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Well. That went well, didnt it.......

494 replies

TantrumsAndBalloons · 14/09/2013 07:56

So I am looking after my friends 3 year old for the weekend.
I'd just like to point out, before I post the wonderful things that have happened since yesterday, that I do actually have children.
3 in fact.

I point that out because after reading this, you might be forgiven for thinking I have no clue about children what so ever Grin

So...she arrives at 5pm. Lovely, lovely girl. Lovely mum who for some reason thinks I am trustworthy, drops her off without a fuss.

Oh dear god.

All is well for a while. We eat dinner, she eats it all up. And dessert. I am cleaning the kitchen, I turn around and she is eating the dogs food out of his bowl.
And then told me the doggies dinner is very tasty Grin

We are watching tv later on and I ask my ds1 to keep an eye on her while I make a cup of tea.
I come back, she is in the dogs bed.

She wants to play hide and seek. So she hides.
Can I find her? No.
Can the DCs find her? No.

Im about to call the fucking police because clearly she has disappeared when she pops out from a bush in the garden covered head to foot in mud.

We give her a bath, got her pjs on. I go to make her a hot chocolate. I turn round and find her sitting in a cupboard. Of course, I notice she is in there the very second I shut the cupboard door. On her head.

I put her to bed on the little bed in my room.

I go to bed as well because I know if I am not sitting there looking at her, something will happen.

I wake up, an hour ago. She is asleep in the dogs bed.

She just said to me "I had so much fun auntie tantrums. I are doggies dinner, you lost me, I got very dirty and sleeped in the doggy bed. And you shut me in the cupboard"
She found it all hysterically funny.

She's going to go home and tell her mum all of that isn't she??
Is there any way at all I can put a positive spin on this??

I very doubt my friend is ever going to talk to me again, let alone trust me with her child.

OP posts:
Jem57 · 04/07/2021 07:28

Count yourself lucky,I have twin granddaughters who are exactly the same.Nothing and I mean nothing is safe from them.sooo funny to everybody except Mum and Dad and us🙈🙈

BlueLobelia · 04/07/2021 07:42

I remember reading this thread when it was posted. My Ds was roughly the same age and I recall being grateful he was nothing like this utterly marvellous little girl!

I'd love to kow what she is like now.

User135792468 · 04/07/2021 07:45

I just went down to check whether I was missing ds2 as that is him in a nutshell. If any friend was kind enough to take him for the weekend, I wouldn’t care what stories he came back with (the ones he could tell about our family are worse). Your friend knows her child, she won’t be at all surprised.

AlfonsoTheMango · 04/07/2021 08:35

One of the funniest threads ever on MN.

SquashMinus · 04/07/2021 08:36

I hope the OP regularly gets her revenge by retelling this story once the little girl in question becomes a teenager Grin

AnxiousWeirdo · 04/07/2021 08:37

This is amazing 😂

junipertree2 · 04/07/2021 08:55

She sounds great.

Nothing wrong with a little girl who likes to create mischief and get dirty, and play make-believe. Better than one who thinks they have to sit in a corner, dressed in pink and sequins, and watch princess videos.

My son had a taste for catfood when a toddler, but it didn't do him any harm. Seriously, it's probably more nutritious than a McDonald's burger.

1Endeavour2 · 04/07/2021 08:56

No, it was not reasonable. This mother was really irresponsible and should have told you about her ways. As it is, no harm was done but something dangerous could have happened and you would be held responsible. This child seems used to being dumped with strangers without thought. Who would leave their small person with a stranger? You could have been an abuser. This smacks of attention seeking behavior by a neglected child. I was a wild child but, as a child psychologist, this story is very concerning.

Blossomtoes · 04/07/2021 09:03

@1Endeavour2

No, it was not reasonable. This mother was really irresponsible and should have told you about her ways. As it is, no harm was done but something dangerous could have happened and you would be held responsible. This child seems used to being dumped with strangers without thought. Who would leave their small person with a stranger? You could have been an abuser. This smacks of attention seeking behavior by a neglected child. I was a wild child but, as a child psychologist, this story is very concerning.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What a card!

lurkingfromhome · 04/07/2021 09:04

@1Endeavour2

No, it was not reasonable. This mother was really irresponsible and should have told you about her ways. As it is, no harm was done but something dangerous could have happened and you would be held responsible. This child seems used to being dumped with strangers without thought. Who would leave their small person with a stranger? You could have been an abuser. This smacks of attention seeking behavior by a neglected child. I was a wild child but, as a child psychologist, this story is very concerning.
Never mind, they've all had EIGHT YEARS to get over the trauma.
junipertree2 · 04/07/2021 09:04

@1Endeavour2

No, it was not reasonable. This mother was really irresponsible and should have told you about her ways. As it is, no harm was done but something dangerous could have happened and you would be held responsible. This child seems used to being dumped with strangers without thought. Who would leave their small person with a stranger? You could have been an abuser. This smacks of attention seeking behavior by a neglected child. I was a wild child but, as a child psychologist, this story is very concerning.
'Something dangerous could have happened.'

Ever wonder why we have a generation of overweight, battery range children and neurotic helicopter parents, @1Endeavour2

Bluesheep8 · 04/07/2021 09:10

This reminds me of the "My Naughty Little sister" books I loved as a child Grin

1Endeavour2 · 04/07/2021 09:13

Most people take more care with leaving their animals than this. And yes, I agree with you about helicoptering etc. However, legally this woman is responsible for the child in her care.
What if the child had really disappeared. This is way outside the range of normal parenting.

butterpuffed · 04/07/2021 09:20

Thanks to whoever resurrected this thread, it's hilarious !

AbsolutelyPatsy · 04/07/2021 09:29

@1Endeavour2,
i think you misread the thread.
she played hide and seek, in the garden,
she would not have gone missing.

AbsolutelyPatsy · 04/07/2021 09:30

you are totally wrong as well @1Endeavour2,
what a shame to this fabulous thread

SoupDragon · 04/07/2021 09:51

I can't believe this was nearly 8 years ago! I remember laughing through it back then so clearly 😂😂

junipertree2 · 04/07/2021 09:54

I suppose by your logic, the OP should not have gone to sleep at all, as the little girl might have got up and switched both bath taps on, or gone downstairs and electrocuted herself on something. Or cut her fingers off with a kitchen knife. As it happens, she does seem to have wandered into the kitchen during the night. Does this mean those looking after kids should not sleep, or bolt every bedroom door?

RhubarbTea · 04/07/2021 09:56

Thank you so much for resurrecting this thread, it has made my day Grin

ILikePizzaAndWine · 04/07/2021 10:02

Oohhh I wish we had an update. This thread has brought me pure joy, and the OP and her family sound so lovely!

lurkingfromhome · 04/07/2021 10:03

@1Endeavour2

Most people take more care with leaving their animals than this. And yes, I agree with you about helicoptering etc. However, legally this woman is responsible for the child in her care. What if the child had really disappeared. This is way outside the range of normal parenting.
Again, I feel the intervening EIGHT YEARS have probably been enough for the entire family to process the trauma.
ThunderBitch · 04/07/2021 10:07

Haha this thread is hilarious and wonderful! Thanks to whoever raised it from the dead!

MilduraS · 04/07/2021 11:16

@1Endeavour2

No, it was not reasonable. This mother was really irresponsible and should have told you about her ways. As it is, no harm was done but something dangerous could have happened and you would be held responsible. This child seems used to being dumped with strangers without thought. Who would leave their small person with a stranger? You could have been an abuser. This smacks of attention seeking behavior by a neglected child. I was a wild child but, as a child psychologist, this story is very concerning.
I really hope you're lying about being a child psychologist.
Mydogmylife · 04/07/2021 12:01

@1Endeavour2

No, it was not reasonable. This mother was really irresponsible and should have told you about her ways. As it is, no harm was done but something dangerous could have happened and you would be held responsible. This child seems used to being dumped with strangers without thought. Who would leave their small person with a stranger? You could have been an abuser. This smacks of attention seeking behavior by a neglected child. I was a wild child but, as a child psychologist, this story is very concerning.
Good grief!
fatlazycow · 08/07/2022 08:35

Was reminded of this on the ‘funniest thing on mumsnet thread’

The little girl must be 12/13ish now would love to know what she is like!