There's a carrot in my kitchen, what am I gonna do? 10 / 10 thread

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Was a long time that I didn't have dairy. That's why I've been stuffing my fat arse with the last few months.

But no more, I tell you.

I don't eat, and I'm still fat, I don't understand that. [brie denial emoticon]

He did kick the chairs in time too. Also there was always one who stood in the middle and wanted everyone to look at him shaking his carrot percussion or whatever.

Oh, they did no such thing, they just looked and raised their fucking eyebrows at me and I felt like poking the triangle sticks up their stuck up arses.

And also a couple of twins at one group, who used to fight with each other and roll on the floor, proper fighting, and the mother would burst into tears.

It's all coming flooding back now.

That's the thing, he was skipping round, and singing the song but he wasn't sitting on MY LAP.

AND, now I am cross again. Her message said, don't feel bad, thank you for understanding that it was affecting the other children.

I phoned right back, and said I don't feel bad at all, but they were giving me funny looks so I thought sod this lets go to the park.

Skipping and singing? And that bothered her? Did she think he was disruptive?

Oh, yes, she said as much. She told him to sit down sternly. That's when I left.

How was it affecting the other children? Because they heard some music and thought they might just stand up and have a dance?

People are weird. Some, though OBVIOUSLY by no means all, music tiny tot sing-a-long and be creative with your scarf types are so intent on getting everyone to hit the triangle and jingle the bells, they forget they are dealing with toddlers.

We went one week to a group and it was like joining the army. We never went back.

because some of the other children tried to get up and run round too, that's when I got the very pointed, NO, Penelope, we don't run around at music.

I suppose it was disruptive in that sense.

One woman I am having tea in the morning was asked to leave the monday group because hers wouldn't stop dancing. Seriously.

See, now that has made me want to run at music. I want to run a marathon up and down the hall, shouting Baa Baa Black Sheep at the top of my voice. I am frighteningly immature.

Will you go back?

Do you have the be creative with your scarf bit? Can he understand not to run about then - in that deliciously vast and empty hall which is v. nice to run about in - and wait for the bits of material to come out?

"NO, Penelope, we don't run around at music."

how can you keep up that level of instruction and policing though? I bet they go home, draw the curtains and hit the gin.

uptight fucktards.

(unless it was a carb withdrawal induced hallicintation guad.)

Franny will come and tell us how it is on the other side, and a compromise will be found.

Anyone who says 'we' anything to their child makes me want to shoot them.

Oh, I see Franny. Dairy free pesto is good, and easy to make.

Why can children not run around in a music class? If we are talking about 8 yr olds, I understand but 2 and 3 yr olds? Ridiculous. Music is about movement - feeling the beat, making noise and expressing yourself. This teacher sounds like she knows nothing about a) small children and b) musical development

That sounds really odd. I've never been to a group where the children HAVE to sit down. I found music group painful because the teacher had such an awful singing voice, she'd attempt really unnecessary high notes and her voice would crack. Am quite glad that's all over now.

It is quite a small room. I probably won't go back. I almost want to go back to leave wth a bit more dignity than I dd last time but I can't really be arsed. The library one is free and they can wonder off there.

Presma, it's a bit renowmed for uptightness but I haven't had a livewire before. There are silks and moving songs but mostly it's seated.

Anyway, enough of that.

Tomatoes
mushrooms
broccoli
2 apples

Guad, why not try socatots instead? We went to a music class for a while but I stopped cause it was expensive and always late so we sometimes only got about 20 mins which made me unreasonably (well I don't think it was unreasonable but noone else seemed bothered) But they could get up and wander round and they'd all crowd round the lady. Sometimes she would ask that we brought them back to our laps if she was showing/doing something in particular but there was a Grandma who used to pull her dgd back by the scruff of her trousers and we all used to wince and think leave her to crawl off and enjoy it

DS is now registered and we had a lovely day out in town and lunch in a chinese buffet place. DD was quite excited with it all and ate loads of noodles She behaves so nicely

I'm VERY VERY tired so if you see me on here and it's late, send me to bed.

I'm very excited about the book. I only ordered it last night though so don't know when it'll come.

Guad, my frined used to attend a music group with her ds1.
One day the teacher advised her not to bring him back, and offered a refund
She was mortified but we did laugh about the other uptight mums there, whose chidren didn't even move to music.

More acrrots
Broccoli
Pineapple upsidedowncake

we have groups like that round here and then the parents come to mine and say "oh THANK GOD"
well some do, i expect others come to mine first and then go to Jo Jingles the other groups and say thank god, this is a sensible class and not a ramshackle old hippie thing with some tatty scarves in a drafty hall

oh i sometimes shout at the mothers to SHUT UP a bit
because they are all very chatty and i have to SHOUT and i lose my voice
there's a lot of them in there and they talk, a LOT

i think dairy free pesto is disappointing and nasty
we had organic dairy free pesto for ages out of worthiness, and then one day i rebelled and bought some sacla, and it was HEAVEN and lovely and cheesy and greasy
the others are nasty and you are fooling yourselves

and 100 yes i do feel different
i feel hungry
most of the time