon feeding a perfectly capable 7 year old is bizarre!! I would be shocked, it wouldnt bother me, but for the few seconds I saw this incident I probably would have described myself as "shocked" (ie it made me do a double take, made me think it was odd, made me wonder why you would feed a seven year old). Maybe shocked is too strong a word but you all intelligent enough to know what she was implying so why disect the thread title? Unless of course you think it is in no way shocking (or words to that effect) to see a 7 year old being spoon fed.

gosh that sounds rather more erotic review than I;d intended.

anna you MUST invite them round for dinner. and you MUST serve soup to start, then risotto, and then trifle for pudding.

go on, you know you want to.

you're right Mutt - poor excuse. In fact English is my second language so most MN'ers turn a blind eye to my appalling spelling.

I thought this thread was about someone feeding their kids with your ds's yogurt ! that would have been unreasonable - It then took me ages to think what you were fretting about...my conclusion is,so what ?

It would have looked weird,but maybe there was more to it?

My DD is 9 and sometimes(although I don't spoon feed her yoghurt!)I over baby her (jokingly) as she has "you don't treat me the same as DS" moments.Of course I don't because he is 17 months old.

For example,on saturday they were on a fair ride,and I said to DS "ooh are you driving a car?" and DD said (in a v indignant voice) "I'M driving a car too!"
I then said "oooh look at you DD driving your car!" if I had have been overheard no doubt somebody would have been shocked at the babyish way I speak to my DD!

I know this a ramble, but the point I'm trying to make is that the yoghurt feeding was just a snapshot,who knows what had happened throughout the day?!

Blimey no wonder so many mums have inferiority complexes,if other mums are watching them and being "shocked" by their not actually that shocking ,behaviour!

Anna888 advocates regular corportate style progress meetings for families to discuss any items on the agenda. Onebat's weekly treat for her DS would clearly come under "any other business".

Ah a bit of light relief from study!! good thread

snoort Swedes!