about what is, in fairness, just a silly joke...

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Last night I was reading bedtime stories, and we started talking about the word 'no'. My younger son made the sign for it (they've been learning signs at nursery), and then said, 'it's your favourite word!' 'Who told you it was my favourite word?' I asked. 'XX [nursery worker. Not his keyworker. Not my favourite nursery worker by a considerable margin] did,' replied ds2. 'Every time we make that sign, she says it's mummy's favourite word.'

Now. My son is very literal (I think it comes with the job description for a nearly-four-year-old), and offered to clarify the situation with XX once I'd pointed out to him that, in fact, 'no' is not 'my favourite word'.

So AIBU to be just a bit put out by this? I mean, I don't get my knickers in a twist over 'the mummies on the bus go chatter chatter chatter', which is equally inaccurate and stereotypical. But this has upset me (I'm not traumatised, btw, just mildly bothered).

And if I'm NBU to be a bit put out, would I be U to mention my put-out-ness to Someone?

It may be relevant to mention that my sons attend a day-care nursery, four days a week, 8.30am to 6pm. I have the requisite amount of maternal guilt and defensiveness regarding this fact :-).

Rose is a big girls's bra of a drink

was it really witty iroic riposte.thought you'd flipped oot.so used to nurseries are Satan's parlour etc posts

when I sing wheels on the bus we do:

the people on the bus go chatter chatter chatter
or the people on the bus say "next stop please"
along with:
the babies on the bus go wah wah wah
the driver on the bus goes "sit down please"

Still cant bring myself to sing baa baa rainbow sheep though.

Yab sensitive and very u

It would irritate me tbh.
It's a very negative view of parenting.

YANBU. It would irritate me slightly as well. It might be funny if it were being said to older children that have a little understanding of the concept of sarcasm, but toddlers tend to take things much more literally.