looking for a playpal for our 16 months old daughter, tooting, lodnon

[Miemie12]

Hi Mums,

I am looking for a playmate for our 16 months old Isabella. We practice gentle parenting, so ideally would like to meet with families with similar parenting style.

We live in Tooting bec in a house with a huge garden and very close to the common.

Isabella is at the stage where she is interested in interacting with other babies and likes to immitate other babies action. I think a playmate that can meet up twice a week will be quite beneficial for both babies

please reply to the message if you are interested to meet up.

I know of the perfect playmate for your daughter and have included a picture of her new best friend

are you planning to keep her apart from other children her whole life? what about school etc? you sound very weird. What message does that give her about love and caring if you shut her away from everyone that doesn't agree with your parenting philosophy..

What would have been the reaction to someone posting anything other than "hideously white"?

If you are genuine, I feel sorry for your dd, as she will no doubt grow up to be as narrow minded and nasty as you are.

I don't think you are going to get many offers of "friendship" somehow!

Miemie you are very, very naive. We also do 'attachment/gentle/lentil-weavery parenting' and - - our toddlers have gone through aggressive phases. It's NORMAL and you are being naive to think that gentle parenting will mean you avoid any unpleasant phases in parenting.

Sorry if I sound patronising, but you sound rude and offensive and I'm not surprised you have few friends .

Either keep your opinions to yourself, or
learn a way to express them in a more gentle manner - it's a bit shocking to say the least that you don't treat everyone with the respect you feel is due to your DD.

"hideously white"!! Have reported you to Mumsnet for racism.

Poor kid!

Oh my god. What an offensive, racist woman. She may prectise gentle parenting, but certainly doesn't seem like a gentle person herself.
No wonder you have no friends.

we live in a hideously white area, tis called the countryside.

I just wonder if she just came on here to voice her very offensive views under the guise of looking for a playmate for her baby?

She very quickly became offensive and her posts appeared to mainly be an attack on how she viewed parenting in the UK.

Not that I'm a betting person, but something tells me she won't be back posting under that name again!!

wow , i too sadly think this is an appalingly racist op and not a troll.

good luck to your dc op, they are going to need it with you as a mother.

perhaps it would help you to go check out the many threads on here about poor and toxic mothers who have ruined their dc lives from childhood and into adulthood.

I wouldn't let my DC's anywhere near you and your racist toxic parenting.

Now fuck off.

If that is how she views the UK, why did she have a child in this country?

She obviously detests life here as we are so "miserable, angry, depressed, hideously white, don't show our children any love etc."

How should one apply for the post of Isabella's playmate?

Will you be accepting CV's? Should we expect to go through a lengthy interview process?

I did once purchase a jar of baby food for little Tarquin, does that automatically exclude us from the selection process?

PMSL!

I suspect dear little Isabella is destined to be
a) a spoilt little brat
b) in for a huge shock at school (any school)

was wondering why this thread had so many replies, now i understand!!

our poor unloved babies, so stressed out and cold, us poor white mummies on ADs.

the reason Isabella has no playmates is because her mother is racist, rude and aggressive.

it is great to be confident in your own way of life but not to be so rude about every one else.

oh dear
Is this a record for the most people offended with the least amount of posts?
Go on OP, there are still some groups of people you haven't managed to alienate yet.

ROFL at Miemie's only other post on MN where she was "worried people have stereotype about attachment parenting". Of course she hasn't stereotyped anyone on this thread and has come across as a nice, inclusive kind of person!

'I think a lot of mums here are angry and depressed, you are happy to channel your frustration onto someone other than your baby. Good for you!'
Erm does this mean we should channel our 'frustration' on to our babies? Is that what you do? Good for you!

Whoever suggested the Steiner school was spot on - go and mix with the rest of the smug loons - you'll soon be desperate for the 'aggressive, stressed out' environs of the playgroups once you get a taste of someone else's superiority complex.

I suppose the OP never found a suitable playmate.

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What I find interesting is that even most of those on that site thought she was OTT in her MN posting...

If you look at her posting on the other site, she eventually seems to have a few issues with her own child-rearing philosophy and and hires an au-pair to help her, in spite of her extremely rude comments on this thread about childcare professionals. So hopefully she's a little less offensive now as far as that goes. One would hope so, anyway.

I HAVE to look at the link although I don't want to.

I've just read it and I accept that they have different opinions to me. I am at her and feel sorry for Isabella.