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How To Wind Up Your Parents - A Manual for Children

349 replies

BellaBear · 19/06/2009 08:04

  1. When rummaging about the washing pile, make sure you find the oldest, most embarrassing pair of pants and put them on your head. When there are people round.
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LovingtheSilverFox · 19/06/2009 19:44

If you are 3 bear in mind that your toys now contain small parts, give these toys to your 6 month old twin sisters. Especially if Mummy's back is turned, it helps her move quickly, she needs the excercise.

Conversely remove baby toys from babies and place just out of reach, they are learning to crawl, so it will encourage them. This is an effective tool to get your mother off the phone as she won't be able to have a conversation over the frustrated screaming.

LovingtheSilverFox · 19/06/2009 19:46

If unable to talk yet, scream, they are sure to understand eventually.

FaintlyMacabre · 19/06/2009 19:48

Toddlers- when your mother has just finished covering every inch of you in suncream is the perfect time to give her a big hug. She will particularly appreciate this show of affection if she is wearing a new top.

RedLentil · 19/06/2009 19:48
JoyS · 19/06/2009 20:01

3 year olds - choose the smallest, most fragile toy you can find for your favorite. Party bag tat works well. Repeatedly lose the item and scream inconsolably until it is found. Break the item, force your mother to spend half an hour meticulously taping/glueing/sewing it back together. Immediately break it again.

For bonus points, sleep with it. Lose it in the night and make your daddy search for it at 3am. Be sure to wake your baby sister in the process!

cocolepew · 19/06/2009 20:07

Small children - parents, especially Mummy, love to answer your endless question "But why...? To get maximum pleasure be sure to use it at least 50 times a day.

LittleWonder · 19/06/2009 20:20

Peel the backing off sanitary towels. They then become stickers which you can use to decorate walls or your entire body. Be sure to do this at other people's houses.

If you DM farts in public, be sure to announce it in a big voice and make her proud.

babyicebean · 19/06/2009 20:24

I havent laughed so much for ages.

When daddy is having a sneaky nap on the sofa climb on the arms and hurl yourself at his crotch, bigger effect if you land knees first - you WILL learn a few new words.

thereistheball · 19/06/2009 20:32

Teenagers: choose the softer parent. Pitch your unacceptable plan to them, carefully keeping back the parts they are going to object to. Once they have agreed, tell your other parent the sanitised version of what you are going to do, saying you have already been given permission. (You do not need permission, you just need to convince one parent that you have been given it by the other. Permission is self-perpetuating.) Parents love fighting amongst themselves so this will detract from your real intent, allowing you to do whatever you like. If you get caught, blame someone else. If there is nobody else to blame, accuse your mother of being menopausal.

Disable whatever rubbish internet security they have put on your PC / log-in and install similar but less obvious monitoring software on theirs....

Which makes me think: there are some good tips here. If I had a teenager I'd be hiding this thread.

JackBauer · 19/06/2009 20:51

Toddlers, when your mother is discreetly BFing your younger sibling make sure to tell every one in a 100m radius that they are 'having milk from mummy's boobs' at the top of your voice.

Stayingsunnygirl · 19/06/2009 21:06

Does anyone else thing that somewhere (perhaps on BabiesNet) all these ideas are being noted and passed round by the evil geniuses little dears?

Shandyleer · 19/06/2009 21:13

This thread is so funny.

Teenagers: When you reach the age of thirteen or so it is compulsory to learn a new language, namely "mumblemuttergrunt". Your parents will pretend not to understand a word you are saying, but be assured, they are just teasing. They love to hear you demonstrate your new found linguistic talents so be sure to practice at all times, especially if your parents are trying to ask you many questions. Certain phrases in English are permissible, eg "Are you deaf?", "I've already told you that", "that's what I just said" etc.

Wonderstuff · 19/06/2009 21:14

Do not go to sleep if mummy and daddy decide it isn't morning yet and take you to their bed to try to get you back to sleep. Try one or more of the following to make sure they get up:
Kick daddy really hard in the balls, maximum points if he feels sick all morning and has to walk like John Wayne at work.

Slap either parent repeatedly round the face, for maximum reaction laugh while doing this.

Headbutt them between the eyes, if you get this right you won't be hurt and so can laugh at them. For maximum impact bounce on the bed a bit first to launch at them from a height.

Poke them in the eye.
Pull their hair.
If it is really early you can just scream loudly, this works best if you live in a flat or terraced house.

If you do decide you are sleepy insist on at least half the bed and or being breast fed so at least one parent can't get back to sleep.

whomovedmychocolate · 19/06/2009 21:19

Practice throwing all the toys out of the toybox really quickly and only do it when mummy goes to the loo. For maximum benefit repeat this with the contents of the fridge while she is clearing up the toys.

When you have done a poo in your nappy and mummy asks you to come and get it changed run away laughing manically and flicking bits of which you have dragged out across the curtains.

Nappyzoneisabeetrootrunner · 19/06/2009 21:19

Toddlers when its bedtime and your parents are desperate for some peace and the end is in site insist you need a poo then spend at least half hr alternating between wanting one then getting of looking and realising you havent had one and then insisting you want back on the toilet. It drives parents fecking mad .

Also when you have finally given in and are agreeing you are finished then wander about deciding where you want to sleep after all you are the boss!

Wonderstuff · 19/06/2009 21:19

or bite their nose, they love that.

When out in public, or at grannies house make sure that mummy still has boobs by reaching in her bra. It is fun to grab her nipples and try to remove them from the bra. Maximum points for screams of pain from mummy.

whomovedmychocolate · 19/06/2009 21:20

Covet the most god-ugly toy in the poundshop. Whine till you get it. Wait precisely eight days so they will be all sold out, then break or lose it. Repeat whining. Point at laptop and yell 'ebay, ebay' to get mummy to spend £20 on replacement bit of tat.

Doobydoo · 19/06/2009 21:25

HonestlyI love the key one in particularI am weeping woth laughterThankyou all

jafina · 19/06/2009 21:42

if you are a 6 year old boy, be sure to tell your mum every single detail of the recent playstation lego star wars game you played. Repeat the important bits over and over again in mind numbing detail in case she missed anything. Don't stop just because you see her eyes glaze over. VERY important - be sure to ask her lots of questions to make sure that she was listening carefully to every word about how you "zipwired up to the droid factory............". Adopt the sneer if she answers any questions wrong.

if you are a 21 month old girl, be sure to scream like a stuck pig every time your hair is so much as sponged clean and shout "No mummy NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" with hysterical tears so that social services will come round quickly. If that doesn't work, vomit

spicemonster · 19/06/2009 21:43

Toddlers: scream loudly when you are having a new pair of shoes fitted. Your mummy particularly enjoys this if there are lots of other mothers and young children around. Make a point of looking vaguely pleased with a pair, wait until your mother forks out 20 quid for them, and then when you get them home, refuse point blank to wear them, screaming that they hurt and are too beeeeeeg.

Run around the house once you have woken up at 5.30am shouting 'dirty nappy, dirty nappy' at the top of your voice then scream blue murder when your mother tries to change it for a clean one. She likes it especially if you give her sharp kicks to the boobs while she does it. Oh - and don't forget that, if it's a bit later in the day and you're wearing your new shoes when your nappy is changed, to cry bitterly if they are taken off.

Finally, for good measure, when you are collected from the childminder, scream 'No mummy, want Joooooooaaaaaan' as loudly as you can while pushing your mother to demonstrate exactly how much of an evil harridan she is, even though you cried as though your heart would break when your mummy dropped you off that morning. This is done to best effect when lots of people have just got off the tube so there is a lot of passing foot traffic.

moaningminnie2020 · 19/06/2009 21:53

Toddlers 101 - Vomit all over yourself and your carseat 1 hour into a 4 hour journey on the hottest day of the year, mummy loves trying to clean up with babywipes.

Everytime mummy sits down with younger sibling to feed them, this is the perfect time to try and potty train yourself, so shout 'POO MUMMY POO, POTTY, SIIIITTT DOOWWN' as soon as baby is latched on. If you time this right, baby will turn head round sharply which causes a lovely twisting sensation and milk will spray over the only clean pair of jeans she has left.

Just before getting out of bath, look down and say 'oooh mummy whats THAT?' at the poo you just did. Bonus points if you pick it up to show her before she realises what it is.

junkcollector · 19/06/2009 21:55

All children to remember that there is no real need to respond in any way to anything mummy says unless sweets are involved.

baskingseals · 19/06/2009 21:56

For primary school children - remember to lift up Mummy's top to show all your friends/teachers her 7mth pregnant tummy, just ignore her if she tries to pull it back down, you KNOW how proud she is of her collection of stretch marks. Don't forget to say really loudly 'My Mum's having a baby - look', then giggle.

wheresclaire · 19/06/2009 22:05

Always wait until mummy has just started eating her dinner before deciding that you need a wee/need more juice/sauce/spoon. Mummy's don't expect to eat a whole meal uninterupted.

SheDancesTheFlamingo · 19/06/2009 22:08

Pre-schoolers, mis-pronounciation of words is deemed 'cute' by all and sundry so ensure you have maximum capacity audience of teachers and visiting dignitaries.
An example of this is announcing :
"Look Mummy I throw sticks" whilst cutely mistaking 'throw' and 'blow' and mispronouncing 'st' with 'd'.
Mummy will be so proud!