What do you do when your little angel ...

[joelallie]

..reall embarrases you in public?

Standing at the ATM outside Sainsburys this afternoon. DS#1 and DD on foot, DS#2 on my shoulders. Just about to start keying in my PIN when a rather large man came up and started using the ATM next to me. DS#2 said 'That's a really fat man!'. Not once, but about 5 times...each time louder than the last. 'Mummy, I said that's a really fat man!' This in outraged tones 'cos I hasn't replied the first few times. Man standing about 3 foot from me....me looking hard at the screen and trying not to look at said man. DD and DS#1 had scattered by now, too humiliated to hang around and offer moral support.

What do you do?

i try not to giggle. like the time dd1 shouted 'smelly knickers!' in the m&s lingerie dept.

At the swimming pool last week my youngest said,VERY loudly,'wobbley legs, oooh really wobbley legs' just as a rather large woman walked past.

I told her off in an embarrassed hiss.

She looked confused and told me she meant her own legs were wobbly from so much swimming.

So then I looked like the baddy!!

I tell them that everyone is different and people come in all shapes sizes and colours whilst cringing.

My ds1 aged 4 decided to pull down his pants and wee on the frontroom carpet, infront of someone i'd only known for a short space of time and first time with her ds at my house. I was mortified!!

Oh no, wickedestwitchupsadaisy, are you a halloween name or someone else normally?

I was in Sainsburys today with ds3 (aged 3) and a man with a huge afro hairstyle (really sticking out and quite shaggy) walked by. I admit I did a bit of a double take as his hairstyle was so distinctive. He was still just passing when ds3 said in a loud voice, "That man has a really big mouth!" I was a bit stunned that ds3 picked up on the size of his mouth (which I had noticed) when there was all that hair to notice, but I just told him it wasn't nice to commment on people.

That should I say I hadn't noticed his mouth.

They have their talents aren't they?

We were in the check-in queu at the airport with some child-unfriendly couple at the front, after a nasty look from the guy DS pointed to his head and yelled "look mama!!! he has no hair!!!"

Now about what do I do... the same as www.

Was in Mcdonalds with dd and ds last week as a 'treat' and dd is her loudest most screamingly middle class voice said " Mcdonalds isn't very healthy is it Mummy". It was a bit like a scene from a western with only the sound of the tumbleweed (more likely litter from the drivethru) to be heard.

lol lilliput, we were out shopping and I was saying to DS that we were going for tea after this shop and woman behind the counter said 'Ooo, are you going to Mcdonalds?' DS replied 'No we are not, its disgusting isnt it mummy?'