My 2.10yo ds is hoovering the living room floor. Now THAT'S my boy!

[Desiderata]

Sorry, but I must share my pride

He's just taken the bottom off the hole punch, so hundreds of little paper circles littered the floor.

Without further ado, he got the hoover from the kitchen cupboard (he had to move the tumble dryer out of the way to get to it), wheeled it into the front room, plugged it in, and is now, as I type, getting all the circles up!

Do you think he might make me a coffee?

send him over here mine need doing (again)

oooooh Bless his little heart i have a "helper" who likes to help me load the washer. Now i must teach her how to hoover

Ah, thanks for responding, girls!

I felt a bit like Norman-Bates-No-Mates for a while there.

And then I figured that everyone was just plain jealous and crabby at my astonishingly gifted child ...

He has obviously heard me when I have explained to my boys that there is a reason that men have better upper body strengt.......Ironing and hoovering.

DH listens to me say this often (and does do the majority of ironing [I don't iron stuff, if he wants it ironing he irons it, if I want it ironing I give it to him while he is ironing his stuff])

hehehe

Yes! I'm thinking about the ironing. I mean, he's got a little footstool, and he is nearly three ...

your ds sounds better at it than mine.

He likes to get the hoover out and plug it in and then just switch it on and off. Usually when I've nipped off to the toilet or similar.

Any tips to get him actually hoovering?

I bet (because toddlers are devious, I tell you) he did it on purpose so she'd never ever ask him again

Yes! Put little coloured circles on the floor!!

That's brilliant! When I switch on the hoover mine just hides her face in my legs and goes 'DD scared of hoover!'

Desi, Aww, that is really cute! Bless!

I took a cleaning job in the mornings when ds was three months old. It's my local pub, so it's pretty relaxed. So yes, almost three years on, he's pretty familiar with the hoover.

But he's never used it off his own bat before.

The whole thing today has made me think about pocket money. OK, I know he isn't even three yet, but when pocket money time comes round, I am definitely going to dole it out on the basis of jobs he's done.

Aww, thanks 3andnomore! I was hoping someone would say that

can you teach my dd please? shes the same age and makes the same mess but wont clear up ahe'd prefer to sit on her bed until dh (not me you notice ) has finished!

I used to hate the sound of the hoover when I was a kid, (although we didn't hear it that much, tbh)!

It might, perhaps, be a gender thing? People often say that up to seven, there's no clear difference in the sexes, but I'm not convinced.

Ds has been taking things apart and analyzing them since he was a year plus. To him, the hoover is a machine, and is thus to be worshiped!

I used to love all household chores as a little Kid....broke many a dish trying to help washing up, etc....am a miserabl;e housewife now though....shame really, lol...

Desi

how are there no gender differences???

my littel girl never stops talking but physical stuff is a bit scary and she doesnt do loud noise (except squeeling!)

my little boy wants to be off and moving and doesnt want to talk to me at all (hes 10mo, so not real talk but he barely babbles) he wants to clumb and slide and put things in the dv player

im obv not convinced by that either btw!

It's funny, isn't it. I hate housework, and I'm really rubbish at it. But since ds was born, I've taken on a few cleaning jobs because I've had to.

And I'm brilliant at cleaning other people's houses! I get bonuses, presents, payment even when I'm on holiday, etc.

One of my major clients is moving out of the area in July. She's so concerned about losing me that she's offered to relocate me, dh and ds and put us in an annexe!! She's very posh and very funny.

'I'll pay for ds to go to public school, ffs' she wailed at me this evening

And it so makes me laugh, because my own home is a total dump.

Still, I'm glad that ds is picking up some of the harsh realities of life!

Hee hee, my dd is obsessed with 'bide, bide'. She makes slides out of everything at the moment.

Mind you, she is scared of (and fascinated with) the hoover, calls it Dadda (only Daddy ever does the hoovering - and she cries but wants to see) and has taken me to see it at least 7 times today... maybe she is hinting

Desi your little boy is a darling! And yes, we were all too ashamed by our poor efforts of children to reply

oh i hate housework but would do it in other peoples houses, their housework is so much more fun than mine!

Then we are kindred spirits, sleepless! Of course there are gender differences ... although I've a happy mix of a hugely practical but very camp son.

A part of wonders whether I shall ever have grandchildren

desi, i have been known to call my ds a poof, not in any seriousness and not that id have a problem with it. but the child is obsessed with curtains and light fittings and dances to any little snippet of music! is tres funnY!