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What is the most (supposedly) un-childfriendly thing you have ever done with your dcs?

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 06/02/2011 14:57

And was it successful?

We have several times taken our 4 year old and his siblings to the viewing for an antiques auction (china, glass, fragile stuff) and it has been all right so far and he was very interested in the chamber pots.

what inappropriate things have you done with your dcs and did it all go horribly wrong or was it brilliant?

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Changeisagoodthing · 06/02/2011 19:51

I had my wisdom teeth removed under local anaesthetic while breastfeeding my 6 month year who was hungry and it was taking a while.

With hindsight I should have left her at home.

The prof doing it did say that when he wrote his memoires we would be in them!

LadyInPink · 06/02/2011 19:52

DD went to a wedding at 6wks, Great-Grandads funeral at 4mths and my smear at 6mths. Luckily doesn't remember any of it

She would have attended a wedding at 2wks only the bride said no children (groom said it was fine to bring her as ebf) and so we didn't go.

As she is our only DC she comes everywhere with us and isn't fazed by museums and michelin star restaurants!

Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 06/02/2011 19:55

Oh if we are talking travel.....

He is 5 now and so far has been:
turkey
Egypt x2 including two trips into the desert camping
St Lucia
Barbados
Cuba with a really cool trip to Havana
Sailing round the grenadines
Maldives x2 (I got made redundant and dh was away with the army so ds and I went on our own for 3 weeks!)
All over Europe on driving/camping adventures (we live on mainland Europe now)
Up various alpine peaks on trips
Two sleeper trains with his mum on train adventures ( hoping to get one to the northern lights this year)
Sweden, Lativa....trains all over Switzerland

He loves it, and is a low maintenance kid tbh, as. As long as he gets to go on a train or tram - that is his only concession!
Next on the list would be a transatlantic crossing - he loves the film Titanic, and he has asked if he could stay in the same hotel as Kevin from Home Alone ( the plaza - gulp! Would have to save a bit for that one!)

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strandednomore · 06/02/2011 20:03

When I was 8 (and had brothers aged 6, 10 and 12) my parents took us on an overland hippy trail bus trip from Kathmandu to London. It was the real deal - staying in flea pits in places like Afghanistan and Iran, camping in Europe, eating at whatever roadside stall we could find. It's an experience which has stayed with me forever but my parents must have been extremely laid back....

I haven't done anything quite so exciting with my own dd's but we did take them to Islamabad (from where we were evacuated) and flown business/Upper class with them several times.

Binfullofmaggots - we lived in St Lucia and never attempted that helicopter trip, even though it landed very close to our house, because dd1 hates loud noice!

AnathemaDevice · 06/02/2011 20:30

DancingThroughLife- I didn't see the woman who had her baby there, but I did briefly chat to a woman who had had a c-section 6 days previously. Apparently the baby wasn't due until a week after the festival, but arrived early, and she didn't want to waste the ticket.

Are weddings that inappropriate for small children? DS went to his first at 9 days old. He slept through the whole thing.

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 06/02/2011 20:39

before we had dcs, DH used to have a yacht and we were moored against another boat the night before the Round The Island (Isle of Wight) race and there was a woman on it who said to us 'I'm a terrible mother. I just had a baby a week ago.'
us: 'Where's your baby now?'
her: 'In Chale.' (town on other side of Isle of Wight).

I think it was her first and parenthood hadn't really sunk in....

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UniS · 06/02/2011 20:40

are museums and historic buildings not child friendly?? I've been popping in to local city museum with DS since he was tiny. Had a few good visits to NT type houses as well, so long as we keep it short and sweet and get him looking and thinking about differences and similarities to our house its been fine. Last visit to a tudor house had 4yr old DS asking room attendant about fire wood, kindling and how they would have started their fire with out matches and newspaper.

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 06/02/2011 20:42

museums are very variable IME.
dd very keen on National Trust as a toddler because she liked the way there was a different granny in every room.

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gruber · 06/02/2011 20:47

Took (just) 2 year old to full Choral Evensong - she loved it! (And behaved perfectly, quiet as a mouse)

National Trust houses on several occasions as 2yr old, very well behaved. Enjoyed lunch in the cafe most! But also liked the pictures in the art gallery.

CMOTdibbler · 06/02/2011 20:55

DS loves Yo Sushi - we've been taking him since he was 7 months old, and he well understands the rule on 'you take it off the conveyor belt, you eat it'.

potplant · 06/02/2011 21:11

CMOT - mine hadn't quite grasped that concept, they seemed to grow extra arms and hands.

UpSinceCrapOClock · 06/02/2011 21:12

I fell pg while at uni and brought dd to my classes as a baby before I could get childcare (small classes, cleared it with the teacher and other students first who said it was fine, and they would tell me if it turned out to be a problem).

My dsis has taken my (10 yr old) dn up Ben Nevis.

Actually, (dsis is a mountaineer and avid hillwalker), she once climbed quite a steep hill and there was a couple just ahead of her struggling a bit, and my dsis strolled past with dn2 in a buggy and holding dn1's hand (who was about 3 at that point) :o

MisSalLaneous · 06/02/2011 21:36

We've travelled with ds (2 and a half now) quite a bit too. When he was 18 months, we went to Peru, and at the end of the holiday, went to the jungle for a week. Was a little worried in advance re totally away from cities, walking, boat, etc, ready to fly back to Lima immediately if needs be, but he absolutely loved it. Such happy memories, and the local people spoilt him rotten. All the family thought (and said) we're mad in advance. Mind you, they probably still think that!

Weirdly, it's getting more difficult as he gets older.

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 06/02/2011 21:44

UpSince - my dh is a lecturer and one of his recent students was a single mum who brought her dd to lectures very occasionally when childcare fell through. All fine except when he paused once and the dd said in a very loud voice, 'Mummy, your school is really boring!'

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Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 06/02/2011 22:42

We took my ds to Winchester cathedral for a Christmas evening service. They used a speaker system due to the size of the congregation.

Once the first welcome and prayer was read, my son piped up "is that God speaking?"

He didn't need a speaker system it seemed, as it echoed round the cathedral. Then halfway through we had to stop him winking and waving at Jesus!

The old biddies in front were not amused!

Beamur · 06/02/2011 22:49

LOL at the National Trust grannies.
We took DD 4 months and 2 teens camping to Anglesey in horrific weather.
Went for a walk in horizontal rain around south stack. DD in waterproof overalls in baby carrier hooting with delight. We got a mixed response - other people were mostly amused and happy to see children out in the cold and wet! but we did get a few concerned glances.
All was well though, DD still loves rain.

Ceasnake · 06/02/2011 22:50

Took DS for a hike on the Coastal Path at 2 months. He was fine, he just dangled in front of me in the sling and looked around at the gorgeious scenery.

Same trip, also breastfed him up on a mountain.

Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 06/02/2011 22:52

Beamur love it! We live in Switzerland and rain or snow never stop play! Otherwise kids would spend 6 months indoors.

It's about having the right kit, which we are bad at for kids in the UK.

Backinthebox · 07/02/2011 00:44

I took DD to work with me aged 10 months. Lots of people take their kids to work, but I was flying an aeroplane to the bahamas! She loved it. OH found it a struggle

I have breastfed both babies at various horsey events, once even jumping off my horse out hunting to feed DS who was in the car with my mum before catching back up with the field. DD came with me to a county show when she was 5 weeks old, I had my horse in the hunter classes. I probably wouldn't have entered if I'd have known she would be born late and by CS.

Small children are very adaptable - you can get away with most stuff if you really what to with them.

UpSinceCrapOClock · 07/02/2011 09:30

"your school is really boring" :o

Now taking your baby to work when you are flying a plane is very cool.

Haribojoe · 07/02/2011 11:25

DS1 (then 5 ) was really excited by my pregnancy when expecting DS3 last year (helped I'm sure by the fact that I'm a midwife).

Was having regular sweeps around my due date and as it was school holidays he had to come with me a few times.

A colleague offered to sit with him in the staff room whilst I had the sweep but he wanted to come in (he knew I was having a check up but I didn't go into any real detail IYSWIM).

He sat at the head end and found it most amusing when Mummy took her knickers off

BlueChampagne · 07/02/2011 13:15

DS attended several company board meetings and was BF'd at them in his first 6 months.

Very impressed with the hunting story, Backinthebox!

lexxity · 07/02/2011 13:27

Binfull if you ever do the transatlantic I cannot recommend Cunard Line's QM2 enough. DS1, also 5, has been on her 5 times already. The kids programme is excellent! My DS also ADORES trams and trains. He especially loves the subway in New York.

DS1 took his first flight at 4 months, just me and him. It was lovely! He's been on the Eurostar and the TGV and more UK trains than I could ever count. He's done more standby flights than I can remember (I work for an airline.)

He comes everywhere with us, we've had 2 nights away from him total. Now we've got DS2 he'll just tag along with us too. Love me, love my kids.

We just get on with it and I hope in the long run we raise two independant, worldly wise boys.

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 07/02/2011 13:30

I love the hunting story too.

I do find the 'tag along' thing much harder now I have 3, though. You are more reliant on their good behaviour and if they do cause trouble they can potentially cause three times as much, eg three times the decibel level if they are making a noise somewhere they should be quiet.

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strandednomore · 07/02/2011 13:31

A friend of mine once met a couple backpacking through the forests of central america with two twin babies strapped to their fronts.

Sorry but not for me!

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