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Bizarre things your children insist you do...

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nenevomito · 02/11/2011 08:52

Every morning, before he leaves the house, my son goes and hides in a box to become a "DS-in-a-box".

I have to turn an imaginary crank against the side of the box whilst singing a tinny version of "half a pound of tuppeny rice" getting faster and faster until he pops out, when I have to look shocked. He then gets his shoes on and we head out the door.

Does anyone else have any strange things their children insist on doing or insist that you do?

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BambinoBoo · 03/11/2011 11:47

DS (2.10) tells us that we're going on "holiday" normally to a different room in the house but insists that I must wear shoes. Can't be slippers, socks or anything, always have to put shoes on.

kmdwestyorks · 03/11/2011 12:02

bambino, we have that one. going to the park located in a corner of the kitchen. we have to have wellies if we want to jump in the muddy puddles while we're there.

i beleive all these little rituals are invented to torment us for past crimes of rationality

Thumbwitch · 03/11/2011 12:30

DS (3.11) has lots of little things he likes to do.
Whenever he had his bath, and before his night nappy went on, he would run out of the bathroom shrieking "naked baby!" and get Daddy to chase him round the house, trying to catch him before he dives back into the bathroom to be dressed for the night time. If Daddy isn't around, I do it - but it's not quite as good.

He loves being stroked; either his face or his feet and insists on having one or other in my lap when he goes to sleep. He also has a thing for stroking the mole I have on each arm - it's a real comfort thing for him. We still co-sleep much of the time and for ages he would go to sleep stroking my arm. I had to stop it though because he started scritching at it with his nails, and that was really sore. Now when he wakes up in the night, he has to have my hand to cuddle to go back to sleep. (yes yes, I know, rod for my own back, blah blah)

iloveberries · 03/11/2011 14:41

toby that's brilliant! make sure you tape it for his stag do Wink

iloveberries · 03/11/2011 14:46

green kev and blue kev! toby your son is a legend!!!

Acinonyx · 03/11/2011 15:15

dd (6) still has a lot - and quite a few the same as pps.

After a bath, she lies on one specified towel and wraps in another specified towel. Then the bathgiver has to guess what she is in the parcel.

When I come in to do the bedtime stories, she hides and I have to be surprised. There really just aren't that many options for this Hmm.

Until recently, we had years of having to guess what she was every morning, e.g. mouse, squirrel, kitten, bunny, hedgehog....

And we must always go down the stairs together, as if racing - but she must always win.

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SlightlyJaded · 03/11/2011 15:20

When taking DC's out of the bath, I have to wrap them up in a towel so that we can't see their faces and carry them 'baby style' to my bed (they are 4 & 6). I then have to ask DH if he fancies a jacket potato for dinner, to which he replies "ooh yes please". We then have to unwrap the potatoes and be AMAZED to find they are actually children. We then sing 'one potato, two potato' at the end of which...

... Dr Tickle arrives. Dr Tickle is a very strict lady from the far away land of Tickliska. She speaks in a heavy Eastern European accent. She tells stories about the customs and ways of Tickliska and if you tickle the palm of her hand, she will tickle your feet. If you manage to touch her palm again, she transforms (whilst eyes roll) back into Mummy who, to this day, has NO IDEA how this happens or who Dr Tickle is.

After Every. Single. Bath.

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ripstheirthroatoutliveupstairs · 03/11/2011 15:22

DD still enjoys me sitting on her when she is in bed. She stays under the covers and I have to pretend I dont' know what the lumps are in the bed so I must flatten them out with my 'huge squashy bum'.
She still does the nudey dudey dance before getting in the bath/shower. She only does that at night though. She told me this morning just before her shower that 'nudey dudey is a night time thing'. She is so pitying when she tells me stuff like that.

OhDoAdmit · 03/11/2011 15:24

My 18 mth old always greets me with a cheery 'Hiya Daddy' when he sees me.

I am not his Daddy btw Hmm

(daddy doesnt look anything like me)

OhDoAdmit · 03/11/2011 15:26

This is a very funny thread

WinterIsComing · 03/11/2011 15:30

My DS insists on a quick BF and has obviously taken on board my screams of, "no twiddling the other one, DS, noooooo twiddling" because he crept into bed with me this morning and totally disarmed me with, "Mummy I love you and I love the twiddling"

Trills · 03/11/2011 15:40

I was mostly feeling unamused and rod for your own back and how will you ever leave your child with a babysitter?...

but the sulky tent is the best idea ever! :o

iloveberries · 03/11/2011 15:55

damndedoubtance your DD sounds FAB! she's no doubt going to be on the stage!!

I love this thread - reassures me that even in this digital age, the imagination and creativity of our little ones is as good as ever :) xx

DidYouSmashHerShireHorses · 03/11/2011 16:01

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RalphGnu · 03/11/2011 16:18

These are lovely and ShireHorses, that is very sweet Smile

Ryma · 03/11/2011 17:42

my dd2 loves to hold my hair in her hand before she goes to sleep :)

Shadydee · 03/11/2011 19:00

My three year old insists on being called Gloria even though that's not her name. We don't even know anyone called Gloria. She has named her little sister Popkin and then now the smaller one follows the older ones cue and they BOTH get upset if I call them anything else at home. It's OK to use their names outside the house though for some reason.

She refused to come out of the wardrobe for half an hour last week because Granny had the affront to call her by her actual name.

Riddo · 03/11/2011 20:15

My ds liked to be wrapped up in his towel after a bath and rocked while I sang "rock-a-bye baby". This went on until he was 8ish and then he grew out of it. I was really dissapointed.

We always said "night, night, see you in the morning, don't let the bedbugs bite, I love you" to dd every night. I still text it to her if she's away for the night - she's 17!

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nenevomito · 03/11/2011 20:21

These are as lovely as they are funny!

Laughing out loud at Dr Tickle SlightlyJaded Grin

DS has little rituals at his GPs as well. The favourite there is to hide under a blanket and be a cushion. His GM or GD have to then go to sit on him and act surprised when they find that its not really a cushion, its a boy!

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lovecat · 03/11/2011 20:36

I was reading these thinking DD doesn't have any funny rituals... and then I remembered Squeaky Bean...

When DD was tiny, I gave her a bath, wrapped a huge towel around her like a cocoon and took her out of the drained bath. As I lifted her up, she saw her reflection in the bathroom mirror and let out a squeak of delight. I said 'Ooh, squeaky bean!'

She is now nearly 7 and I still have to lift her up (nearly kills me!) out of the bath, both of us look in the mirror, she goes 'eeee!' and I say 'Squeaky Bean!' - every bloody bath! DH also goes along with the madness too, but at least he can lift her up...

AnySleepWillDo · 03/11/2011 23:00

shirehorses my mum does this to me and my brother and has done every year for as long as I can remember!!

SuePurblybilt · 03/11/2011 23:07

I have to do a Poo Dance.

DD used to (aged about 3) hold in poo until it made her constipated. Ongoing battle, now sorted.

To help the 'stuck' poo, she would sit on the loo and I would have to do a dance. To the music from the Guinness advert: the dancing is similar too. The bathroom door must be open and I have to dance across the doorway (singing the der-nurnur, de-nurnurdenurnur song). Sometimes I go backwards. Sometimes I wiggle my bum. It all helps the stuck poo.

She still asks me to do it, I am less keen but sometimes will, in the interest of bowel health. To be fair, she offers to do it for me but I don't find I require the same level of help.

scotlass · 03/11/2011 23:29

These are great

My DS (age2.6) makes me giggle every night with his little go to sleep ritual. After the bath we snuggle in my bed for a story or ten. Then we have to go under the duvet with him saying 'hide hide!' and shout for someone to find us. Once DH or DD has obliged we can brush teeth then into bed.

Then its sing Ally Bally mum, then Bob the Builder (he HAS to announce the song) then as soon as the last word is sung he says GO AWAY. No night night or love you from him just go away Grin. Makes me chuckle every night as I leave.